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From the Top

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Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 50

NPR's From the Top showcases the music, stories, and unique humor of America's best young classical musicians.

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🇺🇸 USA - Music
06/05/2026
#88
🇺🇸 USA - Music
05/05/2026
#67
🇺🇸 USA - Music
04/05/2026
#70
🇺🇸 USA - Music
03/05/2026
#67
🇨🇦 Canada - Music
02/05/2026
#96
🇺🇸 USA - Music
02/05/2026
#55
🇨🇦 Canada - Music
01/05/2026
#50
🇺🇸 USA - Music
01/05/2026
#49
🇨🇦 Canada - Music
30/04/2026
#40
🇺🇸 USA - Music
30/04/2026
#35

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Pacific Northwest Talent with Guest Artist Nathan Chan

Monday, March 24, 2025 • Duration 49:44

We reconnect with Seattle Symphony's Assistant Principal Cellist and From the Top alum Nathan Chan who joins Peter and our teen cellist for a Shostakovich polka. We also meet an accomplished young violinist who demonstrates some difficult bowing and a teen guitarist from Portland plays a rare duo with Peter.

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Dvořák, Sax, and Cooking

Monday, March 17, 2025 • Duration 32:05

A 10-year-old cellist who has only been studying cello for three years performs Dvořák and a 15-year-old saxophonist performs the work of composer Steven Banks, who was also on From the Top as a teen. Finally, a foodie and pianist reflects on the similarities between cooking and music.

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Chopin, Piano Duo, and Greg Anderson

Monday, March 10, 2025 • Duration 38:02

A teen pianist performs a beautiful Chopin Scherzo and then improvs in his other love, jazz, with Peter. A 17-year-old composer shares his violin fantasy. Finally, we meet a piano duo from Oregon who are surprised by a major influence in their musical lives, From the Top alum Greg Anderson, who is one half of the lauded Anderson and Roe duo.

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Celebrating Musicians with Disabilities

Monday, March 3, 2025 • Duration 01:01:37

18-year-old violinist and From the Top alum Julia LaGrand co-hosts this special episode dedicated to celebrating the stories and performances of disabled and neurodivergent musicians. Julia, who is blind, also interviews special guest Itzhak Perlman. We meet a 16-year-old double bassist who began studying music when spina bifida made it difficult to keep up with youth sports leagues, a 14-year-old pianist who uses Braille scores to learn his repertoire, a 26-year-old cellist who believes his musical skills are sharpened by his autism, and a 16-year-old pianist with Escobar Syndrome who shares her journey to millions on social media. They perform works by Grieg, Liszt, and more.

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Magnitude, French Love Song, & Shostakovich

Monday, February 24, 2025 • Duration 35:10

We meet a 16-year-old composer from Chicago who is mentored by composer Jessie Montgomery and is also passionate about architecture. We hear a soprano perform a love song by Debussy. Finally, we meet a teen cellist who performs Shostakovich's dynamic Cello Sonata in D Minor.

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Major and Minor

Monday, February 17, 2025 • Duration 37:44

We explore repertoire from major and minor keys, highlighting how young artists express the character and nuance that each represent. We hear a teen cellist perform a bright and sunny work with ties to both the Baroque and Romantic eras, a young violinist brings a dark and stormy Beethoven Sonata, and a 17-year-old pianist performs a major fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Joy, Classical Guitar, and Beethoven Cello Sonata

Monday, February 10, 2025 • Duration 45:45

A teen guitarist brings a percussive work by Roland Dyens, an 18-year-old cellist performs a Beethoven Cello Sonata, and a teen soprano sings a work entitled "Joy". We also hear a flashback performance from a French Horn player who was featured on the show back in 2012.

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Joyful Island

Monday, February 3, 2025 • Duration 25:53

Today's show is particularly joyful! A teen pianist plays Debussy's L'isle Joyeuse (Joyful Island) and a violinist performs Suk's Song of Love and speaks to the importance of connecting emotionally with the music.

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Romantic Double Bass and Ocean Adventure

Monday, January 27, 2025 • Duration 32:53

We're back in Kansas City with a 17-year-old double bassist who gives a heartfelt performance of Bottesini's Elegy No. 1. We meet a teen composer and learn about her journey in writing music, including creating an imaginative ocean adventure for the famous Kronos Quartet which you'll hear! Finally, we enjoy a flashback performance by prize-winning violinist Maria Ioudenitch from when she was a teen living in Kansas City.

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Rachmaninoff, French Horn, and The Great Train Race

Monday, January 20, 2025 • Duration 43:42

From Kansas City, we explore the connection between music and math with a 16-year-old pianist who also happens to be a champion swimmer. We hear a majestic performance of Dukas by a teen French horn player. A young flutist performs Ian Clarke's The Great Train Race and describes the technical and artistic challenges of emulating the sounds of a train in this exhilarating work.

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