Video Premiere: Exciting Brass Ensemble The Westerlies Plays ‘This is Water’
How a speech by David Foster Wallace inspired a new triptych for brass quartet.
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Here Are the Best Christmas Albums of 2016 to Get for the Classical Music Lover In Your Life
This holiday season has an especially rich and varied selection of new releases. If you’re looking for gift ideas, here’s a list of Lisa Flynn's favorites from 2016.
A Sneak Peek of Joffrey’s New Nutcracker Set During Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
Dancer Anastacia Holden reflected that "as an artist, we’re always looking for new challenges, because they make us grow. It’s always great to do a new work and see a fresh take on this traditional holiday story."
Your Guide to WFMT’s 2016 Holiday Programming
All month long, you can enjoy WFMT's special holiday broadcasts from all around the world.
The Single Most Important Piece of Advice Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Has for Young Musicians Today
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is not only one of the world’s most renowned musicians; he’s also a passionate advocate for using the power of music to create community.
CSO Announces Program Change, Dutoit to Conduct U.S. Premiere of Newly-Discovered Stravinsky Work, “Funeral Song”
In April 2017, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will perform a newly-discovered work by Stravinsky, Funeral Song, in concerts led by Charles Dutoit.
Mahler manuscript sells for record $5.6 million in London
Sotheby’s said comparable music manuscripts to have been sold at auction include nine Mozart symphonies, which sold for 2.5 million pounds in London in 1987.
Chicago Public Schools Reports Increased Access to Arts Education, Despite Statewide Budget Crisis
Ingenuity Inc., an organization that works to improve and expand arts education in Chicago, released its annual progress report surveying arts education in Chicago Public Schools. Considering that earlier this year, Illinois’ public school districts were $20 billion in debt, Ingenuity’s findings may surprise you. In 2013, CPS announced its Arts Education Plan, which states: “Through a comprehensive and sequential ...
North Shore Guitarist Adam Levin Brings Music to Mexican Community Founded Atop Former Landfill
When Levin and his colleague, guitarist Matthew Rodhe, began conversations about how to give back to the community several years ago, they decided they wanted to make a contribution to the people of Yuguelito.
This Black MIDI Version of “Let It Go” Is More Terrifyingly Difficult Than Any Liszt Piece
You’ve likely heard the song “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen at least once since it was released in 2013. Not only did “Let It Go” win Best Original Song at the 2014 Academy Awards and Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2015 Grammy Awards, it’s also been recorded in dozens of languages from Cantonese to Croatian. Even ...
Watch WFMT Listener Favorite, Pianist Vera Gornostaeva, Play 12 Chopin Mazurkas
One of Russia’s greatest pianists, Vera Gornostaeva, was virtually unknown outside of her native country for most of her career. She taught at the Moscow Conservatory, earned the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, had a popular television program, Open Piano, and trained dozens of prize-winning pianists. Yet for most of her life, she was never permitted to ...
