Ravel, Kreisler & More from Minnesota / Show 473

Monday, January 19, 2026 | Presented by Special thanks to Minnesota Public Radio

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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 cellist with a passion for science, including teaching younger children about the importance of the oceans and a quartet from the Twin Cities Youth Symphony whose enthusiasm for playing together shines. A pianist/composer shares a musical letter to his younger self and an autodidactic teen violinist wows us with his performance of Kreisler.

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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