Faustina Housner of Cherry Hill will perform at Longwood Gardens’ Open Air Theatre on Sept. 9
NPR’s hit show “From the Top,” the preeminent showcase for young musicians heard weekly on WRTI 90.1 FM, will come to the Open Air Theatre at Longwood Gardens to record a radio broadcast on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Special guest host pianist Peter Dugan will accompany and interview extraordinary young classical musicians from across the country in this 90-minute concert recording.
Faustine Housner, 17, from Cherry Hill is among the musicians to be showcased on the episode. Housner will perform Histoire du Tango: Cafe 1930 by Astor Piazzolla with 18-year-old guitarist Ria Modak from New York. She studies violin at Temple Music Prep with Ellen dePasquale and J Freivogel. Housner performs with Temple Music Prep’s Youth Chamber Orchestra and had the memorable experience of performing a solo for Iceland’s president while on tour with the group. She was named an Honorable Mention winner by the National Young Arts Foundation. She was selected for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of USA who has is honored to tour Asia with the NYO musicians.
Tickets for the show are available at longwoodgardens.org. For more information on the event, visit https://www.fromthetop.org/show/nprs-from-the-top-kennett-square-pa-show-359/
