Heifetz On Air
The Heifetz Institute's New Radio Show
The Heifetz Institute is coming to your radio! We’re delighted to announce a new partnership with WTJU – the radio voice of the University of Virginia – to produce Heifetz On Air, airing Sundays 6 – 7 p.m. on 91.1 FM and streaming at WTJU.net and CharlottesvilleClassical.org.
Heifetz On Air is hosted by veteran public broadcast (and Heifetz President & CEO) Benjamin K. Roe.
Each week, Heifetz On Air will present captivating performances by Heifetz International Music Institute students, alums, and faculty — recorded on stage in Staunton and in WTJU’s Charlottesville studios. The show is hosted by Benjamin K. Roe, president and CEO of Heifetz Institute and longtime veteran of public radio classical programming. “WTJU’s partnership with Heifetz is a tremendous opportunity to share world class classical performances with listeners in Central Virginia and beyond,” said Nathan Moore, WTJU General Manager. “I’ll be honest, each time Heifetz students record at WTJU’s stage, I stop what I’m doing and watch the performance. The music is captivating.”
In the coming months, WTJU will also begin distributing “Heifetz On Air” as a podcast at VirginiaAudio.org and as a syndicated public radio show through PRX.org, the Public Radio Exchange. WTJU 91.1 FM has been part of the University of Virginia since its first broadcast in 1957.
Episodes
Heifetz On Air: Nordic Sounds
This episode features works both rare and familiar by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, and Norwegians Edvard Grieg and Johan Halverson, all presented live in concert on the stages of the Heifetz...
Heifetz On Air: September To Remember!
This episode is a showcase of some great musical moments from the Heifetz summer of 2023. Including a riveting performance by the Borromeo Quartet of an overlooked Haydn quartet, a savory Souvenir...
A Dollar-for-Dollar September To Remember!
Welcome to a September To Remember at the Heifetz Institute! We are thrilled to share with you the best and brightest moments from our summer season—a bountiful harvest of inspiring performances...
Heifetz On Air: Schubert – At the Gates of Heaven
On this episode, a complete performance of Franz Schubert’s so-called “two-cello” string quintet - the String Quintet in C Major, D. 956. It’s a piece so sublime that pianist Artur Rubinstein...
Heifetz On Air: Serenade – A Bernstein Celebration
In this episode, Ilya Kaler is the soloist and David Stern the conductor in an epic performance of Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium, a five-movement Violin Concerto with the Heifetz...
Heifetz On Air: A Night At The Opera
No singers, no sets, no chorus? No problem! The grandest music from the greatest operas still rings out on the Heifetz stage, thanks to the legions of composers who have arranged, fantasized,...
Heifetz On Air: Welcome To Heifetz 2023!
“Welcome to Heifetz 2023.” Fresh performances from the first concerts of the the Heifetz Institute's summer 2023 season. You’ll hear works by Schubert, Saint-Saens, William Walton, and more, all in...
Heifetz On Air: PianoPalooza!
PianoPalooza! Highlights from the one night of the summer that the Heifetz faculty pianists take the stage with no strings attached….literally! Featuring works by Rossini, Astor Piazzolla, Franz...
Heifetz On Air: Independence Day
An international cast of outstanding students all come together to honor the Stars and Stripes, both in Staunton and in the Charlottesville presidential home of founding father James Monroe. ...
Heifetz On Air 25: Sunday Matinee
A sampling of the sounds of a Heifetz Sunday Matinee concert, a heady mix of great music played by promising students, outstanding alumni, and renowned Heifetz Institute faculty. Works by Beethoven,...
Heifetz On Air: Sounds of the Celebrity Series
The renowned faculty of the Heifetz Institute dazzle in solo and chamber settings with great colleagues. “Sounds of the Celebrity Series,” features performances by the Emerson and Borromeo Quartets,...
Heifetz On Air: Stars of Tomorrow
They come from a 25 states and more than a dozen states for the chance to make the main stage in our signature series - the Stars of Tomorrow - the twice-weekly concert devoted exclusively to solo...