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Grant Park Music Festival Names New Artistic Director and Principal Conductor

The appointment is effective immediately, and begins with the programming of the cherished summer festival’s 2025 season.

Associated PressFebruary 8, 2021

New York Philharmonic launches on-demand streaming service

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2021

New museum traces history of Black music across genres

LaRob RafaelFebruary 4, 2021

Playlist: Celebrating the Blackness and Black Artistry of Gospel Music

In 35th Season, Chicago Sinfonietta Looks At What’s ‘Next’

Keegan MorrisSeptember 16, 2022

A dynamic balance of intensity and optimism holds true throughout the season, which features such program titles as Next, Boundless, and Unapologetic.

classical music for walking: a beautiful path

Playlist: Classical Music for Long Walks

Fatima DabbahSeptember 15, 2022

In an array of stimulating and soothing music, give your walk a melodic backdrop or clear your mind for some deep thinking.

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South Africa mourns anti-apartheid trombonist Jonas Gwangwa

Associated PressJanuary 25, 2021

Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83.

Video: An All-French Concert From Violinist Rannveig Marta Sarc & Pianist Victor Asunción

Keegan MorrisJanuary 20, 2021

On a frosty January afternoon, violinist Rannveig Marta Sarc and pianist Victor Asunción joined forces for a concert of French classical music from the turn of the 20th century.

behind the scenes shot of Ed O'Keefe interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris

Bach, Borge, Biden: Ed O’Keefe, the CBS News White House Correspondent Who Came To Play

Candice AgreeJanuary 20, 2021

From the age of 3, CBS News political correspondent Ed O’Keefe toiled at a keyboard—not in typing, as unintended preparation for his 13 years at the Washington Post, but in studying classical piano.

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