{"id":106518,"date":"2025-08-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/?p=106518"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:02:54","slug":"access-recording-project-participants25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allclassical.org\/access-recording-project-participants25\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Recording Project 2025 Participants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We are thrilled to announce the inaugural participants of All Classical Radio’s Access Recording Project<\/strong><\/a>. The first-of-its-kind initiative will invite Pacific Northwest artists to make use of the station\u2019s Irving Levin Performance Hall and James DePreist Recording Studio to develop creative projects and advance their careers, at no cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough the Access Recording Project, All Classical Radio is removing barriers for local creatives, artists, and organizations,\u201d says President and CEO Suzanne Nance. \u201cThis program opens the doors to world-class opportunities \u2014 performing, recording, and documenting their work as artists, storytellers, and musicians. Our goal is to share resources that spark lasting, positive change for regional artists and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected from 40+ applicants by a panel of community leaders, the three awardees represent varied backgrounds, ambitions, and activities. All projects in the Access Recording Project’s pilot year will be completed in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Read on to meet the visionary participating creatives and learn about their projects, in their own words. Find out more about the Access Recording Project in the official press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Classical Radio’s Access Recording Project is made possible by a generous grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Immigrant Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Known for documenting and sharing stories about immigrants living in the Pacific Northwest to promote empathy and advance inclusivity in our communities, the Immigrant Story<\/strong> will use the station’s studios to produce a high-quality recording of an inspiring commission. Fusing traditional sounds of South West Asia with Western Classical music, their still unnamed groundbreaking 45-minute work is a powerful cross-cultural expression of community and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“At The Immigrant Story, we ask: what becomes of the traditions immigrants carry with them? Do they remain unchanged, quietly preserved? Do they fade away? Or do they evolve\u2014fusing with new influences, passed to the next generation, and reimagined into something profoundly original? In this work, we witness that transformation: where Indian classical and Western classical traditions meet, not to replace one another, but to create something entirely new\u2014something born of many cultures, yet rooted here. It is a shared creation, uniquely ours, and deeply worth cherishing,” says Sankar Raman<\/strong>, Founder and Board President of the Immigrant Story<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nikita Istratov<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

18-year-old award-winning instrumentalist Nikita Istratov<\/strong> has been playing the piano since the age of 6. Now in his first year of college, he will perform and record a recital in All Classical’s Irving Levin Performance Hall, showcasing the music of Sofia Gubaidulina. He aims to draw greater attention to the achievements of women composers in classical music. The program will explore Gubaidulina’s innovative harmonic language and traditional musical forms, and how 19th-century romantic Slavic cultural elements influenced her music. Nikita’s recital will showcase Gubaidulina’s Chaconne<\/em> (1962), her most significant work for solo piano and her first commissioned work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nikita shares: “As a young musician, collaborating with a major arts organization like All Classical Radio is an exciting opportunity to amplify my artistic voice. This project allows me to bring greater attention to an intriguing composer I’ve recently discovered, and to generally advocate for broader recognition of female classical composers. I\u2019m grateful to All Classical Radio for helping me to realize my vision. The Access Recording Project supports my mission of connecting with larger audiences and sharing, through musical performance, perspectives that I believe deserve to be heard.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Based in Eugene, OR, the nonesuch.reedquintet<\/strong> is a professional chamber ensemble dedicated to inspiring the next generation of music students. Studio time will be used to record music for a new children’s book designed to stimulate curiosity and participation in their music and arts education efforts. Jimbo\u2019s Dreamland<\/em> includes narration set to music by beloved composers including George Gershwin and Claude Debussy, performed by the quintet. The book will feature words and artwork by a commissioned children’s book author and illustrator based in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The resources provided by All Classical Radio\u2019s Access Recording Project offer us a valuable opportunity to realize a core component of our project, Jimbo\u2019s Dreamland<\/em>,” says David Kwek, founding member and Board Secretary of nonesuch.reedquintet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our mission to provide accessible music education is strengthened by the work we\u2019ve done\u2014and will continue to do\u2014in schools across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The publication of Jimbo\u2019s Dreamland<\/em> will enable nonesuch.reedquintet to expand our reach to classrooms around the world.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Stay tuned for more updates on these projects and behind-the-scenes looks as these talented creatives bring their ideas to life using All Classical Radio’s Hall and studios. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about the Access Recording Project at allclassical.org\/access-recording-project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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