Ravel, Kreisler, & More from Minnesota / Show 473

About

Orli Shaham joins us from Minnesota Public Radio in the Twin Cities, a place bursting with talented young artists. We hear Ravel performed by a 15-year-old pianist. We meet a quartet from the Twin Cities Youth Symphony and a multifaceted cellist whose interests range from tennis to quantum computing. A pianist/composer performs a musical letter to his younger self, and an autodidactic teen violinist wows us with his journey.

Guests

• Co-Host/Creative : Orli Shaham
  Pianist Orli Shaham is a frequent guest host of From the Top.

Performers & Repertoire

• Gaia Daniel, 15, piano, from Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Miroirs, M. 43: III. Une barque sur l’océan by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
• Anahit (Aeon) Bashir, 15, cello, from Eden Prairie, Minnesota

  12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37, No. 2: Orientale by Enrique Granados (1867-1916), arr. Gregor Piatigorsky (1903-1976)
• Quartet Selene: Layla Chakhvashvili-Martinez, 17, Violin, from Orono, Minnesota; Lorelei Schoenhard, 16, Violin from Saint Cloud, Minnesota; Sophia Alexander, 17, Cello from Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Emily Alexander, 17, Viola from Minneapolis, Minnesota

  Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems: I. ‘A letter from the After-life’ by Dinuk Wijeratne (b. 1978)
• William Feng, 16, Piano/Composer from Plymouth, Minnesota

  Dear Back of the Bus Boys by William Feng (b. 2009)
• Ramon Campos, 17, Violin, from Rochester, Minnesota

  Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
• Flashback Finale
  Evren Ozel, Piano from Minneapolis, Minnesota
  

  Interlude II by Leon Kirchner (1919-2009)

Release Date

• Monday, January 19, 2026

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