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Grant Park Music Festival Names New Artistic Director and Principal Conductor

The appointment is effective immediately, and begins with the programming of the cherished summer festival’s 2025 season.

Associated PressMay 27, 2021

Met Opera deal allows solo singer fees cut by up to 12.7%

WFMTMay 26, 2021

Video: Music of Romantic Masters Played Live By Duo Dotto-Cho

George PrestonMay 25, 2021

Duain Wolfe of Chicago Symphony Chorus to Retire; WFMT GM Reflects on 25+ Years of Excellence

The cast of Sweeney Todd at the Chopin Theatre

10 Chicago Musical Events for Halloween 2022

Adela SkowronskiOctober 24, 2022

Some of the most intriguing, spine-curdling, and spirited musical events all around the Chicago area.

NHL’s Kraken get original music from Oscar winner Zimmer

Associated PressOctober 20, 2022

An NHL team with a Hollywood connection gets a new musical score, and it's from Oscar and Grammy winner Hans Zimmer.

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Wells’ World: Corey Wilkes Melds Chicago Music Past, Present In Documentary Score

Keegan MorrisMay 20, 2021

"I had to think about the Roaring Twenties and music like Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and so on, that Ida B. Wells [would have been] hearing."

Playlist: Soprano Ailyn Pérez Shares the Music and Singers Close to Her Heart

Daniel GoldbergMay 20, 2021

Chicago native soprano Ailyn Pérez speaks to us about some of her favorite Latin American and Spanish music and shares a playlist of influential singers and music.

Lyric Announces 2021-22 Season With ‘Magic Flute,’ ‘Macbeth,’ Mazzola

Keegan MorrisMay 19, 2021

A Verdi and bel canto expert, Lyric's new music director Enrique Mazzola will open the season with Verdi’s Macbeth and Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love, while also conducting contemporary opera Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli later in the season.

Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn