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Chicago International Film Fest: Music and Arts Screenings for 2024

Delve into the rich legacy of one of Chicago’s most important activist/journalists (through the work of one of its premier sculptors), witness the life of one of opera’s most beloved divas, and take part in a celebration of Black film composers!

wearing a green necklace and a black sweater, Jessie Montgomery looks past the camera standing against a rich red wall

Keegan MorrisApril 20, 2021

CSO Announces Next Mead Composer-in-Residence

Daniel GoldbergApril 19, 2021

Playlist: Classical Music for the Earth and Environment

Associated PressApril 18, 2021

LA Phil’s Dudamel to become music director of Paris Opera

Team picked to make ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ into stage musical

Associated PressOctober 13, 2022

Dates for future productions, as well as additional creative team members and cast, will be announced in 2023.

Quiz: How Well Do You Know These Symphony Titles & Nicknames?

WFMTOctober 13, 2022

Jupiter, Pastoral, Philosopher. There are countless symphonies with nicknames, monikers, and titles. Can you keep them straight?

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Playlist: The Sounds of Ernest Hemingway

WFMTApril 2, 2021

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.

Maestro Muti Mentors Chicago Teen Musicians… Virtually

Robbie EllisApril 1, 2021

The CSO's music director made a remote return to the Windy City on Wednesday to lead an online masterclass with fellows from Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative.

Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics

Associated PressMarch 25, 2021

Russia wants to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics.

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