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In Their Own Words: Remembering Those Who Died in 2024

WFMT remembers those who died in 2024: those we know from our community and those we never met, but who spoke to us through their work.

Keegan MorrisJanuary 5, 2022

Lyric’s Next Show, Mazzoli’s ‘Proving Up,’ Postponed

WFMTJanuary 3, 2022

Video: Pianist Hyejin Cho Plays Robert Schumann, Cécile Chaminade

Adela SkowronskiDecember 31, 2021

Playlist: 10 Underrated Songs to Remember Stephen Sondheim

Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83

Associated PressJune 6, 2023

"Why should anybody assume that just because an artist chooses not to give interviews, he/she is a recluse?" she said in 2002.

Kaija Saariaho poses against a sunlit thicket

Prominent Finnish Composer Kaija Saariaho Has Died, Aged 70

Keegan MorrisJune 2, 2023

Saariaho's compositions melded live performance and electronics, winning recognition and securing commissions from numerous leading organizations.

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Video: Hear Rare, Baroque-Era Mexican Christmas Carols

Keegan MorrisDecember 25, 2021

The Christmas season is one replete with great Baroque music: think Handel's Messiah, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and more! But what about music from other parts of the world?

See Photo Highlights from WFMT’s 70th Anniversary Day of Celebration

WFMTDecember 22, 2021

We're still soaring from our big day last week, when we welcomed some of Chicago's leading artists to take part in a daylong celebration of WFMT and the music we've been presenting for the last 70 years!

WFMT’s Classical Conversations With Pianist Norman Malone and the Creators of the ‘For the Left Hand’ Doc

Keegan MorrisDecember 16, 2021

At the tender age of 79, Norman Malone made his orchestral debut. We welcomed him to our Classical Conversation series to hear his incredible story.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff