Heifetz On Air
The Heifetz Institute's Weekly Radio Show & Podcast
Heifetz On Air is hosted by veteran public broadcast (and Heifetz President & CEO) Benjamin K. Roe.
Each week, Heifetz On Air presents captivating performances by students, faculty, and alumni of the renowned Heifetz International Music Institute, located in the Staunton, VA. The program is hosted by Benjamin K. Roe, President and CEO of the Heifetz Institute, and a Peabody Award-winning public media veteran. The Heifetz Institute is distinguished by its intensive six-week summer program, which assembles the most promising young musicians from across the globe to study and perform under the tutelage of the premier pedagogues in the field, led by Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo String Quartet. Each episode of Heifetz on Air focuses on a particular theme, composer, or style, and explores the boundaries of both familiar masterworks and underrepresented repertoire through the dazzling solo performances and inspiring chamber music collaborations captured live on the Heifetz stage. Heifetz On Air is produced in partnership with NPR station WTJU, Charlottesville, VA, and distributed via PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.
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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...
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...
Heifetz On Air: Play It Forward!
Swallows to Capistrano, pilgrims to Mecca, and great young string players to Staunton…we’re setting up for a great summer to come at the Heifetz Institute that will include no fewer than 53 concerts...