This Week
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5 Things to do in Chicago this week
From the stage to the silver screen, check out these 5 events that no music lover in Chicago should miss....
Meet Stilian Kirov, the new music director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), based in south suburban Park Forest, is celebrating its 40th season, and the orchestra welcomes a new face to the podium: conductor Stilian Kirov....
Musicians share why Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is the gig that gives them “all any of us really want”
As the WFMT Radio Network’s series from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival heads into production for another season of radio shows, host Kerry Frumkin, and producer Louise Frank, asked participants what makes this location so enchanting....
Singers Answer: “Is Verdi’s Last Opera, ‘Falstaff,’ Also His Best?”
Sometimes, composers save their best work for last. Is Verdi’s last opera, "Falstaff," his best?...
How conductor Harry Bicket gets a modern orchestra to sound period perfect
Maestro Harry Bicket shared what’s in his “little box of tricks” to help musicians in modern orchestras sound period perfect....
5 Things to do in Chicago this week
See Bill Murray at Symphony Center, have a Monteverdi Marathon, get a symphonic scare on Friday the 13th, and more....
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