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Playlist: Classical Chinese Music for Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year festivities are a great time to celebrate Chicago's Chinese and Chinese American communities.

Matthew Kraemer named conductor of Louisiana Philharmonic

Kraemer will succeed Carlos Miguel Prieto, who has served as musical director for 17 seasons.

When Worlds Collided: Classical Music Inspired by the Beautiful Game

With this year’s Euro Cup Finals nearly upon us, chants and songs are breathing life into the stadiums. Yet as it turns out, the relationship between music and football extends way beyond chants and national anthems.

Music, Fable, and Batman: Why Beethoven’s Story Makes for a Perfect Comic Book

WFMT sits down with the two writers of The Final Symphony: A Beethoven Anthology, a comic book collection inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Met Opera stagehands to return to work after lockout

Stagehands at the Metropolitan Opera planned to return to work Wednesday after recommending their union ratify a new labor contract negotiated following a lockout that started last year.