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Klaus Mäkelä stares into the distance in a green outdoor scene

Klaus Mäkelä: Wunderkind Conductor Career Timeline (so far)

Klaus Mäkelä, CSO music director designate, is just 28 and is one of the world’s most respected conductors. Here’s his career in a timeline.

Conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra.

Keegan MorrisJune 14, 2021

Grant Park Music Festival Announces Full Capacity for Entire Season

Adela SkowronskiJune 14, 2021

Chicago Sinfonietta ‘Revels’ in 2021-22 Returns to Live Concerts

Keegan MorrisJune 9, 2021

Preview: A Look at the Live Music Of North Shore Chamber Music Fest

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ extends its long Broadway goodbye

Associated PressNovember 30, 2022

Broadway’s longest-running show has postponed its final performance by eight weeks.

Jon Batiste to sing for Macron at Biden’s 1st state dinner

Associated PressNovember 28, 2022

Batiste will be adding White House entertainer to an already long list of roles.

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Music of the Baroque Is Back With Messiah, Mozart, Haydn for 2021-22

Keegan MorrisJune 6, 2021

Music of the Baroque today announced its plans for a 2021-22 season, the venerable Chicago area ensemble’s 51st.

Announcing the Grant Park Music Festival 2021 Broadcasts

WFMTJune 2, 2021

With the Grant Park Music Festival’s long-awaited return to live programming in sight, WFMT is thrilled to resume the annual series of live radio broadcasts from the Pritzker Pavilion.

CSO Musicians, Free Livestreams Open Rush Hour Concert 2021 Season

WFMTJune 1, 2021

Rush Hour Concerts are a Chicago institution unto themselves, and they resume on June 1 at 5:45 pm.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff