Best KBACHs Podcasts (2025)

The Arizona Piano Institute presents its 10th Summer Festival June 1st through the 7th at Phoenix College. Before the festival begins, the faculty of...

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The MusicaNova Orchestra Explores Humor in Classical Music 11:55

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The MusicaNova Orchestra presents its "Laughing with Prokofiev, Stravinsky & Haydn" concert May 18th at the Musical Instrument Museum....

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SOUNDS Academy Celebrates 10 Years 12:54

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The SOUNDS Academy presents its 10th Anniversary Benefit Concert on May 16th at the Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix. The Academy’s Founder and CEO...

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Phoenix Chorale Brings "American Voices" to Life 10:54

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The Phoenix Chorale concludes its season on Saturday & Sunday, May 3rd and 4th with a program called “American Voices." The Chorale...

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Martin James Bartlett, the 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Returns to Tempe 8:53

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British Pianist Martin James Bartlett will perform at Tempe Center for the Arts, Sunday, April 13th, as part of the Hayden’s Ferry Chamber...

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Classical Music Inside Out with the Mike Block Trio 10:02

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The Mike Block Trio will be featured on the next concert of the Classical Music Inside Out series at Mesa Arts Center, Wednesday, April 9. The...

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Rachmaninoff & Copland with the Arizona MusicFest Festival Orchestra 10:56

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The Arizona MusicFest Festival Orchestra culminates its annual week-long residency in the Valley with a performance Sunday, March 30th at 2pm at La...

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Catch the "Trout" Quintet with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Phoenix 11:07

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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) will be in performance Saturday, March 22 at Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley. The co-...

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The first-ever collaboration between the MusicaNova Orchestra & Phoenix Chorale 11:10

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The MusicaNova Orchestra & Phoenix Chorale team up for performances Saturday & Sunday, March 8-9 at Camelback Bible Church in Paradise Valley...

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Connor Chee, Combining His Navajo Heritage and Classical Piano Training in Oracle 8:02

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The Oracle Piano Society presents a recital by Navajo pianist/composer Connor Chee, Sunday afternoon, February 16th at 3 at the Oracle Center for the...

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Composer's Choice with Nokuthula Ngwenyama 8:52

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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents a program curated by composer-in-residence and violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Saturday afternoon, February...

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Women Rise with Cellist Rhonda Rider 11:02

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Boston-based cellist Rhonda Rider comes to Phoenix to perform at the MIM with the MusicNova Orchestra this Saturday at 6 P-M. She recently chatted...

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Dances for the Ears in Scottsdale with Jeffrey Siegel 8:13

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Pianist Jeffrey Siegel continues his 46th season of Keyboard Conversations at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, January 14 at...

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The East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Blending Old and New in Paradise Valley 8:09

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The East Coast Chamber Orchestra brings a program that blends old and new to Camelback Bible Church Saturday, January 11 at 7:30pm. Co-Executive...

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The Oracle Piano Society Kicks Off 2025 with a Festival of Chamber Music 10:42

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The Oracle Piano Society presents its annual Chamber Music Festival January 2-5 in Oracle, Arizona. The society's founder and Artistic Director...

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The Solo Piano Project Vol. 1 with ASU grad Charles Szczepanek 17:54

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Former Music Director at the Church of the Ascension in Fountain Hills and ASU graduate Charles Szczepanek has a new album out on Heart Dance Records...

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A Few of Our Favorite Things in Scottsdale with Jeffrey Siegel 7:10

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Pianist Jeffrey Siegel begins his 46th season of Keyboard Conversations at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, December 10 at 7...

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An Immersion of Chamber Music and Visuals at Ravenscroft Hall 11:52

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Violist and ASU professor Nancy Buck curates a series of chamber music concerts at Ravenscroft Hall in Scottsdale, and will be featured in the...

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Violinist and Sphinx Competition Winner Njioma Grevious comes to Mesa for a Classical Music Inside Out residency 11:40

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Violinist and Sphinx Competition Winner Njioma Grevious comes to the East Valley for a Classical Music Inside Out residency, including a performance...

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The Jerusalem Quartet and pianist Inon Barnatan bring Haydn, Shostakovich & Brahms to the Valley 13:25

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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society is bringing in the Jerusalem Quartet and pianist Inon Barnatan for a performance of string quartets by Haydn and...

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Dover Quartet's Camden Shaw on returning to Mozart (& Phoenix) after recent Beethoven recordings 10:42

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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society opens its 65th season by bringing in the Dover Quartet for a performance Sunday afternoon, October 27 at Camelback...

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Nick Luby and Susan Zhang bring The Concert Truck to Chandler 8:12

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The Concert Truck, a fully-functioning mobile concert hall complete with lights, sound system, and piano, will be making a stop in Chandler October...

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Two of Arizona's premiere vocal ensembles team up to perform two 20th-century choral masterpieces 14:18

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The Phoenix Chorale and Tucson's True Concord (pictured) will perform the Requiem by Maurice Durufle and Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir Sunday...

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Janet Green on the Phoenix Chamber Music Society's 65th season 17:45

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Janet Green has been attending Phoenix Chamber Music Society concerts since she was a teenager, and is now Executive Director of the society. She...

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The Oracle Piano Society's ambitious plans to become the "Ravinia of Arizona" 15:58

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Pianist Stephen Cook is founder and Artistic Director of the Oracle Piano Society in Oracle, Arizona, which enriches rural Pinal County with a...

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Cellist Zuill Bailey on Classical Music Inside Out 2024-2025 13:53

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Cellist Zuill Bailey created the Classical Music Inside Out series at Mesa Arts Center more than a decade ago and continues to curate the series.He...

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The Flagstaff Piano Festival brings world-class pianists to the high desert 12:41

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NAU piano professor Silvan Negruțiu is the founder and Artistic Director of the Flagstaff Piano Festival. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently chatted with...

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Conductor Tito Muñoz on his Ten Years with the Phoenix Symphony 12:01

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Tito Muñoz just concluded his tenth and final season as Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony. KBACH's Greg Kostraba recently caught up with Maestro...

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Violinist Steven Moeckel in a "Celebration" of chamber music at Ravenscroft Hall 6:29

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Former Phoenix Symphony Concertmaster Steven Moeckel will be on the final concert of the second season of Chamber @ Ravenscroft, Saturday, May 18th...

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Phoenix Boys Choir goes "Skyward" with Simply Three and a World Premiere 12:59

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The Phoenix Boys Choir presents its season finale concert Friday and Saturday, May 10th and May 11th. The program, called "Skyward," will feature the...

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Pianist Michael Stephen Brown on life, music and Mozart's Piano Concerto #10 for two pianos 8:37

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Pianists Michael Stephen Brown and Adam Golka join Maestro Tito Muñoz and the Phoenix Symphony for performances of the Piano Concerto #10 (for two...

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Guitarist Jason Vieaux brings his castanets to Phoenix 6:00

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Guitarist Jason Vieaux will join the Escher Quartet for a performance at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Friday, April 12th. The program...

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Bassoonist Kristilyn Woods brings a touch of the 'Vegas Elvis' to the MIM 11:24

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The MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Dead Elvis and Other Gems" Sunday, March 24 at the Musical Instrument Museum. The program includes works by Joseph...

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Takacs Quartet presents a Phoenix premiere 13:14

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The Takács Quartet comes to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts for a performance of Flow, a new work by Phoenix composer Nokuthula...

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Composer Christopher Tin & The Lost Birds 10:54

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The Phoenix Chorale presents two contrasting yet complementary works for voices and orchestra Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10 in Scottsdale:...

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Clarinetist David Shifrin & the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival 10:09

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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society (PCMS) presents its 15th annual festival from March 2-8 at various locations throughout the Valley. KBACH's Greg...

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Arizona Bach Festival's "Festival 15" 12:58

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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...

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"Awakening" with the Isidore Quartet 14:14

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The Phoenix Chamber Music Society presents the Isidore Quartet in concert at Central United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Saturday, February 10 at 7:...

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Pianist Jeffrey Siegel presents "A French Feast" 8:16

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Jeffrey Siegel (pictured) continues his Keyboard Conversations series at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30pm...

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MusicaNova Orchestra presents "Finished Unfinished" 21:30

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Conductor Warren Cohen (pictured) and the MusicaNova Orchestra present Finished Unfinished, a concert at the Musical Instrument Museum on Monday,...

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Composer David Ludwig and violinist Bella Hristova 12:25

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Composer David Ludwig wrote a violin concerto as a wedding present for his bride, Bella Hristova, who will be performing it January 5-7 with...

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Phoenix welcomes Ilmar Gavilan of Harlem Quartet. 28:27

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Violinist Ilmar Gavilan, a native of Havana, Cuba, has had a remarkable performing career that has taken him all over the world, including Phoenix...

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Harpist Rita Costanzi and the Phoenix Chapter 26:50

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Phoenix Chapter of the American Harp Society presents Rita Costanzi, an internationally acclaimed harpist and actress that has recently...

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German-born violinist Steven Moeckel, Germany to Arizona and NAU 33:16

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A graduate of both the famous Hochschule Mozarteum in Salzburg and Indiana University in Bloomington, Steven Moeckel has served as Concertmaster of...

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Dale Trumbore and Phoenix Chorale for World Premiere 29:43

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Composer Dale Trumbore is going to be coming to phoenix for the Oct 13-15 Phoenix Chorale concerts in which the piece she composed...

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Fauré Quartett celebrates 150 Years in Phoenix 15:49

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Konstantin Heidrich is the cellist of the Fauré Quartett, which formed in 1995 and still has all four of its original members. Heidrich talks about...

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Mill Avenue Chamber Players from Red Rocks to Mexico 26:16

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Rose French is the founder and French Horn player of the Arizona ensemble, Mill Avenue Chamber Players. They will be highlighting chamber music from...