The Talent has come to its penultimate episode for Season 2 2026! Let's listen back to some highlight performances for this season. Listen until the end to hear Kyla and Kevin reflect on the season and announce the three finalists!

Highlight performances featured in this episode:


Kate Yin (piano)—Toccatissimo by Carl Vine


Oscar Xu (horn)—First movement of Reinhold Glière’s Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 91


Archer Bryett (trombone)—First movement of Launy Grøndahl’s Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra


Lucas Cai (piano)—First movement of Carl Vine’s Piano Sonata No.1


Weiwei Bao (violin)—Second movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64


Stephy Cai (piano)—Valley of Rocks by Miriam Hyde


Symphony Shi (piano)—Ondine, from Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit, M.55

We've been lucky to have a whole host of different instruments in this season, and performers spanning across the entire age range that The Talent caters for. We hope you've enjoyed this season as much as The Talent team as enjoyed putting it together, and will tune in for The Talent Finale airing live on 3MBS on the 27th of October 2026!

The Talent has come to its penultimate episode for Season 2 2026! Let's listen back to some highlight performances for this season. Listen until the end to hear Kyla and Kevin reflect on the season and announce the three finalists!
Highlight performances featured in this episode:
<ul>
<li>
Kate Yin (piano)&mdash;Toccatissimo by Carl Vine
</li>
<li>
Oscar Xu (horn)&mdash;First movement of Reinhold Gli&egrave;re&rsquo;s Horn Concerto in B-flat Major, Op. 91
</li>
<li>
Archer Bryett (trombone)&mdash;First movement of Launy Gr&oslash;ndahl&rsquo;s Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
</li>
<li>
Lucas Cai (piano)&mdash;First movement of Carl Vine&rsquo;s Piano Sonata No.1
</li>
<li>
Weiwei Bao (violin)&mdash;Second movement of Felix Mendelssohn&rsquo;s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
</li>
<li>
Stephy Cai (piano)&mdash;Valley of Rocks by Miriam Hyde
</li>
<li>
Symphony Shi (piano)&mdash;Ondine, from Maurice Ravel&rsquo;s Gaspard de la nuit, M.55
</li>
</ul>
We've been lucky to have a whole host of different instruments in this season, and performers spanning across the entire age range that The Talent&nbsp;caters for. We hope you've enjoyed this season as much as&nbsp;The Talent&nbsp;team as enjoyed putting it together, and will tune in for The Talent&nbsp;Finale airing live on 3MBS on the 27th of October 2026!

The Talent is an exciting live performance program which assists young performers at the start of their careers by broadcasting recitals by musicians who are currently studying at tertiary institutions or have recently graduated.

The Talent

Since 2013 The Talent has been assisting young and emerging artists by providing live-to-air performance experience coupled with feedback from respected industry mentors.

Since 2013 The Talent has been assisting young and emerging artists by providing live-to-air performance experience coupled with feedback from respected industry mentors.