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Apollo’s Fire Returns to Chicago for 2024–25 Season

For the last four seasons, the Second City has been the Cleveland-founded Baroque ensemble’s second home.

Associated PressMarch 19, 2021

A hopeful pandemic note: Tanglewood music festival to resume

Associated PressMarch 17, 2021

James Levine, who ruled over Met Opera, dead at age 77

Keegan MorrisMarch 16, 2021

Ravinia Is Back: Festival Announces Plans For Live Music in 2021 Season

Krakow cancels Roger Waters gigs, urges him to visit Ukraine

Associated PressSeptember 26, 2022

Waters has expressed a sympathetic stance toward Russia in its war against Ukraine.

Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81

Associated PressSeptember 26, 2022

Sanders, who launched his career playing alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s, died in Los Angeles early Saturday.

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Watch WFMT’s First ‘Classical Conversation’ With Denyce Graves

WFMTMarch 11, 2021

Denyce Graves was the perfect guest to launch WFMT's new digital series! The celebrated mezzo-soprano discusses her career, her relationship with the late Justice Ginsburg, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the opera world.

Playlist: One Century of Astor Piazzolla

Elbio BarilariMarch 10, 2021

Astor Piazzolla was born on March 11, 1921. To celebrate the influential Argentinian composer's centenary, Elbio Barilari explains Piazzolla's unique legacy and shares a playlist of his most influential music.

What Not To Miss This Grammys Week… According To An Academy Member

Mary MazurekMarch 8, 2021

Grammy Week is typically an in-person series of events exclusive to Recording Academy members and invitees. However, this year, much of the week’s proceedings will be open to the public via streaming.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff