Chamber Music on the Fox Returns for 10th Season
Across five flagship programs and two additional special events, the series mines chamber repertoire spanning centuries.
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WFMT takes NYC | Postcards from Host Peter van de Graaff
Another fantastic trip with Earthbound Expeditions and WFMT!
Orchestra searching for child who charmed crowd with ‘wow!’
The Handel & Haydn Society had just finished its rendition of Mozart's "Masonic Funeral" at Boston's Symphony Hall on Sunday when a youngster blurted out loudly: "WOW!"
Japan’s New Emperor is a Violist
The list of classical works about royals and royalty is long — everything from Purcell’s King Arthur to Verdi’s Macbeth to Puccini’s Turandot. But what about a royal who can play classical music? Emperor Emeritus Akihito, Empress Emeritus Michiko, and Emperor Naruhito in a family concert in 1987.
Soprano Lisette Oropesa wins Beverly Sills Artist Award
The 35-year-old made her Met debut in 2006 as a Woman of Crete in Mozart's Idomeneo. She is scheduled to sing the title role next season in Massenet's Manon and Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata.
Interview | Trans baritone Lucia Lucas on making her historic US debut
In 2019, Lucia Lucas made history as the first trans opera artist to star in a professional American opera production of a standard repertory opera.
Video | Matthew Lipman Performs Viola Music Live from Levin Performance Studio
It's not every day that we get treated to a performance of viola repertoire, and in this Facebook Live from the Faye and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, violist Matthew Lipman performed three works composed for the instrument by Bach, Rebecca Clarke, and Robert Schumann. Matthew, who hails from Chicago's south suburbs, admits that "the viola has the reputation amongst the ...
Classically Cuban
Skirts sway at Tio Pedro’s party as my partner spins me to the lively salsa music. Tio Hector then pulls out the congas and maracas, adding flair to the song as friends join in to play along. The floor creaks with the steps of people dancing to the rhythm in the summer heat. Being a first-generation Cuban-American woman of color, ...
Metropolitan Opera fetes Plácido Domingo golden anniversary
Plácido Domingo has starred on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera for a whopping 50 years — and is still singing, amazingly, at age 78.
CSO Contract Ratified, Strike Ends After 7 Weeks
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra strike has ended and a new, five-year contract through September 2023 has been ratified, the CSO musicians and management have confirmed.
Behind Terezín’s Walls, the Sounds of Resistance
During the Third Reich, Nazis converted Terezín, a former military fortress 40 miles northwest of Prague, into a concentration camp. Aided by a large influx of Czech creatives and intellectuals, Terezín became the crucible for some of the most pointed art about the Holocaust. The musical life of the camp, in particular, was astonishingly rich — and often covert.
