WAMC's New Weekly Segment: Classical Music According to Yehuda

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Yehuda Hanani and Alan Chartock

ALBANY, NY (03/16/2010)(readMedia)-- "Classical Music According to Yehuda" is a weekly segment on WAMC Northeast Public Radio that airs each Friday during The Roundtable around 11:22 a.m. and lasts approximately 10 minutes. It re-airs during Midday Magazine each Saturday. In each segment, Alan Chartock, President and CEO of WAMC, poses questions about the world of classical music to cellist and teacher Yehuda Hanani.

"We all know that we'd like to know just enough to get by in a number of areas. For instance, we'd love to know what bottle of wine to order, and we'd all like to know just enough about classical music to avoid sounding like a Neanderthal," Chartock says. "Now the famous cellist Yehuda Hanani is doing the heavy lifting for all of us. Questions such as who the most important classical musician ever was (and is), and what conductors do to get their musicians to perform, will be answered."

Yehuda Hanani is a Professor of Cello at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and presents master classes internationally in conjunction with concert tours. He is equally renowned for performances with orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Berlin Radio Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, BBC Welsh Symphony, and more. Soloist, chamber musician, master teacher and ambassador of the arts, Yehuda inspires audiences around the world.

"We are delighted that Yehuda is doing this for WAMC, his station," added Chartock.

Listeners can tune into their local WAMC frequency or listen online at wamc.org for "Classical Music According to Yehuda."

WAMC Northeast Public Radio broadcasts 24 hours a day with information and cultural programming from stations reaching parts of seven northeastern states. WAMC is an award winning producer of regionally based programming. WAMC is a member station of National Public Radio and is affiliated with Public Radio International and American Public Media. http://www.wamc.org/

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