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Full Circle for Chicago-born Dancer, Choreographer Houston Thomas

“I’m from the South Side, 99th and Throop. Went to school on the South Side, and then every day traveling downtown to go to ballet school. I’m really a Chicago boy, for sure.”

Associated PressJanuary 5, 2021

Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions

Associated PressJanuary 2, 2021

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

Candice AgreeDecember 30, 2020

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

A Classical Music Aerial Adventure: Summer in Chicago

WFMTAugust 17, 2022

Get a new view of summertime in Chicago... complete with some great classical music!

Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show

Associated PressAugust 15, 2022

After winning multiple Grammys this year, Jon Batiste is moving on after a seven-year run backing up host Stephen Colbert as bandleader of “The Late Show”.

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

Associated PressDecember 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

WFMTDecember 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.

Video: Avalon String Quartet Honors Beethoven 250 with a Dynamic Performance

Keegan MorrisDecember 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.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff