New Releases Apr. 29: Women Composers, Ukraine, Early Music
Works by Julia Perry, Doreen Carwithen, Hildegard von Bingen, and Miley Cyrus (yes, you read that right) are the marquee works on a pair of releases dedicated to women composers and artists. We are also treated to a survey of Ukrainian classical music, a pair of early music releases, and albums highlighting works by Franz Liszt and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Playlist: 8 Classical Composers Who Were Cuckoo for Cuckoos
Few birds have inspired more composers than the cuckoo. Lisa Flynn selects some of her favorite works inspired by the cuckoo, from intimate chamber works to grand symphonies.
Commercial and critical darling Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer
Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music, making history as the first non-classical or jazz artist to win the prestigious prize.
Video: Pianist Marianna Prjevalskaya Plays Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Brahms
Russian-born Spanish pianist Marianna Prjevalskaya performs live in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center during a Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.
How Women of the Chicago Black Renaissance Changed Classical Music Around the World
Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Irene Britton Smith, Nora Holt, and countless other women of color contributed to the Chicago Black Renaissance and changed classical music around the world.
Video: Hear Third Coast Baroque, Chicago’s Newest Early Music Ensemble
Watch Rubén Dubrovsky and Third Coast Baroque perform the virtuosic music of Vivaldi in the beautiful Trinity United Methodist Church in Wilmette, Illinois.
Visa difficulties force Esperanza Spalding, National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba to cancel Chicago concert
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced that a concert featuring the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba with Esperanza Spalding, originally scheduled for February 9, 2019, has been cancelled.
“Everybody has the blues”: Martin Luther King Jr. on How Music Brings People Together
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s inspiring remarks from the first annual Berlin Jazz Festival in 1964.
VIDEO | Get a sneak peek at Chicago Opera Theater’s Donizetti double bill
Chicago Opera Theater concludes its 2017/18 season with a Donizetti double bill presenting two Chicago premieres: "Il Pigmalione" and "Rita."
Watch Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners Hannah Rose Kidwell and Christina Giuca perform LIVE
Enjoy a performance recorded live at the Chicago Cultural Center featuring your favorite classics as well as a new work by Jake Heggie.
Inside the Sounds of the Upside Down: Meet the Composers of the Netflix Hit Stranger Things
Get to know Emmy Award-winning composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, and how their interest in experimental music prepared them to score one of the definitive shows of our era.
