Julia Figueras
Music Director and Midday hostA Strong Memorial baby and Greece Arcadia grad, Julia Figueras is the Music Director and mid-day host for WXXI-FM. She is also the producer and host for the award-winning monthly interview/performance show, Backstage Pass.
Figueras began her radio life in 1980 at WICN in Worcester, MA, and has been playing formats ranging from classical to rock to jazz, with a dash of talk in Boston, MA as well as at stations in Concord and Portsmouth, NH. She received her bachelor's degree in theater, cum laude, from Brandeis University.
The mother of two daughters, she has a passion for the Boston Red Sox and New York Times crossword puzzles, loves Dvořák, Radiohead, Springsteen, and Brahms, and enjoys reading mysteries and histories. She is also a member of a trivia team that competes in weekly quizzes throughout Rochester. Currently, Figueras sits on the Board of Directors for the Penfield Symphony Orchestra with her husband, Peter Iglinski, and holds an honorary seat on the Amadeus Children's Chorale board. Previously, she spent 10 years on the Board of the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.
Figueras also writes the WXXI Classical Music e-Newsletter. Sign up here!
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Andreas Delfs has just been named the new Music Director of your Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has a long and ambitious agenda for the…
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Composer, pianist, and founder of the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, Gabriela Lena Frank was born with a neurosensory…
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Beethoven turns 250 in December (no one knows the precise date), and WXXI Classical is throwing him party! Since so many concert series were cancelled,…
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Violas ruled the day when the Society for Chamber Music in Rochester wrapped up the season with two German masters. On the program: a Mendelssohn quintet…
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The Society for Chamber Music in Rochester served up a musical potpourri for this concert, with something old, something new, three young artists, and the…
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This week's concert from the Society for Chamber Music in Rochester features a contrast of musical eras. On the one hand, there's a competition-winning…
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Mozart had big plans when he arrived in Paris; sadly for him, none of them panned out. For the second in our series, the Society for Chamber Music in…
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Our new season with the Society for Chamber Music in Rochester begins with some European Romance: sextets by Richard Strauss and Antonin Dvorak, with a…
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A new season for the Society for Chamber Music in Rochester begins on Sunday afternoon, August 2 at 2pm! This year brings a cornucopia of musical delights…
