April 17, 2025: Host Christa Wessel welcomes pianist Angela Hewitt; and Classical Up Close to All Classical Radio’s Irving Levin Performance Hall.
Angela Hewitt—one of the world’s most revered pianists—returns with Portland Piano International to perform music by Handel, Bach, Haydn, and more. Then, our friends from Classical Up Close will preview their brand-new 2025 season of free concerts and performances.
Join us Thursday at 3:00 PM PT at 89.9 FM in Portland, OR or from anywhere in the world on our website.
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Hailed as “one of the busiest pianists on earth” (London’s Evening Standard), pianist Angela Hewitt has earned four Juno Awards, a Gramophone Award, and the Wigmore Hall Gold Medal. She is among the few women to have recorded the complete Beethoven Sonatas and is the visionary behind Italy’s Trasimeno Music Festival.
Learn more at angelahewitt.com.
Portland Piano International has presented more than 220 artists in recital and through outreach activities. Some of the greatest pianists in the world of music have played for Portland audiences because of this organization. While pianists have many opportunities to play the concerto repertoire, this is one of only a handful of recital series that remains devoted to the solo piano recital. Portland Piano International is a vital part of Portland’s quality cultural life and it has consistently garnered praise from both the local and national media, heralded a “consistently brilliant Piano Recital Series” (Willamette Week) and “one of this city’s musical treasures” (The Oregonian).
Keep reading at portlandpiano.org.
Classical Up Close is a chamber music festival created and produced by members of the Oregon Symphony and friends. Their mission is to bring high quality, live classical music to as many people as possible. They travel to neighborhoods all around the Portland metro area, holding concerts outside of the usual downtown concert hall, and every performance is free.
There’s more information at classicalupclose.org.
