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Amadeus, Parks Headline Steppenwolf’s 50th Season

A 20th century classic, plus a world premiere and a new-to-Chicago work by leading contemporary playwrights.

WFMTOctober 3, 2022

John Brennan, 18-year WTTW-WFMT Trustee, Has Died, Age 60

WFMTOctober 3, 2022

WFMT’s Classical Conversations: ‘Becoming Frederick Douglass’ & ‘Harriet Tubman Visions of Freedom’

Adela SkowronskiSeptember 27, 2022

Free Movie Honors Hildegard von Bingen, A Trailblazing Composer & Nun

Stravinsky Top 10: blue portrait of Stravinsky with a 10 and text "top ten" superimposed

Vote for Stravinsky’s Top 10 Works

WFMTFebruary 5, 2024

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

Black and white photo portrait of Don Tait

Remembering Don Tait

Julia MaishFebruary 4, 2024

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

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Early Streisand nightclub recording remastered for release

Associated PressSeptember 25, 2022

The performances were intended to become Barbra Streisand's first album, but instead many of the songs were redone and released as her Grammy-winning self-titled debut album in 1963.

Bargain hunter scores 700-year-old medieval times document

Associated PressSeptember 23, 2022

Instead of a kitchen appliance, Will Sideri stumbled upon a framed document hanging on a wall. It had elaborate script in Latin, along with musical notes and gold flourishes. A sticker said 1285 AD.

Classical composers pets: George Crumb holding a dog, Yoda

Musical Tails: 6 Composers Who Wrote Music for Pets

Adela SkowronskiSeptember 22, 2022

Meet the incredible pets who inspired some of our favorite music!

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff