May 10 Interview Hear How Math Collaborates With Music in Louisville Orchestra’s ‘Automation’ Machine meets man, or more specifically cellist, in a new concerto premiering this weekend with the Louisville Orchestra. Composer Adam Schoenberg and cellist Yves Dhar as well as mathematicians Kathryn Leonard and Ghassan Sarkis discuss the computing and music making that went into “Automation.” Win tickets to this weekend’s premiere. By Colleen Phelps May 10 Interview Hear How Math Collaborates With Music in Louisville Orchestra’s ‘Automation’ By Colleen Phelps
Sep 10 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Cellist Inbal Segev Cellist Inbal Segev is ready for performing musicians to feel like ourselves again. In her process of “creative recovery” she has commissioned 20 pieces for the year that 2020 was. Two volumes are out now. In this look behind the playlist she shares how the process has brought her normalcy, as well as what students […] By Colleen Phelps Sep 10 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Cellist Inbal Segev By Colleen Phelps
May 21 Blog A Musical Memorial and Tribute: Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach’s Solo Cello Suites Live Presented by WCRB Classical Radio Boston, and broadcast on 90.5 WUOL, cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform J.S. Bach’s six cello suites live from the studios of public media producer WGBH on Sunday, May 24 at 3:00 p.m. ET, as a memorial for those we have lost in the pandemic and a tribute to the resilience […] By WUOL May 21 Blog A Musical Memorial and Tribute: Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach’s Solo Cello Suites Live By WUOL
May 15 WUOLive WUOLive: Cecilia Huerta-Lauf On the next WUOLive, cellist Cecilia Huerta-Lauf brings her friends Adam Diderrich (violin) and Claire Chung Lim (piano) to play Brahms. The concert is free and open-to-the-public on May 29th at noon. Members can reserve a lunch from City Cafe by calling (502) 814-6565 by Tuesday, May 28th at noon. By WUOL May 15 WUOLive WUOLive: Cecilia Huerta-Lauf By WUOL
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
Jul 09 Blog Featured Album: To Brahms, with Love Cellist Amit Peled‘s new album “To Brahms, with Love” isn’t just another album of Brahms sonatas. The cello used in this recording belonged to Pablo Casals, the legendary Spanish cellist from the early 20th century. It just so happens that Casals played for Johannes Brahms himself on the very instrument featured in this new recording. By Daniel Gilliam Jul 09 Blog Featured Album: To Brahms, with Love By Daniel Gilliam
Jan 26 Blog Haimovitz and O’Riley: Troika For their third album, Troika, pianist Christopher O’Riley (and host of From the Top, Sundays at 6pm) and cellist Matt Haimovitz tackle the issue of politics and protest in music, particularly from Russia in the 20th and 21st century. Listen to their conversation with Daniel Gilliam. By WUOL Jan 26 Blog Haimovitz and O’Riley: Troika By WUOL