Dec 28th, 2006 · A Performance Today listener calls in with a song to sing, and pianist Gabriela Montero comes up with a piano improvisation to play. After Montero improvises, we hear a bit of Betty Carter singing "My Reverie," a song by Larry Clinton, based on Debussy.
Oct 27th, 2006 · "Sing It and Wing It" is what pianist Gabriela Montero does at the end of most of her concerts. A member of the audience sings her a song and she improvises on it. She does one in the studio for us, as an example. If you'd like to try one, send Fred Child an email at pt@npr.org.
Oct 20th, 2006 · Gabriela Montero gives Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 a new twist.
Sep 18th, 2006 · Improvisation came easily -- and early -- to Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero. She received a two-octave toy piano when she was 7 months old. By age 3, she was improvising on themes from songs her mother sang her.
Sep 1st, 2006 · Gabriela Montero joins Fred Child in NPR's Studio 4A for an ingenious Classical Detour. She's not a baseball fan, but she takes us out to the ballgame anyway. How she gets from a Mozartian minor key to a major-key variation on "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" is what makes Gabriela Montero unique.
Jul 5th, 2006 · Gabriela Montero combines classical piano playing with improvisation. She stops by the NPR studios to share some of her music, including improvisations on Rachmaninoff's Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 4 and Bach's Toccata in D Minor.
Mar 1st, 2006 · Gabriela Montero is an up-and-coming performer on the world scene, with a newly released CD of piano miniatures and improvisations. Melissa Block and Performance Today host Fred Child critique and mostly praise the high quality of the album.