Sarasota Orchestra (previously the Florida West Coast Symphony) opened its 60th season with a new name and a new look, changes prompted by months of community research by Sarasota’s regional…
Coleen Cook welcomes Chloe Hanslip, whom some critics have called the most exciting violinist to come out of England. Hanslip performed the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Sarasota Orchestra and…
Russell Gant is joined by conductor Leif Bjaland and pianist Orion Weiss in our Sarasota studio for live music and conversation. In this session, Maestro Bjaland, was preparing for the farewell…
On a late-night drive towards what might be a deadly encounter, a liberal writer grapples with his paradoxical interest in guns. Conceal and Carry delves into the psyche of a mass shooting victim's…
Russell Gant is joined in the WUSF Sarasota Studio by the Sara Quartet, all alumni of the Perlman Music Program, for live music and conversation. The quartet consists of violinists KJ McDonald and…
Russell Gant welcomes Doori Na, violin, Jeremiah Blacklow, violin, Chloé Thominet, viola and Bryan Park, cello to the Sarasota Performance and Broadcast Studio who’ve all studied with the Perlman…
Join Classical WSMR’s Russell Gant for a live performance from our Sarasota Broadcast and Performance Studio as he welcomes musicians from the 2013 La Musica International Music Festival. Each year…
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival is underway and three of the festivals very well-known musicians stop by our Sarasota Broadcast and Performance Studio for a live performance on…
Acclaimed Israeli cellist Matt Haimovitz is coming to town to play a series of concerts featuring Bach’s Cello Suites paired with overtures created by leading contemporary composers from around the…
St. Pete Opera Archived Performances & Interviews - May 2017
