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Anna Netrebko needs shoulder surgery, cancels performances

Soprano Anna Netrebko needs shoulder surgery and has canceled performances in Verdi’s Nabucco at the Vienna State Opera.

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Associated Press | October 19, 2021

12 pianists in final stage of prestigious Chopin competition

Adela Skowronski | October 18, 2021

QUIZ | How Spine-Tingling Is Your Taste in Classical Music?

Adela Skowronski | October 16, 2021

Can’t Carry a Tune? Callas 2.0? Regardless of Skill, Singing Has Surprising Benefits

From 2013: Legendary Chicagoan Timuel Black Reflects on Studs Terkel

WFMT | October 13, 2021
Timuel Black, who died on October 13, 2021 at age 102, lived a truly extraordinary life. Hear an excerpt of a 2013 WFMT interview with the influential historian, activist, veteran, and teacher.

Stutzmann to follow Spano as Atlanta Symphony music director

Associated Press | October 13, 2021
Nathalie Stutzmann becomes the second woman to lead a major American orchestra.

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Met Opera to Stage Anthony Davis’ ‘X’ on Malcolm X in 2023

Marian Anderson’s vocal artistry honored in new CD bonanza

Opera singer says Paris police detained, strip searched her

6 Chicago Concerts and Celebrations for Juneteenth 2021

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CSO Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Concerts

Keegan Morris | October 12, 2021
Music director Riccardo Muti will conduct music by Beethoven, Price, Glass, and Montgomery while welcoming guest artists like Anne-Sophie Mutter, Leif Ove Andsnes, and Mitsuko Uchida.

Cuba’s danzón genre: ‘150 years later, it’s still alive.’

Associated Press | October 11, 2021
The danzón was scandalous in some circles but it eventually became the national dance of Cuba and spread to other countries in the region.

VIDEO | Two Unsung Quartets Played by Fischoff-Winning Risus Quartet

Keegan Morris | October 11, 2021
Hearing music by Schubert and Mendelssohn, WFMT audiences enjoyed some rarified music-making by the Risus Quartet, the Grand Prize winner of the prestigious 2021 Fishoff Competition.
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