Stay on top of what's happening in the arts community here in the Valley. KBACH's Greg Kostraba interviews talented musicians, conductors, and other arts leaders who visit the Phoenix area or call it home.
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The Oracle Piano Society Kicks Off 2025 with a Festival of Chamber Music
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The Oracle Piano Society presents its annual Chamber Music Festival January 2-5 in Oracle, Arizona. The society's founder and Artistic Director...
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The Solo Piano Project Vol. 1 with ASU grad Charles Szczepanek
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Former Music Director at the Church of the Ascension in Fountain Hills and ASU graduate Charles Szczepanek has a new album out on Heart Dance Records...
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A Few of Our Favorite Things in Scottsdale with Jeffrey Siegel
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Pianist Jeffrey Siegel begins his 46th season of Keyboard Conversations at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, December 10 at 7...
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An Immersion of Chamber Music and Visuals at Ravenscroft Hall
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Violist and ASU professor Nancy Buck curates a series of chamber music concerts at Ravenscroft Hall in Scottsdale, and will be featured in the...
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Violinist and Sphinx Competition Winner Njioma Grevious comes to Mesa for a Classical Music Inside Out residency
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Violinist and Sphinx Competition Winner Njioma Grevious comes to the East Valley for a Classical Music Inside Out residency, including a performance...
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The Jerusalem Quartet and pianist Inon Barnatan bring Haydn, Shostakovich & Brahms to the Valley
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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society is bringing in the Jerusalem Quartet and pianist Inon Barnatan for a performance of string quartets by Haydn and...
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Dover Quartet's Camden Shaw on returning to Mozart (& Phoenix) after recent Beethoven recordings
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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society opens its 65th season by bringing in the Dover Quartet for a performance Sunday afternoon, October 27 at Camelback...
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Nick Luby and Susan Zhang bring The Concert Truck to Chandler
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The Concert Truck, a fully-functioning mobile concert hall complete with lights, sound system, and piano, will be making a stop in Chandler October...
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Two of Arizona's premiere vocal ensembles team up to perform two 20th-century choral masterpieces
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The Phoenix Chorale and Tucson's True Concord (pictured) will perform the Requiem by Maurice Durufle and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir Sunday...
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Janet Green on the Phoenix Chamber Music Society's 65th season
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Janet Green has been attending Phoenix Chamber Music Society concerts since she was a teenager, and is now Executive Director of the society. She...
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The Oracle Piano Society's ambitious plans to become the "Ravinia of Arizona"
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Pianist Stephen Cook is founder and Artistic Director of the Oracle Piano Society in Oracle, Arizona, which enriches rural Pinal County with a...
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Cellist Zuill Bailey on Classical Music Inside Out 2024-2025
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Cellist Zuill Bailey created the Classical Music Inside Out series at Mesa Arts Center more than a decade ago and continues to curate the series.He...
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The Flagstaff Piano Festival brings world-class pianists to the high desert
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NAU piano professor Silvan Negruțiu is the founder and Artistic Director of the Flagstaff Piano Festival. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with...
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Conductor Tito Muñoz on his Ten Years with the Phoenix Symphony
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Tito Muñoz just concluded his tenth and final season as Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently caught up with Maestro...
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Violinist Steven Moeckel in a "Celebration" of chamber music at Ravenscroft Hall
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Former Phoenix Symphony Concertmaster Steven Moeckel will be on the final concert of the second season of Chamber @ Ravenscroft, Saturday, May 18th...
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Phoenix Boys Choir goes "Skyward" with Simply Three and a World Premiere
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The Phoenix Boys Choir presents its season finale concert Friday and Saturday, May 10th and May 11th. The program, called "Skyward," will feature the...
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Pianist Michael Stephen Brown on life, music and Mozart's Piano Concerto #10 for two pianos
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Pianists Michael Stephen Brown and Adam Golka join Maestro Tito Muñoz and the Phoenix Symphony for performances of the Piano Concerto #10 (for two...
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Guitarist Jason Vieaux brings his castanets to Phoenix
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Guitarist Jason Vieaux will join the Escher Quartet for a performance at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Friday, April 12th. The program...
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Bassoonist Kristilyn Woods brings a touch of the 'Vegas Elvis' to the MIM
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The MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Dead Elvis and Other Gems" Sunday, March 24 at the Musical Instrument Museum. The program includes works by Joseph...
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Takacs Quartet presents a Phoenix premiere
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The Takács Quartet comes to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts for a performance of Flow, a new work by Phoenix composer Nokuthula...
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Composer Christopher Tin & The Lost Birds
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The Phoenix Chorale presents two contrasting yet complementary works for voices and orchestra Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 in Scottsdale:...
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Clarinetist David Shifrin & the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival
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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society (PCMS) presents its 15th annual festival from March 2-8 at various locations throughout the Valley. KBACH's Greg...
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Arizona Bach Festival's "Festival 15"
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The Arizona Bach Festival presents its 15th annual festival from February 25 through March 17. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the chairman of the...
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"Awakening" with the Isidore Quartet
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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents the Isidore Quartet in concert at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Saturday, February 10 at 7:...
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Pianist Jeffrey Siegel presents "A French Feast"
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Jeffrey Siegel (pictured) continues his Keyboard Conversations series at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30pm...
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MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Finished Unfinished"
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Conductor Warren Cohen (pictured) and the MusicaNova Orchestra present Finished Unfinished, a concert at the Musical Instrument Museum on Monday,...
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Composer David Ludwig and violinist Bella Hristova
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Composer David Ludwig wrote a violin concerto as a wedding present for his bride, Bella Hristova, who will be performing it January 5-7 with...
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Phoenix welcomes Ilmar Gavilan of Harlem Quartet.
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Violinist Ilmar Gavilan, a native of Havana, Cuba, has had a remarkable performing career that has taken him all over the world, including Phoenix...
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Harpist Rita Costanzi and the Phoenix Chapter
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Phoenix Chapter of the American Harp Society presents Rita Costanzi, an internationally acclaimed harpist and actress that has recently...
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German-born violinist Steven Moeckel, Germany to Arizona and NAU
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A graduate of both the famous Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg and Indiana University in Bloomington, Steven Moeckel has served as Concertmaster of...
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Dale Trumbore and Phoenix Chorale for World Premiere
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Composer Dale Trumbore is going to be coming to phoenix for the Oct 13-15 Phoenix Chorale concerts in which the piece she composed...
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Fauré Quartett celebrates 150 Years in Phoenix
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Konstantin Heidrich is the cellist of the Fauré Quartett, which formed in 1995 and still has all four of its original members. Heidrich talks about...
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Mill Avenue Chamber Players from Red Rocks to Mexico
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Rose French is the founder and French Horn player of the Arizona ensemble, Mill Avenue Chamber Players. They will be highlighting chamber music from...
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Rachel Barton Pine's new album with Tito Munoz, and friends!
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Violinist, Rachel Barton Pine released her new album Dependent Arising on Cedille Records this August 11th and is joined by the composer to talk...
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Oracle Piano Society's 11th Year, with Aldo Lopez-Gavilan
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Internationally renowned Cuban pianist and composer, Aldo Lopez-Gavilan is opening their Signiture Artist Series on October 1st at 3pm. We sat...
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Cirque Du Soleil composer Roger Hewett
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Roger Hewett is an award-winning English composer of film and most recently, Cirque Du Soleil's Corteo. This conversation is all about his...
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Local Composer and ASU Professor celebrates 70 with Red Rock Music Festival
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Composer and pianist Daniel Asia has been an active member in the classical music scene here in the valley and all over the world as a...
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From the Valley to NYC with baritone, Jacob Souillere.
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Jacob Soulliere, baritone, is an award-winning young opera singer with goals to be a full-time performer at the Metropolitan Opera. Jacob...
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Wildflowers from Yolanda Kondanassis
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One of the world's premiere solo harpists, Yolanda Kondonassis is with us to talk about her brand new album, "Wildflower" - a...
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ASMTA Presents Indigenous Navajo Composer, Connor Chee
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Connor Chee is a Navajo pianist and composer who is known for blending classical music with his Native American traditions. His music is...
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ASMTA presents Indigenous Composer, Dr. Pat Carrabre
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Dr. Pat Carrabre had an interesting upbringing in Canada. On today's episode we learn exactly how he's inviting his native culture of the Metis...
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Phoenix Boys Choir Celebrates 75 Years!
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We have a special episode today, as we bring back the Artistic Director of the Phoenix Boys Choir, Herbert Washington, along with one of its members...
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Scott Yoo presents Season 4 of Now Hear This
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In collaboration with the fourth season of PBS's Now Hear This series, renowned conductor, violinist and host of the show, Scott Yoo sat down to talk...
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Jonathan Cohen brings Baroque Connections with Les Violons Du Roy
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Our guest today is the Artistic Director of the French-Canadian ensemble, Les Violons Du Roy. A group, which has a core membership of 15,...
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Portrait: A look at Harnoy and Herriott's Latest Album
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Cellist Ofra Harnoy and trumpeter Mike Herriott have a fascinating story of how they and this album came together. Listen in for a conversation about...
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Pianist Wu Han of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Taiwanese-American pianist Wu Han visits Phoenix again in collaboration with Phoenix Chamber Music Society for a program of Delights and Drama with...
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Speaking to today's Zeitgeist with Sarah Kirkland Snider and Phoenix Chorale
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(Image courtesy Deborah Johnson)Today's episode features American composer Sarah Kirkland Snider and the Artistic Director of Phoenix Chorale,...
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The Legacy of the Phoenix Boys Choir
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Herbert Washington, Phoenix Boys Choir alumni and Artistic Director and Andrea Whitsett, parent of Ben Whitsett, (current chorister) are here to...
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Uncovered Vol. 3 from Catalyst Quartet's Abi Fayette
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Violinist Abi Fayette of Catalyst String Quartet is our guest today to talk about their brand new album, Uncovered, Vol. 3. This is the third...
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David Shifrin and the 14th annual Phoenix Chamber Music Festival
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Renowned American clarinetist and Artistic Director David Shifrin joins us for an in depth discussion about the 14th season of the Phoenix Chamber...
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