CSO’s 90th Ravinia Residency Anchors 2026 Season
The Ravinia Festival's 2026 season coincides with several milestones, including the 90th anniversary of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s summer residency.
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New Contemporary Chamber Series Launches in Loop Fall ’24
The inaugural 2024-2025 season contains four concerts taking place on Wednesday over the course of the year. The debut season boasts six world premieres.
Classical Focus: Playlists to Orchestrate Your Studying
Harness the incredible power of classical music to enhance your schoolwork!
A Music Lesson with Victor Wooten
Five-time Grammy award winner and bass icon Victor Wooten talks about tackling a new challenge: writing a concerto for electric bass.
11 Legendary Classical Music Venues You Should Know (and Visit)
The world’s great concert halls, opera houses, and performance spaces are more than just buildings. They are the homes of centuries-old musical traditions.
Anna Netrebko to sing at Palm Beach Opera gala in first US appearance since 2019
Past Palm Beach Opera galas featured Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Renée Fleming, and Bryn Terfel.
Yuval Sharon to direct Met Opera’s new stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and ‘Tristan und Isolde’
The Met also said Tuesday that Nézet-Séguin's contract had been extended by six years through 2029-30.
Tchaikovsky’s Top 10 Works
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a master of melody. Across musical forms the Russian composer's works exquisitely harness the power of each instrument involved.
Video: Chicago Artisan Gives Neglected Violin Exquisite New Life
“Chicago has been a fiddle town for a long time now,” reflects Sam Kunkel, a luthier in residence at A440.
Lyric Opera of Chicago Names New Head
The appointee has served as executive director and CEO of the Houston Symphony since 2018.
Forward Motion: Chicago Sinfonietta’s ’24–25 Season
The season's theme, Propel, taps into the Sinfonietta's ongoing mission to foster change and progress in classical music.
