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5 Bass Concertos You Should Know

From the Baroque era to today, let’s delve into some fascinating bass concertos from over the years and explore the different ways that the instrument can be showcased!

vivid abstract art showing jazz music notes and shapes

Keegan MorrisJanuary 20, 2024

Playlist: Jazz Takes on Classical Greats

Third Coast Baroque: 11 musicians in a sunlit red brick hallway; some with their instruments including violins, cello, theorbo, and charango.

Adela SkowronskiJanuary 17, 2024

Third Coast Baroque Announces Closure

Violinist Hilary Hahn, framed by flowers, gazes at her violin in front of a burnt orange wall

Adela SkowronskiJanuary 12, 2024

Hilary Hahn receives prestigious Avery Fisher Prize

Shelves of leatherbound archival manuscripts

Lost and Found: 8 Classical Music Masterworks Rescued From History

Katherine BuzardOctober 25, 2024

Music that vanished, whether by accident or by design, only to be brought back into the light years, or centuries, later.

Día de los Muertos Events 2024

Keegan MorrisOctober 22, 2024

2024 concerts, festivals, celebrations, workshops, and more to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Chicago.

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Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers reclines on a luxurious sofa, having a laugh while she holds her instrument

90 Years: Grant Park Music Festival Announces 2024 Season

Keegan MorrisJanuary 9, 2024

Another packed summer of live music awaits.

Kaija Saariaho works thoughtfully at a desk

In Their Own Words: Remembering Those Who Died in 2023

Candice AgreeDecember 29, 2023

Recognizing the Chicagoans, musicians, artists, and friends of WFMT who died this past year.

fireworks illuminate the night sky over the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

Celebrate New Year’s Songs From Around the World

Adela SkowronskiDecember 29, 2023

From Bulgaria to Denmark, some of our most beloved — and unique — traditions come when it's time to welcome the New Year!

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff