Chicago Holiday Arts Calendar: Enchanting Concerts, Events, Spectacles, and more!
As we look forward to the festivities, we have compiled some of Chicago's most enticing holiday offerings!
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Playlist: Your Guide to Chopin’s Études
Explore Chopin’s études - some of the most beloved works in the piano repertoire - by listening to some of our favorites and learning more about them.
Higdon opera for Philadelphia to have 3 different endings
The opera is a fictionalized account inspired by the theft of seven artworks from a museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
5 Questions with Marin Alsop [Video]
"I think that art needs to serve the public... not just to be comforting and familiar, but to push the envelope," declares Marin Alsop.
AP: US opera union probe finds Plácido Domingo abused power
People familiar with the findings have said that an investigation found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by Domingo over two decades
Robbie Ellis’ Comedy Tunes Prove that Classical Music Can Be Funny [Videos]
Think you know a lot about classical music? Robbie Ellis, WFMT host, composer, music director, and comedy songmaker extraordinaire shares four untold musical revelations that will have your head spinning!
Music of the Baroque Announces 2020-21 season
On February 21, Music of the Baroque announced its 2020-2021 season, the ensemble’s 50th.
Video: Pianist Taek Gi Lee Shares a Dynamic Recital of Beethoven and Liszt
Pianist Taek Gi Lee, who hails from Seoul and studies at the Curtis Institute of Music, shared a sensitive performance of works by Beethoven and Liszt.
UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery
LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London have removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure. Doctors for violinist Dagmar Turner, 53, mapped her brain before the surgery to identify areas that were active when she played the instrument and those responsible for controlling language and movement. Doctors then woke her ...
Joffrey Ballet Announces 2020-21 Season
A year of milestones, the upcoming season marks Joffrey’s 65th season, its 25th in Chicago, the five-year anniversary of its reimagined Nutcracker, and its inaugural season at Lyric Opera House.
Remembering Jamie Gilson, children’s book author, WFMT contributor, and friend
When Jamie Gilson came into this world there were fireworks, her website explains. She was born on the Fourth of July 1933. She died quietly at her home on February 11, 2020, with her family around her. She was known primarily as a writer of children’s books, but she also wrote for radio, magazines, and film – WFMT, WBEZ, Chicago ...
