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American Flag in the sky, during the golden hour sun set

Independence Day Highlights on WFMT

All day long on July 4, WFMT will celebrate Independence Day. Here are some of the highlight performances and recordings!

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting in moody, darkly lit photo

Associated PressMarch 14, 2024

Esa-Pekka Salonen to leave San Francisco Symphony, citing dispute with orchestra’s board

Abel Selaocoe, in a vibrant blue suit and green shirt, is immersed in music as he plays the cello with eyes closed

Keegan MorrisMarch 14, 2024

Alsop, Conlon, Dudamel: Ravinia Shares ’24 Season

A tall African-American man hugs a shorter African-American woman from behind. The woman is crying. The man is looking off into the distance. They are standing by a white, closed casket with flowers on top.

Adela SkowronskiMarch 12, 2024

With Mazzola Extended, Lyric Opera Explores Contrast in 2024–2025 Season

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73

Associated PressDecember 16, 2024

Considered the greatest tabla player of his generation, Hussain's career spanned six decades and featured collaborations with singer-songwriter George Harrison, jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

A lighting bolt knifes through a cloudy sky

Stormy Weather in Classical Music

Katherine BuzardDecember 5, 2024

Storms capture the human imagination, inspiring awe and fear in equal measure.

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Portrait of Sherezade Panthaki in black and blue gown, organza wrap over shoulders, dark forest setting

Music of the Baroque Journeys Through Time in 2024–2025 Season

Adela SkowronskiMarch 7, 2024

Highlights include rarely-heard gems, beloved holiday concerts, and the 80th birthday celebration of Nicholas Kraemer.

Pianist Eric Guo gestures excitedly sitting next to a historic keyboard

Chopin lovers can’t meet their hero, but this pianist got to do the next best thing

Associated PressMarch 7, 2024

“These period pianos, they all have the ability to play as soft as possible and I think still there’s something there, there is still a core inside.”

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Vote for Tchaikovsky’s Top 10 Works

WFMTMarch 5, 2024

Help WFMT create a definitive ranking of the music of masterful Romantic composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff