Astral

Inside Astral is WRTI's podcast mini-series on rising stars in classical music.

WRTI is proud to announce 'Inside Astral,' a four-part performance and interview series featuring new voices in classical music. Hear our first episode, with pianist Christopher Goodpasture.

Due to inclement weather, the Astral / WRTI / PHS has unfortunately been canceled. We hope to reschedule it sometime soon.

As part of our video series, WRTI Presents Astral, Cuban-American cellist Thomas Mesa recently visited the WRTI Performance Studio and played three works that use the cello’s unique voice to respond to the pandemic and social turmoil.

Astral artist Rachel Lee O’Brien stopped by WRTI’s Performance Studio recently and shared a program of music for harp celebrating her Appalachian roots. She was accompanied by Angela Massey on flute. Both are featured here in our video series, WRTI Presents ASTRAL.

Astral artists Beomjae Kim on flute and Ekaterina Skliar on mandolin are kicking off our new video series, WRTI Presents Astral, with a program of music celebrating the connections between music, art, and culture, recorded in WRTI’s Performance Studio last month.

Ready for a fabulous in-person concert experience? We invite you to discover eight incredibly talented Astral artists, winners of the highly competitive Astral National Auditions, presented by our very own senior producer of arts & culture, Susan Lewis. The date is Wednesday, October 20th from 7 to 8:30 PM. The place is Stotesbury Mansion just off of Rittenhouse Square.

A winner of Astral's 2016 National Auditions, violinist Katie Hyun has been praised for her "sensitivity and top shelf artistry" by Cleveland.com. In…

Her concerts have earned her praise for her "prodigious ability" (The New York Sun) and "lyrical and beautiful" playing (Classical Post). Astral Artist…