Castuner

From the Top

NPR

Music and stories from America’s best young classical musicians.

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50 episodes

  1. Creative to the Core 34:18
  2. Communicating Without Words 26:32
  3. Connection & Collaboration 33:40
  4. Teens Champion Contemporary Music 25:44
  5. Musical Jackpot 35:31
  6. Brahms and Tubas 36:41
  7. Musical Superpowers 35:29
  8. 12 and Under Highlight Show 37:36
  9. Youngest of the Young Highlights Program 27:31
  10. Four Hands Piano & Atlanta Music Project 1:03:33
  11. The Swan & More from Michigan: Part II 31:30
  12. The Swan & More from Michigan: Part I 36:12
  13. Mozart, Kreisler, and Schubert: Part II 35:37
  14. Mozart, Kreisler, and Schubert: Part I 36:48
  15. Let’s Get Together: Texas Youth Orchestra & More 30:02
  16. Let’s Get Together: Rachmaninoff to Barber 29:16
  17. Chopin, Guitar Quartet & More from Minnesota: Part II 48:20
  18. Chopin, Guitar Quartet & More from Minnesota: Part I 38:43
  19. Viola Power and a Young Pianist 25:08
  20. Countertenor’s Lullaby and an Irish Violist 40:22
  21. Kreisler and Childhood on a Farm 30:59
  22. Discovering Sibelius and More 31:09
  23. West Side Story, Ragtime and a Teen Composer 36:29
  24. Bach, Popper, and Saint-Saens 40:03
  25. Beethoven and Singing Trombone 34:12
  26. Film Scores to Brahms Viola 41:09
  27. Celebrating Musicians with Disabilities 2026: Part II 28:51
  28. Celebrating Musicians with Disabilities 2026: Part I 37:45
  29. Talented Teen Soprano & Violinist plus Etta James Tribute at FAME Studios 31:38
  30. From FAME Studios: Bluegrass Banjo, Amy Beach & more 33:19
  31. 13-year-old Pianist and an Award-Winning Sax Quartet 29:34
  32. Playing with Emotion 36:06
  33. Prokofiev, Flute Fantasies & the San Diego Youth Symphony 25:21
  34. Mozart, Marimba & Young Musicians from San Diego 35:22
  35. Brilliant 9-Year-Old Pianist & More with Orli Shaham 35:13
  36. Four Handed Mozart with Orli Shaham 34:40
  37. Victor Wooten, Bach, & Gospel Marching Band 42:51
  38. Beethoven to Bluegrass and Special Guest Victor Wooten 47:25
  39. Taaffe Zwilich Violin Fantasy and Flute Ballade 31:03
  40. Barber to Ballroom Dancing 34:04
  41. Self-Taught Violinist and Young Composer 25:34
  42. Ravel and Multifaceted Cellist 37:31
  43. Musical Trivia 1:06:24
  44. Dramatic Cello & Saxophone Elegy 27:07
  45. Romance & Silence 41:14
  46. Debussy and Rhapsody for Alto Sax 24:14
  47. Band Room to Recording Studio 36:04
  48. Composer Jessie Montgomery and more Black Voices in Classical Music 33:57
  49. Black Voices in Classical Music with Alex Laing 38:58
  50. Musicians from Rural America: Violin and Banjo 31:54