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Harris Announces 2025-26 Season

Welcoming music and dance presentations from Chicago and beyond, the season runs from August 2025 to May 2026.

Keegan MorrisFebruary 23, 2023

9 New Chicago Ensembles You Should Know

WFMTFebruary 23, 2023

Watch Star Trumpeter Mary Elizabeth Bowden Play Beach & Debussy

Associated PressFebruary 20, 2023

Anthem for Charles III’s coronation written by Lloyd Webber

Matthew Lipman poses against a vivid yellow wall

Illinois Phil 2024–25: John Williams, American Symphonies, Messiah, More

Keegan MorrisApril 10, 2024

The orchestra’s slate of seven concerts will kick off in September with "Three Great American Symphonies."

29-Year-Old Kedrick Armstrong Named Oakland Symphony Music Director

Keegan MorrisApril 10, 2024

Armstrong is Oakland's first music director since the unexpected death of Michael Morgan in 2021.

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Burt Bacharach, legendary composer of pop songs, dies at 94

Associated PressFebruary 9, 2023

Dionne Warwick was his favorite interpreter, but Bacharach also created prime material for Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, and many others.

Dudamel to become NY Philharmonic music director, leave LA

Associated PressFebruary 7, 2023

Dudamel is scheduled to conduct three performances of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony in May.

Still from TÁR (2022): Tár rehearses music newly admitted orchestra cellist Olga Metkina

Tár Music Supervisor: ‘It’s rare to have classical music on screen in that way’

Hannah EdgarFebruary 7, 2023

A conversation with Lucy Bright about the ethical considerations of music supervision, Tár’s most surprising musical Easter eggs, and more.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff