Jun 17 Blog World Refugee Day Louisville Public Media is recognizing World Refugee Day, Thursday June 20th, with programming across all three stations. We’ll have music and stories by and from refugees throughout the day, on air and online. Sponsored by American Red Cross. Here’s a schedule of some of our programming on Thursday (check back for updates!): 91.9 WFPK 8 […] By WUOL Jun 17 Blog World Refugee Day By WUOL
Apr 26 Blog WUOLive: 2019 Young Artist Competition Champions On the next WUOLive, the champions of the 2019 PNC 90.5 WUOL Young Artist Competition. Come hear some of the best young classical musicians in our region, in a live radio broadcast on Wednesday, May 1st at noon. High School Champion: Emily Steinbach, Piano Middle School Champion: Richard Lian, Piano Elementary School Champion: Ethan Tang, […] By WUOL Apr 26 Blog WUOLive: 2019 Young Artist Competition Champions By WUOL
Apr 23 Blog Tiny Desk: The Calidore String Quartet If just one thing can be confirmed from these compelling Tiny Desk performances by the Calidore String Quartet, it should be that the centuries-old formula – two violins, a viola and a cello – is still very much alive and evolving. Indeed, an impromptu show of hands in the audience before the concert began revealed […] By Tom Huizenga Apr 23 Blog Tiny Desk: The Calidore String Quartet By Tom Huizenga
Apr 18 Blog One Cellist, Three Concertos Louisville Orchestra principal cellist Nicholas Finch is premiering three concertos, specifically written for him, on April 18th at the Ogle Center at IUS, with his colleagues from NouLou Chamber Players and conducted by Jason Seber. Finch and composers, Ljova, Dorian Wallace, and Alyssa Weinberg talked with Daniel Gilliam about the inspiration behind their new pieces, […] By WUOL Apr 18 Blog One Cellist, Three Concertos By WUOL
Apr 16 Blog Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For ‘P r i s m’ The young composer's opera, which debuted at the Los Angeles Opera, was inspired by her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault. By Tom Huizenga Apr 16 Blog Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For ‘P r i s m’ By Tom Huizenga
Mar 01 Blog Joyce DiDonato Songplay Joyce DiDonato‘s new album Songplay finds itself at the intersection between baroque & classical songs and jazz, with “standards” from both worlds. DiDonato re-imagines Italian art songs and arias with the flexibility and sensibility of jazz, and throws in tunes by the likes of Duke Ellington and Richard Rodgers as a complement. In some ways, […] By Daniel Gilliam Mar 01 Blog Joyce DiDonato Songplay By Daniel Gilliam