Jul 09 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Violinist Randall Goosby Randall Goosby’s debut album Roots has a story to tell. The award-winning violinist enters the classical world with a feeling of freedom that he knows wasn’t afforded to some of his predecessors, like William Grant Still and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. It also includes the first violin recording of Adoration by Florence Price and a collaboration with […] By Colleen Phelps Jul 09 Behind The Playlist Behind The Playlist With Violinist Randall Goosby By Colleen Phelps
Oct 14 Giveaway Nicola Benedetti Plays Marsalis Violinist Nicola Benedetti’s latest album is completely devoted to the music of Wynton Marsalis, and two big works written specifically for her. She talked with Daniel Gilliam about their strong collaboration through out the writing and recording process. Enter to win a copy of the album below! Deadline is November 1st at noon. Loading… By WUOL Oct 14 Giveaway Nicola Benedetti Plays Marsalis By WUOL
Nov 14 Featured Album Featured Album: Blues Dialogues Rachel Barton Pine’s new album Blues Dialogues is part of a life-long project for the violinist, who grew up in Chicago listening to the blues, as much as classical music. “The blues is almost like my native indigenous music. I just kind of grew up with the Blues in the air being a native Chicagoan. […] By Daniel Gilliam Nov 14 Featured Album Featured Album: Blues Dialogues By Daniel Gilliam
Mar 27 WUOLive WUOLive: Rob Simonds Violinist Rob Simonds returns to WUOLive with a program of living composers, including Missy Mazzoli, Alexis Bacon, Louisvillians Jeremy Beck and Luke Cissell, and more. Monday, April 2 at noon. This concert is free and open-to-the-public. LPM members can reserve a lunch from City Cafe by calling (502) 814-6565 (by Friday, March 30 at noon). […] By Daniel Gilliam Mar 27 WUOLive WUOLive: Rob Simonds By Daniel Gilliam
Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch Rachel Barton Pine’s 36th album (!) features the mysterious and monumental Violin Concerto Op. 61, by Edward Elgar, and the well-known Violin Concerto by Max Bruch Op. 26, by Max Bruch. Daniel Gilliam talked with RBP about her history with each concerto, and the importance of Neville Marriner and Yehudi Menuhin in the album. By WUOL Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch By WUOL
Jun 08 Artsbreak Rachel Barton Pine creates magic with Paganini Violinist Rachel Barton Pine traverses Paganini’s ground breaking set of 24 Caprices with reverence for the bel canto – or “beautiful singing” – style of the composer’s generation. Playing on the ‘ex-Bazzini, ex-Soldat’ Guarneri del Gesù violin from 1742 – made by the same Cremona-based maker in the same year as Paganini’s own violin – […] By WUOL Jun 08 Artsbreak Rachel Barton Pine creates magic with Paganini By WUOL
May 17 Blog Her Violin Stolen, A Prodigy’s World Became ‘Unstrung’ Min Kym had found her perfect partner in a 1696 Stradivarius — until it was snatched in a London cafe. She comes to terms with the loss in her new memoir, Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung. By WUOL May 17 Blog Her Violin Stolen, A Prodigy’s World Became ‘Unstrung’ By WUOL