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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 PressJuly 23, 2021

Olympics ceremony uses music from Japanese video games

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

Still from TÁR (2022): Tár rehearses music newly admitted orchestra cellist Olga Metkina

Tár Music Supervisor: ‘It’s rare to have classical music on screen in that way’

Hannah EdgarFebruary 7, 2023

A conversation with Lucy Bright about the ethical considerations of music supervision, Tár’s most surprising musical Easter eggs, and more.

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic's Orbert Davis and Mark Ingram

WFMT Classical Conversations: Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

WFMTFebruary 2, 2023

WFMT hosted Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s Orbert Davis and Mark Ingram, who discussed Davis's Emmy-winning score for WTTW’s DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis, their love of jazz, and more.

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Prokofiev, Hahn, Lang Lang Headline CSO’s 2021-22 Return To Stage

Keegan MorrisJuly 13, 2021

The CSO announces an array of concerts from September to January.

When Worlds Collided: Classical Music Inspired by the Beautiful Game

Adela Skowronski

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.

Midday with Lisa Flynn