On-Air and Everywhere Weekly Update: February 16-22, 2026
February 16, 2026
Tune in this week to celebrate the Lunar New Year with music from China, Korea, and other parts of Asia on Classical KING!
Lunar New Year (Music Feature)
Tuesday, February 17 through Friday, February 20
The Lunar New Year is a time to gather with loved ones, to clean your space, and to prepare for a new year filled with light, luck, and good fortune! Celebrate the Lunar New Year with us at Classical KING! Join us throughout the week as we feature music from China, Korea, and other parts of Asia.
Northwest Focus Live
Micah Cheng and Lisa Choir: Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Francis Walton Competition Winners
Friday, February 20 | 7pm
Host: Sean MacLean
Hear flautist Lisa Choi and saxophonist Micah Cheng, winners of the prestigious Ladies Musical Club of Seattle’s Francis Walton Competition! For more information, visit classicalking.org/show/nw-focus-live.
Northwest Focus Concert Calendar
Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan: East meets East
Tuesday, February 17 | 7:30pm | Town Hall Seattle
An evening of Iranian Kurdish and Turkish Alevi folk music in Seattle!
Rainier Symphony: Coleridge-Taylor, Lachner, Elger
Saturday, February 21 at 6:30pm and Sunday, February 22 at 3pm | Foster Performing Arts Center
Enigma Variations and more, this Saturday in Tukwila!
Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Friends
Saturday, February 21 | 7:30pm | First Free Methodist Church, Seattle
Copland, Barber, Moncayo, and more, this Saturday in North Queen Anne!
Sammamish Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Schubert
Sunday, February 22 | 2pm | Eastlake Performing Arts Center, Sammamish
Two musical favorites in concert on the eastside!
Everett Philharmonic Orchestra: Amadeum & Ludwig
Sunday, February 22 | 3pm | Everett Civic Auditorium
Music by Mozart and Beethoven’s Third from the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra!
The Score with Edmund Stone
Family Ties
Saturday, February 21 | 4pm
There’s nothing quite like family. In this episode of The Score Edmund Stone brings an uplifting selection of films all about family including The Incredibles, Encanto, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, CODA and more.
Alternate Realities
Sunday, February 22th | 4pm
We’ve all said it, and film directors love to film it: “What if?” Next time on The Score join Edmund Stone on a mind-bending journey of paradoxes, puzzles and plausibilities as he looks at movies centered around alternate realities, including Back to the Future, The Butterfly Effect, The Matrix and Inception.
Metropolitan Opera
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Saturday, February 21 | 10am
Tragedy and love, from the Metropolitan Opera of New York!
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