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This Week

Pianist Sung Chang | Live from the Chicago Cultural Center

Hear three centuries of piano works during this week’s Dame Myra Hess concert | Wednesday at 12:15 pm

QUIZ: What Mozart opera are YOU?

VIDEO | Learn to sing “México lindo y querido” with KAIA Quartet

What we’re excited to do in Chicago this week

This week in Chicago you can fall into fall with a unique "Rite of Spring," attend an opera and a ballet at the same time, have a ball with Riccardo Muti and Anne-Sophie Mutter, and more....

Tips to Rise to the Top in Music Competitions from 2017 Van Cliburn Winner Yekwon Sunwoo

When pianist Yekwon Sunwoo first entered the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in 2013, he was an alternate. This year, he took home the gold....

Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

The moment Strauss puts his pen to the musical staff, his chord progression and melodies set our old-as-the-hills merry prankster on escapades—wriggling out of tight spots and dancing his way through misadventures....

VIDEO | Hear the young mariachi ensemble from Chicago that’s topping charts and winning hearts

Chicago-based Mariachi Herencia de México released its debut album, "Nuestra Herenica" ("Our Heritage"), in early 2017 and it ranked No. 2 on the iTunes Latin chart in its first week. Since the ensemble is composed of pre-college...

VIDEO | Watch two of the world’s best tabla players (who also happen to be father and son)

Watch Anindo Chatterjee and his son Anubrata prove why they are two of the best percussionists in the world....

Baroque music flourishes in the gardens of William Christie

In 1985, William Christie, the founder and music director of the Baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants, was driving in the French countryside when he saw Thiré for the first time. Located in the Vendée region of France, an hour south...

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