New Releases Nov. 11: Cello Celebration
Cellists are featured on four of this week's new releases, which includes a brand new compilation by Gautier Capuçon.
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London Symphony, Simon Rattle work with California students
After being locked down for so long, Rattle says it's "kind of a miracle" that the company's California concert tours are happening.
NY Philharmonic back at Geffen Hall Oct 7 after renovation
The New York Phil will return to Geffen Hall after a $550 million renovation.
Watch WFMT Classical Conversations: Benjamin Franklin and Music
In connection with Ken Burns’ newest documentary, WFMT interviews Ellen Cohn, editor-in-chief of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin and actor and historian Mitchell Kramer, who has been portraying Franklin for more than a decade.
Bach and Handel Highlights in Music of the Baroque’s ’22-23 Season
The lineup represents the “most ambitious season in recent history,” according to executive director Declan McGovern.
Joffrey Announces 2022-23 Season With ‘Little Mermaid’ and ‘Karenina’
The season will feature four mainstage programs, including the company’s Chicago-centric take on The Nutcracker and the return of Anna Karenina.
Video: Beethoven and Brahms Masterworks With Gabriel Martins & Victor Asunción
In two expressive, charismatic works of cello repertoire, ascendant artist Gabriel Martins Brahms' Cello Sonata No. 2.
‘Music is an ephemeral art’: Conductor Eun Sun Kim on Puccini and her Lyric Debut
It’s been a very Puccini year for conductor Eun Sun Kim. In the span of 9 months, she'll have conducted two Toscas, two Bohèmes, and a Turandot. Here's how she continues to find the new in these beloved scores.
War silenced violin for refugee as 1.7M have fled Ukraine
20-year-old Myroslava Sherbina said that, along with the clothes she wore, her violin was the one thing she took as she fled Ukraine.
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra Announces 2022-23 Season, Its 45th
The anniversary season will feature seven mainstage performances — including a holiday Messiah concert — all of which will be conducted by music director Stilian Kirov.
Spanish theatre drops Bolshoi’s ballet show over Ukraine war
One of Europe's major opera houses is canceling a set of upcoming performances by Russia's Bolshoi Ballet over the war the country is waging on Ukraine.
