Playlist: Beginner Concertos to Excite the Senses
Classical concertos are a great entry point for beginners. High-flying, exciting, virtuosic, they are often a pinnacle of solo performance.
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Playlist: Keepin’ it unreal with pioneering composer and artist Moondog
Of the thousands of people who passed Moondog as he stood, dressed as a Viking, on his customary Manhattan street corner, few realized that they were walking by one of the great minds of 20th-century music.
Pianist Lara Downes Joins WFMT for a Moving and Timely Virtual Concert and Conversation
In troubled times, music is a source of hope and healing. In a virtual interview and concert with WFMT's George Preston, pianist Lara Downes performs selections from her new album, Some of These Days.
Chicago’s All-Time Top Musical Moments? That’s for You to Decide.
In a city replete with an embarrassment of musical riches, you can help decide the 35 musical moments and events that will be remembered in years to come. Or, as the organizing nonprofit Art & Business Council of Chicago, which supports arts, music, and cultural organizations, puts it, you can “help ensure that the beat goes on.” In what is ...
Oud Player Rahim AlHaj Channels “Hope and New Beginnings” in WFMT Livestream
It's becoming easier and easier to be overwhelmed by all that is going on in the world today... this music may help.
Playlist: Classical Music Inspired by Flowers and Nature
Many composers have also answered the call of springtime’s riotous colors during this, the blooming season.
Jimmy Cobb, ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer for Miles Davis, dies
Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album, has died. His wife, Eleana Tee Cobb, announced on Facebook that her husband died Sunday at his New York City home from lung cancer. He was 91. Born in Washington, D.C., Cobb was a drummer on the “Kind of Blue” jam ...
A Musical Memorial and Tribute: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach’s Solo Cello Suites Live
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform J.S. Bach’s six cello suites live as a memorial for those we have lost in the pandemic and a tribute to the resilience of our communities.
LIVE | Lutenist Paul O’Dette
Grammy-winning lutenist Paul O’Dette shares Elizabethan ballads and Scottish tunes in a video concert livestream.
Cultures in Concert: Four Latin American Composers Who Fused Folk and Classical Music
WFMT's 2020 ITW David Speer Academy intern reflects on his personal connection to Latin American classical music.
Muti to conduct classical music’s return to Italian stage
Organizers are billing the open-air concert as Italy's first live classical music performance since its coronavirus lockdown.
