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Chicago Holiday Performances Guide 2024: Concerts, Nutcrackers, Jazz, and more

From all corners of the city and beyond, take part in holiday cheer with a wide range of merriment.

Associated PressOctober 21, 2021

Canadian Wins 18th Chopin International Piano Competition

Woman in colorful robe and jade colored earrings against stone wall

Associated PressOctober 19, 2021

Anna Netrebko needs shoulder surgery, cancels performances

Associated PressOctober 19, 2021

12 pianists in final stage of prestigious Chopin competition

Sergei Rachmaninoff looks over his shoulder at the camera at the piano at Villa Senar

Rachmaninoff 150: A Celebration

WFMTApril 1, 2023

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth, acclaimed musicians discuss and perform his compositions.

A New Angle On Mozart in Immersive Exhibit

Keegan MorrisMarch 30, 2023

"They did not want to turn this into the Mamma Mia of Mozart. This isn’t Mozart’s greatest hits."

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From 2013: Legendary Chicagoan Timuel Black Reflects on Studs Terkel

WFMTOctober 13, 2021

Timuel Black, who died on October 13, 2021 at age 102, lived a truly extraordinary life. Hear an excerpt of a 2013 WFMT interview with the influential historian, activist, veteran, and teacher.

Stutzmann to follow Spano as Atlanta Symphony music director

Associated PressOctober 13, 2021

Nathalie Stutzmann becomes the second woman to lead a major American orchestra.

CSO Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Concerts

Keegan MorrisOctober 12, 2021

Music director Riccardo Muti will conduct music by Beethoven, Price, Glass, and Montgomery while welcoming guest artists like Anne-Sophie Mutter, Leif Ove Andsnes, and Mitsuko Uchida.

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