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Staff Spotlight: Telling the Painful and Hopeful Story of the Black Community Through Music

In the first of our WFMT Staff Spotlight series, we share a playlist from Tim Russell, the Vice President of Community Engagement at WFMT and WTTW.

Keegan Morris | November 18, 2020

Watch Andrew Byun and Victor Asuncion Perform Music by Schumann, Tailleferre, and Beethoven

Daniel Goldberg | November 6, 2020

An Opera Without Precedent: Derrick Wang’s US Supreme Court Comic Opera Scalia/Ginsburg

Associated Press | November 5, 2020

With performers infected, La Scala season premiere canceled

Handel in HD: Haymarket’s Season Premieres with Streaming ‘Acis and Galatea’

Keegan Morris | October 30, 2020

Baroque music goes digital.

Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (Photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto)

Carnegie Hall to remain closed through April 5

Associated Press | October 30, 2020

The decision leaves only the possibility of performances at the very tail end of the hall's 2020-21 season.

Women in Classical Music

An Irrepressible Soprano Takes On an Overlooked Repertoire

Playlist | Fire and Flames in 25 Pieces

Refuge from Silence: COT, Refugee Orchestra Return to Live Stage

Shaw, Sagan, and Searching: ‘The Listeners’

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Virus cases spike at Milan’s La Scala, Naples’ San Carlo

Associated Press | October 27, 2020

The number of performers at Milan's famed La Scala opera house who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen to 21, even as the theater was forced to close.

Killer Chops: Some Scary Celluloid Pianists for Halloween

Candice Agree | October 27, 2020

As Halloween approaches, let’s look at a few horror films in which pianists, or at least the hands they are attached to, are the stars.

Arlo Guthrie, citing health, says he’s retired from touring

Associated Press | October 26, 2020

In lengthy posts on his Facebook page and website, the 73-year-old folksinger announced Friday he is retiring from performance immediately.

Mornings with Dennis Moore