Introductions on WFMT

She's a great supporter of our station and a great pianist to boot: let's hear again from Edie Park of the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin & Ahn this Saturday at 11am on WFMT.

Encore broadcast | Edie Park, 15, piano | WFMT Today we hear from Edie Park, a pianist and supporter of WFMT. She plays Scarlatti, Beethoven and Chopin before finishing her recital with the San Francisco-based composer Jean Ahn.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Negaunee Music Institute runs a Young Composers Initiative each year, with mentor Jessie Montgomery and players from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Hear the six most recent pieces this week, Saturday 11am on WFMT.

2025 CSO Young Composers Initiative | WFMT New works from six young composers, guided by former Chicago Symphony Orchestra Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery.

It's a big event in the Levin Studio this week: Jaden Teague-Núñez is our first ever steelpan soloist as winner of the 2024 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition. On the bill is music by his father, Liam Teague of the NIU School of Music. This Saturday, live at 11am on WFMT.

LIVE | Jaden Teague-Núñez, 17, steelpan and piano | WFMT The winner of the 2024 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition brings his steelpan to the Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio.