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Holiday Programming on WFMT 2024

The winter holidays are right around the corner, and WFMT has a feast of musical offerings to make the season bright!

Adela SkowronskiOctober 18, 2021

Quiz: How Spine-Tingling Is Your Taste in Classical Music?

Adela Skowronski

Can’t Carry a Tune? Regardless of Skill, Singing Has Surprising Benefits

WFMTOctober 13, 2021

From 2013: Legendary Chicagoan Timuel Black Reflects on Studs Terkel

Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Music of Sergei Rachmaninoff?

Adela SkowronskiMarch 28, 2023

You’ve heard his works before: from his wildly popular piano concertos to his haunting preludes. But how much do you really know about Sergei Rachmaninoff's music? Take our quiz to find out!

Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43

Associated PressMarch 27, 2023

The Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died Saturday in England after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia.

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Cuba’s danzón genre: ‘150 years later, it’s still alive.’

Associated PressOctober 11, 2021

The danzón was scandalous in some circles but it eventually became the national dance of Cuba and spread to other countries in the region.

Video: Two Unsung Quartets Played by Fischoff-Winning Risus Quartet

WFMTOctober 11, 2021

Hearing music by Schubert and Mendelssohn, WFMT audiences enjoyed some rarified music-making by the Risus Quartet, the Grand Prize winner of the prestigious 2021 Fishoff Competition.

WFMT Welcomes Next Music Director