In Their Own Words: Remembering Those Who Died in 2023

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

Celebrate New Year’s Songs From Around the World

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

US soprano, offended by blackface, pulls out of Italy opera

Soprano Angel Blue will be bowing out of La Traviata because the theater recently mounted another Verdi opera using blackface.

Bramwell Tovey, conductor and composer, dies at 69

After a long bout with cancer, Tovey died on July 12. Tovey appeared as both a conductor and pianist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and other top orchestras.

Pianist Stewart Goodyear on the Magic of Music

"Every time I play a piece of music, I train my mind to look at a score fresh."