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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.

Keegan MorrisMay 19, 2021

Joffrey Announces 2021-22 Season In First Year At Lyric

Associated PressMay 14, 2021

Locked out stagehands protest outside Metropolitan Opera

WTTW NewsMay 10, 2021

Jim Mabie, Longtime WTTW-WFMT Trustee and Board Chair, Dies at 85

Stream a Documentary About Superstar Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Keegan MorrisNovember 10, 2022

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is one of classical music's most exciting and intriguing figures. Get to know him through a streaming documentary.

How Classically Trained Navajo Pianist & Composer Connor Chee Weaves His Sound

Adela SkowronskiNovember 8, 2022

"The more I studied music, the more I saw the similarities between weaving and what I do."

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Watch WFMT’s Classical Conversations With Marin Alsop

WFMTMay 5, 2021

One of the world's leading conductors, Marin Alsop was in 2020 appointed the principal conductor and curator of the Ravinia Festival. WFMT was honored to speak with the celebrated conductor in the latest installment of our Classical Conversations series.