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Discover Classical is a 24-hour source of classical music for the Dayton, Ohio, region on the radio at 88.1 and 89.9 FM, and for the world online at discoverclassical.org.

Emil Gilels (1916-1985) was a Russian Soviet pianist, considered one of the greatest concert pianists of all time. Tomor...
11/08/2025

Emil Gilels (1916-1985) was a Russian Soviet pianist, considered one of the greatest concert pianists of all time. Tomorrow at 12:03pm we'll hear him perform music by one of his countrymen: Tchaikovsky's lesson-known second piano concerto. Aaron Mood presents Retro Recordings Saturday at noon, with support from America's Packard Museum.

This weekend, the Springboro Wind Symphony makes its first appearance on Live & Local in a concert featuring music by t...
11/07/2025

This weekend, the Springboro Wind Symphony makes its first appearance on Live & Local in a concert featuring music by the contemporary American composer Frank Ticheli. The performance will be broadcast Saturday at 10am and Sunday at 8pm on Discover Classical, presented with support from the Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts: Music with additional funding from the Ohio Arts Council.

https://discoverclassical.org/program.php?p=livelocal

11/06/2025

When Marin Alsop was a kid, her parents taught her she could achieve anything she set her heart to; no one was going to stop her. She's now the Music Director of the National Orchestral Institute and Festival and guest conducts orchestras worldwide. On today's program, we'll hear Marin Alsop make he...

Yesterday Discover Classical staff members volunteered to help set up for the Dayton Book Fair, which takes place at the...
11/06/2025

Yesterday Discover Classical staff members volunteered to help set up for the Dayton Book Fair, which takes place at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds this weekend. There are literally tons of books and other materials available, but Section 37 is in good shape thanks to our team. Look at all those classical music albums and compact discs!

Join me this coming weekend, November 8 & 9, 2025, for our weekly smorgasbord of guitar delights!The program streams Sat...
11/06/2025

Join me this coming weekend, November 8 & 9, 2025, for our weekly smorgasbord of guitar delights!
The program streams Saturday at 6 PM EST (2300 GMT) and Sunday morning at 9 AM EST (1400 GMT).
Listen online at Discoverclassical.org and in western Ohio at FM 88.1, 89.9 and 89.1.
Music from the instrument held closest to the heart!

Ian Mullen is a Miamisburg native who's now a writer, director and producer in Chicago. He's making an autobiographical...
11/06/2025

Ian Mullen is a Miamisburg native who's now a writer, director and producer in Chicago. He's making an autobiographical film inspired by his experiences working at The NEON in downtown Dayton. Learn more on Discover Classical's ArtsFocus:

https://www.discoverclassical.org/artsfocus.htm

ArtsFocus is sponsored by The Dayton Art Institute.

11/05/2025

1895 Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist, composer, and lepidopterist, was born in Lyon, France (d. 1956)

On today's ArtsFocus, Larry Coressel talks with Emily Wells and Darlene Spencer about "Dracula, a Feminist Revenge Fanta...
11/04/2025

On today's ArtsFocus, Larry Coressel talks with Emily Wells and Darlene Spencer about "Dracula, a Feminist Revenge Fantasy . . . Really" now on stage at The Human Race Theatre Company.

https://www.discoverclassical.org/artsfocus.htm

ArtsFocus is sponsored by The Dayton Art Institute.

11/04/2025

For composer Kevin Puts, the key of C major is a sonic representation of "home." It's familiar and comforting. In 2019, Puts wrote a string quartet that begins with that familiar key, but goes on to what Puts calls "the search for new and unfamiliar harmonic terrain." He wanted the music to explore....

11/03/2025

Valerie Kahler is no stranger to PT; our longtime guest host and friend officially joins the team as full-time host on today's show. Join Valerie as she begins her musical adventures with Performance Today.

11/02/2025

1946 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (Sunnyata; Lou Salomé), was born in Venice, Italy (d. 2001)

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