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A Fond Farewell to Kerry Frumkin: A Vital Voice for WFMT

“Music was always my love. And if I wasn’t going to be able to make music myself, I was going to make sure to be a good and informed listener. The importance was being able to share what I love with other people.”

Associated PressApril 5, 2024

Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow

WFMTApril 3, 2024

Playlist: 14 Works for the Solar Eclipse

Photo portrait of new CSO music director Klaus Mäkelä, in a dark blue suit and black shirt, with a half smile

Keegan MorrisApril 2, 2024

CSO Names Klaus Mäkelä as Music Director

Nighttime at the Grant Park Music Festival as the public gazes upon the striking Pritzker Pavilion, lit in multicolor and with the Grant Park Orchestra onstage. The skyline in the background

Grant Park Music Festival 2025 Season: Guerrero Era Begins

Keegan MorrisJanuary 7, 2025

Marking the free classical music festival's first season led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero.

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In Their Own Words: Remembering Those Who Died in 2024

Candice AgreeJanuary 2, 2025

WFMT remembers those who died in 2024: those we know from our community and those we never met, but who spoke to us through their work.

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commemorative plaques pay tribute to victims of the Ardeatine Massacre

Italy marks 80th anniversary of WWII-era massacre in Rome with a concert honoring the dead

Associated PressMarch 25, 2024

Riccardo Muti conducted the Italian premiere of William Schuman’s Ninth Symphony, which the composer wrote after visiting the site of a 1944 massacre in Rome.

Portrait of Maurizio Pollini in khaki colored suit

Acclaimed Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini dies at age 82