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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.

WFMTAugust 5, 2022

Video: Husband-Wife Duo Plays Brahms, Clarke, Tchaikovsky

Fatima DabbahAugust 2, 2022

Playlist: 11 Lithuanian Composers You Should Know

Associated PressJuly 25, 2022

UK to host 2023 Eurovision after Ukraine ruled too risky

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Playlist: Jazz Takes on Classical Greats

Keegan MorrisJanuary 20, 2024

The special bond between jazz and classical is growing closer by the day. So let's appreciate these incredible renditions of timeless classical favorites!

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

Third Coast Baroque Announces Closure

Adela SkowronskiJanuary 17, 2024

The Chicago early-music ensemble faced diminishing audience sizes and reduced grant funding possibilities after years of concert disruptions by COVID-19.

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Pete Seeger gets own stamp; ceremony planned at Newport Folk

Associated PressJuly 22, 2022

Seeger, a Harvard dropout who died in 2014 at age 94, wrote or co-wrote “If I Had a Hammer,” “Turn, Turn, Turn,” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.”

U2, George Clooney, Amy Grant among Kennedy Center honorees

Associated PressJuly 21, 2022

Eight-time Grammy-winning singer Gladys Knight and acclaimed Cuban-born American composer Tania León are also among the honorees.

From the end of the world to your town, Elton John’s goodbye

Associated PressJuly 18, 2022

John has five Grammys, as well as a Tony for Aida. His "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" in The Lion King motion picture has been heard by millions of children.

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