Anais performed on Show 400, recorded at The Colburn School in Los Angeles, California. She returned two years later to perform on Show 427 with the Olive Trio.

Anais Feller (violin), 15, studies violin with Martin Beaver at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. In April 2021, she was awarded the second prize and the orchestra prize at the Tibor Varga Junior International Violin Competition in Sion, Switzerland. Other honors include the grand finalist of the Redlands Bowl Concerto Competition 2020 (final in June 2021), prize winner of the Southern California Philharmonic Young Artist Competition, first prize winner of the Concerto Competition at the Burgo International Music Festival in Spain, first prize of the concerto competition at the Memphis Repertory Orchestra Concerto Competition, and Grand Prize winner of the Collin County Young Artist Competition in Texas.

Anais’ first experience as a soloist was when she was 10 years old, playing concerts in Klobenz, Germany with the Cleveland Institute of Music string orchestra.  She has since appeared as a soloist with the Plano Symphony Orchestra, TX, the San Angelo Symphony, TX, and the Memphis Repertory Orchestra, TN. She also played Bach’s double violin concerto with renowned soloist Ray Chen at the Laguna Beach Music Festival. Anais has attended many international music camps and has played chamber music and orchestral music in concerts in Germany, Italy, Spain, Dallas, TX and San Diego, CA. Anais had master classes with Mr. James Ehnes, Mr. Stefan Jackiew, Ms Ida Kavafian, and Mr. Leonidas Kavakos.

Previously a ballet dancer, Anais currently dances jazz, modern, and Kpop. She also loves rock climbing.

Peter was named Host of From the Top in January 2020.

Peter Dugan’s position is sponsored by Susan and Gerald Slavet.

Peter first appeared on From the Top Show 158, recorded in April 2007, at age 18.

Prizing versatility as the key to the future of classical music, pianist Peter Dugan is equally at home in classical, jazz, and pop idioms.

He is heard nationwide as the  host of NPR’s beloved program From the Top.  He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across North America and abroad. 

In 2020, Mr Dugan performed with Joshua Bell on a PBS Broadcast “At Home with Music” and appeared on  the album of the same name on Sony Classical. He was also featured on PBS Great Performances with mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan for the series “Now Hear This”.

A sought-after multi-genre artist, Mr. Dugan has performed in duos and trios with artists ranging from Itzhak Perlman and Renee Fleming to Jesse Colin Young and Glenn Close. Mr Dugan’s debut performances with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony were described by the Los Angeles Times as “stunning” and by the SF Chronicle as “fearlessly athletic.” The Wall Street Journal described Mr. Dugan’s collaboration with violinist Charles Yang as a “classical-meets-rockstar duo.” Mr. Dugan has been presented in chamber music recitals by Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Music at Menlo, Moab Music Festival, and recently in recital with Joshua Bell at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival.  He was the 2019 featured recitalist for the California Association of Professional Music Teachers, and has soloed with the San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, New World Symphony, and Mid-Texas Symphony.

His album with baritone John Brancy –  A Silent Night: A WWI Memorial in Song – pays homage to composers who lived through, fought in, and died in the Great War. Brancy and Dugan toured this program across North America in commemoration of the centennial of WWI, including performances at The Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Stanford University, the United States Naval Academy, and the Smithsonian Institute.  Together Brancy and Dugan won first prize at the 2018 Montreal International Music Competition and second prize at the 2017 Wigmore Hall International Song Competition. He can also be heard as the piano soloist on a recording of Ives’ Fourth Symphony from Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, a recording which the New York Times named one of the top classical albums of 2019. 

Mr. Dugan advocates the importance of music in the community and at all levels of society.  As a founding creator of Operation Superpower, a superhero opera for children, he has traveled to dozens of schools in the greater New York area, performing for students and encouraging them to use their talents – their superpowers – for good.

Mr. Dugan holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied under Matti Raekallio. He was a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Young Scholar, College Scholar, and Graduate Scholar awards.

He resides in New York City with his wife, mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan, and serves on the piano faculty at the Juilliard School Evening Division. Mr. Dugan is a Yamaha Artist.