Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83
"Why should anybody assume that just because an artist chooses not to give interviews, he/she is a recluse?" she said in 2002.
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Chicago Celebrates 50 Years of ‘Everyone’s Picasso’ with Music and More
For 50 years, the sculpture, known simply as the Chicago Picasso, has delighted and baffled passersby. The artist never revealed his inspiration.
Video: After Coming Out as Gay, This Russian Violinist Can’t Return Home. This Is How Music Helped Him Find Acceptance.
For violinist Artem Kolesov, leaving his home country didn’t just offer the opportunity for professional advancement, it was also a chance to escape a life of constant fear and persecution.
Quiz: Can You Guess Who Composed the Music Just by Looking at the Score?
Put your musical knowledge to the test: can you guess the piece of music just by looking at an excerpt of the score?
Listening to This Bach Fantasia Arranged for Marimbas Is Like Giving Your Brain a Massage
J.S. Bach is one of the most celebrated figures in the history of music. American composer John Knowles Paine declared that Bach’s music “cannot grow antiquated,” and many modern musicians have arranged his compositions for instruments that had not yet been invented during Bach’s lifetime. Wendy Carlos changed music when she arranged Bach’s works for Moog synthesizers and helped popularize ...
Maestro Muti’s Most Memorable Chicago Moments
Since Riccardo Muti became the CSO's music director in 2010, Chicagoans have enjoyed many magical moments with the maestro.
10 Composers Who Surprised Us With Their Hidden Talents
Though we tend to remember our favorite composers for their music first and foremost, many of them were virtuosic in more ways than one.
This Video Proves It’s Only a Matter of Time Before Robots Can Play Rachmaninoff
Anyone who’s ever studied a keyboard instrument knows it takes years of dedicated practice to play with accuracy. But one robot is programmed to bypass all of that, as shown in a video on Facebook.
Renaissance Composer Roy Henry Was Also a King – Historians Just Aren’t Sure Which One
One of the most important and complete collections of English sacred music, the Old Hall Manuscript, was compiled between 1415-1421. The volume contains two mass movements – Gloria and Sanctus – written under the name Roy Henry. Since “roy” translates loosely to “king” from Middle French, music historians agree that Roy Henry was an English king with a penchant for ...
This Heart-Shaped Score Just Might Make You Fall in Love with Medieval Music
"Belle, bonne, sage" is a love song whose title translates to "Lovely, good, and wise." And if the score looks like a Valentine’s Day card, the lyrics follow.
You’re Guaranteed to Get “So Emotional” Watching Whitney Houston Sing With Luciano Pavarotti
If you get “so emotional” every time you hear Whitney Houston sing, this video may make you reach for the tissues. This video will have you wondering just what Whitney Houston couldn’t do as a singer. She steals the show from opera powerhouse Luciano Pavarotti, and renowned musicians Sting and Elton John in this video of the singers sharing a ...
