KBACH's Heart of the Arts

Pianists Michael Stephen Brown and Adam Golka join Maestro Tito Muñoz and the Phoenix Symphony for performances of the Piano Concerto #10 (for two pianos) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at Phoenix Symphony Hall, Friday through Sunday, April 26-28. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with Michael about the piece, his approach to integrating life and music, and his longstanding relationships with Adam Golka and Tito Muñoz.

Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://tickets.phoenixsymphony.org

Guitarist Jason Vieaux will join the Escher Quartet for a performance at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Friday, April 12th. The program, presented by the Phoenix Chamber Music Society, includes guitar quintets by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Luigi Boccherini as well as Haydn's "Lark" Quartet and a set of solo guitar works. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with Jason about the concert and his longstanding relationship with the Escher Quartet.

The MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Dead Elvis and Other Gems" Sunday, March 24 at the Musical Instrument Museum. The program includes works by Joseph Haydn, Franz Krommer, and Peggy Glanville-Hicks, and opens with Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently talked with the orchestra's Music Director Warren Cohen about the concert, and bassoonist Kristilyn Woods (pictured), who dons a sequined costume to evoke the 1970s-era King of Rock and Roll. 

The Takács Quartet comes to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts for a performance of Flow, a new work by Phoenix composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama, alongside compositions from Haydn and Beethoven, Friday, March 22. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with violinist Edward Dusinberre about the genesis of the new work, as well as the longevity of the quartet, which is marking its 49th season.

The Phoenix Chorale presents two contrasting yet complementary works for voices and orchestra Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 in Scottsdale: Christopher Tin's reflective elegy The Lost Birds, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with Christopher Tin about his career writing for new media, and about this Grammy-nominated piece.

Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://phoenixchorale.org/concerts/

The Phoenix Chamber Music Society (PCMS) presents its 15th annual festival from March 2-8 at various locations throughout the Valley. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the festival's Artistic Director David Shifrin about his history with the PCMS and the variety of performers and music during this year's festival.

Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://www.phoenixchambermusicsociety.org/festival15.

The Arizona Bach Festival presents its 15th annual festival from February 25 through March 17. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the chairman of the festival's board of directors Don Morse about the origins of the organization, as well as this year's festival, which consists of chamber music, concertos, orchestral suites, and an opening organ recital.

Learn more about the concert, and purchase tickets here: https://arizonabachfestival.org/2024-festival.

The Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents the Isidore Quartet in concert at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Saturday, February 10 at 7:30pm. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the quartet's violist Devin Moore about the program, which includes the String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2 by Joseph Haydn, the String Quartet No. 2 "Awakening" by Billy Childs, and Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132.

Jeffrey Siegel (pictured) continues his Keyboard Conversations series at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30pm. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with the pianist about the program titled "A French Feast," which includes Franz Liszt's arrangement of the Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, and works by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, and Francis Poulenc.

Conductor Warren Cohen (pictured) and the MusicaNova Orchestra present Finished Unfinished, a concert at the Musical Instrument Museum on Monday, January 22 at 7:00pm. KBACH's Greg Kostraba chatted with Maestro Cohen about the program, which includes Franz Schubert's most famous unfinished symphony, the Symphony #8, and the very first symphony by Anton Bruckner, once dubbed "Symphony 00."