Laura Atkinson
Host, WUOLLaura is the midday host on 90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville. Before working in radio, she carved out an international career as a professional singer, training first at Yale University and later as a Fulbright Grantee at the Mendelssohn Music Conservatory in Leipzig, Germany. She spent a near-decade working in Berlin as a freelance singer with her husband, who sang with the Komische Oper Berlin.
Laura is a Louisville native, and since relocating back to town sings as a roster member of NouLou Chamber Players, serves as Director of Education for the Bach Akademie Charlotte, and continues to work around the country as a professional singer. At home, her two young children keep her busy, and she enjoys the perks of being married to a sommelier.
Email Laura at latkinson@lpm.org.
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Kent Hatteberg leads Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir this weekend -
Dwain Lee on his book "Plausible Deception," and George Yu on the art of violin making -
New recordings featured this month on Classical Louisville -
David Chack, Professor of Holocaust Theatre and Performance, on art during the Holocaust -
Music by artists killed in the Holocaust will play throughout the day on 90.5 WUOL -
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A (very) shortlist of some of the best classical albums from 2024 -
Ray Chen describes the sound and the personality of his violin, The Dolphin -
The South African guitarist on finding a path to kora music through the classical guitar -
