Stories

Beyond Ourselves: Kirill Gerstein on Music of Wartime

“We, as members of society and also as artists, feel both the need to do something and the helplessness in not being able to influence something.”

6 Infamous, Disastrous Classical Premieres

Some of today's most beloved works of classical music weren't well received when they made their debuts!

Chicago Music and Arts Events for Lunar New Year

In Chicago, festivities abound in the weeks surrounding the dawning Year of the Dragon.

Vote for Stravinsky’s Top 10 Works

We want to hear your take! Help us create a definitive ranking of the iconoclastic 20th-century composer’s greatest music.

Remembering Don Tait

“He was completely serious about the music, but also effervescently joyful. He loved this artform.”