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Lost and Found: 8 Classical Music Masterworks Rescued From History

Music that vanished, whether by accident or by design, only to be brought back into the light years, or centuries, later.

Adela SkowronskiJuly 23, 2021

The Curious Stories Behind 10 National Anthems You Might Hear This Olympics

Kristina LynnJuly 21, 2021

Hop In! Ear Taxi Festival Announces Fall 2021 Return

Adela SkowronskiJuly 16, 2021

Masumi Per Rostad on Beethoven, YouTube, and the Viola

A red envelope for Classical Lunar New Year Playlist

Playlist: Classical Chinese Music for Lunar New Year

Adela Skowronski

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

Matthew Kraemer named conductor of Louisiana Philharmonic

Associated PressJanuary 18, 2023

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

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When Worlds Collided: Classical Music Inspired by the Beautiful Game

Adela SkowronskiJuly 8, 2021

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

Daniel GoldbergJuly 7, 2021

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

Associated PressJuly 7, 2021

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.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff