Citing Health Issues, Daniel Barenboim Will Step Back from Performing, Conducting

"I have lived all my life in and through music, and I will continue to do so as long as my health allows me to."

John Brennan, 18-year WTTW-WFMT Trustee, Has Died, Age 60

Brennan was an active and engaged leader, serving on nearly every committee of the WTTW-WFMT board.

What Words Cannot Express: Ian Bostridge on the Power of Music

In a free three-part lecture, esteemed tenor Ian Bostridge examines the capacity of music to capture the otherwise indescribable phenomena of life: identity, existence, and death.

Geffen Hall rebuild speeded due to virus, reopen in fall ’22

The plan is now to reopen the auditorium in the fall of 2022, about 1-1/2 years ahead of the original schedule.

Playlist: The Sounds of Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was, by his own account, "absolutely without talent" when it came to music, but his influential writing and extraordinary life have inspired many film and TV composers.