Guarneri Hall’s 2025-26 Season Mixes Beethoven, Jazz, and Buster Keaton
Highlights include the Borromeo String Quartet performing Beethoven, a celestial-themed vocal program, and a WWII commemoration concert showcasing 1940s compositions.
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Pianist Jacques Loussier Dies at Age 84
The French pianist was known for his jazz interpretations of classical music, most famously, the works of Bach in his Play Bach record series.
Music of the Baroque Announces 2019-20 Season
The upcoming season, the company’s 49th, “will be a season of high drama, storytelling, virtuosity, and spiritual depth,” comments executive director Declan McGovern.
How to Make a Baroque Opera Work in the 21st Century
How does an opera written in 1735 hold up today? Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of George Frideric Handel’s Ariodante presents a contemporary perspective on the nearly 300-year-old Baroque opera, with updated gender and sexual politics to boot.
Students Commemorate Matthew Shepard, LGBTQ Hate Crime Victim, Through Song
More than two decades after a tragedy catalyzed a generation of LGBTQ activists, Matthew Shepard's story is being shared with a new generation through music.
Bolshoi Ballet to Return to Chicago After 16 Years
The Bolshoi Ballet is returning to Chicago for the first time in sixteen years. The Russian ballet company will perform at the Auditorium Theatre in June 2020, which will be the only Midwest stop on their United States tour. The Bolshoi Ballet will perform Yuri Grigorovich’s Swan Lake, set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score. Grigorovich, who served as the Bolshoi’s director ...
André Previn, Oscar-winning composer, has died at 89
Previn was a child prodigy whose family fled Nazi Germany. As a teenager, he found work as a composer and arranger in Hollywood, mostly at MGM, winning four Oscars for his orchestrations of such stylish musicals as 1964's "My Fair Lady."
Pianist, composer Ramsey Lewis to be honored in Chicago
A jazz pianist and composer is being honored with a lifetime achievement award on the occasion of African-American Heritage Month.
14-year-old flutist Rosie Wang wins 2019 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition
Many musicians dream of performing on the stage of Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition makes this dream come true for one young musician every year. On Saturday, February 23, four young musicians competed on that famous stage for the opportunity to perform with the CSO during the 2019-2020 season. ...
Unrecognizable: A Stage Makeup Transformation for Lyric’s Elektra
Richard Strauss's Elektra is challenging, dramatic, and very, very bloody. This thrilling, one-act opera is based on an ancient Greek myth: Elektra seeks her sweet revenge on her mother for murdering her father. Lyric Opera of Chicago's intense production features WFMT host Maggie Clennon Reberg. Go behind the scenes at Lyric, and be astonished as Maggie transforms in hair and makeup!
Settling the Score: Oscar Noms Highlight Gender Disparity in Film Composition
Despite shifting tides, especially since the rise of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements in 2017, women are often left out of the spotlight when it comes to leadership roles in film and music production.
