Introductions on WFMT

Two live broadcasts in a row: we've got Elle Cho, an Almita Vamos student from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. She plays Bach, Vitali, Beach and Tchaikovsky with pianist Milana Pavchinskaya. 11am Saturday on WFMT.

LIVE | Elle Cho, 16, violin | WFMT Elle Cho is a violinist at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. She plays Bach, Vitali, Beach and Tchaikovsky with pianist Milana Pavchinskaya.

Two string quartets from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy play Haydn, Haas, Dvořák, Brahms and Prokofiev. 11am Saturday on WFMT.

Porphyrion String Quartet and The Hemingway Quartet | WFMT This week, two string quartets from the Music Institute of Chicago Academy play Haas, Dvořák, Brahms, Prokofiev, and a double helping of C major Haydn.

Let's hear again from Katherine Schaufenbuel, her recital recorded in November 2024. This Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras violinist plays Telemann, Mozart, Brahms, Auerbach and Wieniawski.

Encore broadcast | Katherine Schaufenbuel, 13, violin | WFMT Today we feature young violinist Katherine Schaufenbuel, a student of Grigory Kalinovsky of Indiana University. She plays Telemann, Mozart, Brahms, Wieniawski and Auerbach with pianist Lyudmila Lakisova.

Chamber groups are on the show this week and next. Catch groups from the Institute of Chicago and Midwest Young Artists Conservatory who had success at the most recent Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Saturday 11am CT on WFMT.

Caspian Quartet, Minela Trio & Quartetto Speranza | WFMT Three chamber groups who reached the semifinals of this year's Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, including the Bronze Medal-winning Quartetto Speranza.