

Starting July 1, 2025, relive the highlights of our 2024 – 2025 season!
Tune in Tuesday nights at 8 pm on Classical WSMR (89.1 & 103.9 FM) or stream online here. Learn more at wusf.org/classical.
Schedule
July 1 | Masterworks 1 Going Places
Featuring
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Program
- DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
- TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
- DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 (New World Symphony)
July 8 | Masterworks 3 Ravel’s Boléro
Recorded January 12, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Featuring
Shiyeon Sung, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano
Program
- BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
- DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6
- RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major
- RAVEL Boléro
Anne Akiko Meyers, featured violinist
July 15 | Masterworks 4 Heroic Spirit
Recorded February 1 & 2, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Featuring
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Program
- BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
- ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Fandango
- SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Steven Banks, featured saxophonist
July 22 | Masterworks 5 Melting Pot of Music
Recorded February 23, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Featuring
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Steven Banks, saxophone
Program
- JIMMY LÓPEZ Fiesta! Overture
- BILLY CHILDS Saxophone Concerto
- R. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
- RAVEL La Valse

Grace Park, featured violinist
July 29 | Masterworks 6 The Planets
Recorded March 9, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Featuring
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Grace Park, violin
Program
- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Overture to The Wasps
- DVOŘÁK Romance in F Minor
- HOLST The Planets
Jon Kimura Parker, featured pianist
August 5 | Masterworks 7 Grand Treasures
Recorded April 6, 2025 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Featuring
Earl Lee, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Program
- PETER BOYER Horizons (Sarasota Orchestra co-commission)
- BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
- BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Nicolas Namoradze, featured pianist
August 12 | SMF Beethoven and Shostakovich
Recorded June 7, 2025 at the Sarasota Opera House
Featuring
Stephanie Childress, conductor
Nicolas Namoradze, piano
Program
- Mary KOUYOUMDJIAN Diary of an Immigrant
- SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2
- BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
Sara Gobbel, SMF 2024 violin fellow
August 19 | SMF Levin Plays Mozart
Recorded June 14, 2025 at the Sarasota Opera House
Featuring
Robert Levin, piano
(performed without conductor)
Program
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Nonet in F Minor
- DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings
- MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17
Elena Urioste, Violin Faculty Artist
August 26 | SMF Festival Finale
Recorded June 21, 2025 at the Sarasota Opera House
Featuring
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Elena Urioste, violin
Program
- KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
- SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
Alejandro Meza, 2024 flute fellow
September 2 | SMF Rising Star Highlights
Recorded June 8, 15, and 20 2025 at Holley Hall, Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center
Featuring
SMF 2025 Fellows:
Ellie Eunbi Baek, flute
Nadira Novruzov, flute
Yuhsi Chang, oboe
Stephen Coffey, clarinet
Frank Tao, clarinet
Yurii Padkovskyi, clarinet
Sophie Choy, horn
Vera Romero, horn
Benjamin Richard, bassoon
Noah Arcenas , violin
Yida An, violin
Andrej Balaž, violin
Vincent Cart-Sanders, violin
Ophir Dahari, violin
Jameson Darcy, violin
Noemi Gilbert, violin
Thomas Gougeon, violin
Anda Jiang, violin
Jeanne Marquez, violin
Alexandra Gonzales Siu, violin
Yi-Wen Yeh, violin
Bram Fisher, viola
Mack Jones, viola
Yeji Lee, cello
Torron Pfeffer, viola
Syara Robert, viola
Angela Rubin, viola
Owne Xayboury, viola
Adrian Hsieh, cello
David Kim, cello
Jonathan Kim, cello
Yeji Lee, cello
Mia Wimbiscus, cello
WeiYun Chang, piano
Ningxin Zhan, piano
Kelvin Tang, piano
Vicky Yang , piano
Program
- DVORÁK Piano Quintet in A Major
- MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat Major
- BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor
- DEBUSSY String Quartet in G Minor
- David MASLANKA Quintet No. 4 for Winds
- John HARBISON November 19, 1828