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Delayed Kennedy Center Honors to be rescheduled for mid-May

The honorees are country music legend Garth Brooks, dancer and actress Debbie Allen, violin virtuoso Midori, folk music icon Joan Baez and actor Dick Van Dyke.

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Associated Press | January 5, 2021

Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions

Associated Press | January 2, 2021

Claude Bolling, popular jazz-classical musician, dead at 90

Candice Agree | December 30, 2020

In Their Own Words: Quotes From Artists and Friends of WFMT Who Died in 2020

Claude Bolling, popular jazz-classical musician, dead at 90

Associated Press | January 2, 2021
The Cannes native was a professional musician by his teens and over the following decades would perform with everyone from Lionel Hampton to Yo-Yo Ma.

In Their Own Words: Quotes From Artists and Friends of WFMT Who Died in 2020

Candice Agree | December 30, 2020
2020 was a year of great loss for all; the music world was no exception. As we reflect on the year gone by, WFMT salutes the contributions of artists and friends who died this past year.

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Ivry Gitlis, a violinist who spanned genres, dies at 98

Associated Press | December 26, 2020
The acclaimed violinist played with famed conductors, rock stars, and jazz bands around the world.

KAIA String Quartet Wishes You a Happy Holiday

WFMT | December 17, 2020
Chicago’s own KAIA String Quartet plays an original medley to wish you happy holidays. Wearing masks, the ensemble recorded the performance — especially for WFMT — from the Fulton Street Collective.

Avalon String Quartet Honors Beethoven 250 with a Dynamic Performance

Keegan Morris | December 16, 2020
On the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth, the Avalon String Quartet gave a deft and passionate performance of one of Beethoven's finest chamber works.
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