Newberry Consort Shares Collaboration-Rich 2023-24 Season
The Chicago early music ensemble will collaborate with Baroque opera specialists, an eminent early music keyboard player, and leading chamber groups in its upcoming season.
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‘Arias and Songs’ Host Larry Johnson Donates >5,000 Records To DePaul University School of Music
Though Larry primarily features CDs on his program, over several decades his collection has evolved into over 5,000 recordings, including LPs and original 78RPM discs dating back to 1901.
Fire at Venice’s La Fenice brought quickly under control
MILAN (AP) — A fire in Venice’s rebuilt La Fenice opera house was swiftly brought under control Monday, 22 years after a blaze had destroyed the famous theater. Italian news agency ANSA reported that the fire broke out early Monday in a technical room that was under 24-hour surveillance as a precaution following the fire in 1996, which was ruled ...
Barcelona Dedicates a Garden to the Late Soprano Montserrat Figueras
Montserrat Figueras, who specialized in early music, is being remembered by her native city.
Less than 5% of Audio Engineers are Women: This is My Story
My name is Mary Mazurek, and I am a recording engineer, an artist, an educator, and a Ph.D. candidate. But most of all, I am a woman working in a very male-dominated field. I've enjoyed a wonderful career. But it almost didn't happen.
4 Celebrities Who Happen to Play French Horn
What do a political analyst, a former Miss America, a fake news anchor, and a young Obi-Wan Kenobi have in common? At some point in each of their lives, they all played French horn!
A live broadcast celebrating young artists, collaboration, and 10 years of WFMT’s Introductions at Chicago’s Youth Arts Showcase
On Saturday, September 22, 2018, WFMT’s Introductions, the weekly program that features the Chicago area’s finest pre-college musicians, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a live radio broadcast from Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park to kick off Chicago’s first Youth Arts Showcase (YAS! Fest). The fest was a highlight event of the 2018 Year of Creative Youth, a citywide celebration of Chicago’s young artists and the mentors who inspire them...
Riccardo Muti Conducts CSO, Civic in Free ‘Concert for Chicago’
Riccardo Muti, addressing the 10 thousand-plus crowd, remarked that "all 3 pieces connect the desire of freedom, libertà, liberty!"
AP Interview: Chopin contest winner praises old pianos
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The winner of the world’s 1st Chopin competition on historic pianos says the search for the original sound restores the appeal of classical music and helps artists understand the composer’s intentions. Tomasz Ritter of Poland was named the best of 30 young pianists at the 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments this month. The 23-year-old ...
Video: Violinist Jennifer Koh on Creating a Diverse, Thriving Classical Music Future
"One of the things that's important to me," Koh shared, "is to bring voice to people who didn't have that voice before."
Detroit opera, fine arts champion David DiChiera dies at 83
In 1993, DiChiera bought a dilapidated former movie and vaudeville theater that would be transformed into the Detroit Opera House.
