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5 Chart-Topping Musicians You Didn’t Know Got Their Start with Classical Music

Laufey hopes that “an older audience finds a sound in my music that reminds them of when they were younger… and for a younger audience is that it’s introducing something new…”

Lisa FlynnDecember 9, 2020

2020’s 8 Best Classical Christmas Albums

Associated PressDecember 7, 2020

NY Philharmonic musicians agree to 4 years of wage cuts

Keegan MorrisDecember 3, 2020

Meet WFMT’s Newest Voices

John Williams, 90, steps away from film, but not music

Associated PressJune 23, 2022

Williams says the fifth Indiana Jones film will probably be his last film. He'll spend most of his time to writing concert pieces.

James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking ‘Hair,’ dies at 90

Associated PressJune 22, 2022

Hair, which has story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.

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Video: Andrew Byun and Victor Asuncion Perform Music by Schumann, Tailleferre, and Beethoven

Keegan MorrisNovember 18, 2020

The duo's stirring performance was given to an empty audience but was broadcast via WFMT and WFMT's social channels.

An Opera Without Precedent: Supreme Court Comic Opera Scalia/Ginsburg

Daniel GoldbergNovember 6, 2020

Even though Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg disagreed on many things, what united them was humor and a love for opera. Composer, librettist, and former attorney Derrick Wang reveals how he created an opera about these two influential figures.

With performers infected, La Scala season premiere canceled

Associated PressNovember 5, 2020

The December 7 season premiere at Milan's La Scala opera house is being scrapped after a rash of coronavirus infections among musicians and chorus members.

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