Apr 16 Blog Public Radio Music Day Today we’re celebrating the first-ever annual Public Radio Music Day together with 91.9 WFPK! Hosted by the noncomMUSIC Alliance, Public Radio Music Day is a nationwide celebration uniting public radio music stations, fans, artists and other members of the music industry to celebrate and spread the word about the special role noncommercial stations play in […] By WUOL Apr 16 Blog Public Radio Music Day By WUOL
Apr 01 Blog In This Together Check out our new weekly segment called In This Together, something to help bring us a little closer with music and conversation in a time when we need to be apart. Hosted by Daniel Gilliam and Teddy Abrams, with each show we’ll virtually gather with notable figures, musicians and you. You can listen Fridays at […] By WUOL Apr 01 Blog In This Together By WUOL
Mar 24 Blog Our Daily Breather: Tom Huizenga On Víkingur Ólafsson’s Restorative Rameau In a time of striving to keep ourselves and our environments pathogen-free, Our Daily Breather seeks guidance on the health of the psyche. Tom Huizenga has been turning to a calming piano performance. By Tom Huizenga Mar 24 Blog Our Daily Breather: Tom Huizenga On Víkingur Ólafsson’s Restorative Rameau By Tom Huizenga
Feb 27 Blog Black History in Classical Music Black Americans have continually struggled to find a voice in classical music, but a few have succeeded. Louisville Civic Orchestra celebrates Black History Month with music by composers Florence Price, Julio Racine and Michael Abels. Classical Louisville’s Alan Brandt discussed the event with Artistic Director Jason Hart Raff and trumpeter Jon Wysong. By Alan Brandt Feb 27 Blog Black History in Classical Music By Alan Brandt
Jan 16 Blog Semyon Bychkov and The Tchaikovsky Project When Semyon Bychkov began working with the Czech Philharmonic in 2013, The Tchaikovsky Project was almost immediately born. Since then, the orchestra and Bychkov have recorded Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, other major orchestral works, and the piano concertos with Kirill Gerstein. In this conversation with Daniel Gilliam, Bychkov talks about the misunderstandings of the composer and what […] By WUOL Jan 16 Blog Semyon Bychkov and The Tchaikovsky Project By WUOL
Dec 02 Blog Composer Lei Liang Wins 2020 Grawemeyer Award In Music Composition A composer who immigrated to the United States as a teenager in the aftermath of social unrest in China, has won the University of Louisville’s 2020 Grawemeyer Award in Music Composition for A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams, a work for orchestra premiered in 2018. Lei Liang, 47, has lived in the United States since […] By Daniel Gilliam Dec 02 Blog Composer Lei Liang Wins 2020 Grawemeyer Award In Music Composition By Daniel Gilliam