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Video: Chicago Artisan Gives Neglected Violin Exquisite New Life

“Chicago has been a fiddle town for a long time now,” reflects Sam Kunkel, a luthier in residence at A440.

Daniel GoldbergNovember 6, 2020

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

Associated PressNovember 5, 2020

With performers infected, La Scala season premiere canceled

Keegan MorrisOctober 30, 2020

Handel in HD: Haymarket’s Season Premieres with Streaming ‘Acis and Galatea’

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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Killer Chops: Some Scary Celluloid Pianists for Halloween

Candice AgreeOctober 27, 2020

As Halloween approaches, let’s look at a few horror films in which pianists, or at least the hands they are attached to, are the stars.

Arlo Guthrie, citing health, says he’s retired from touring

Associated PressOctober 26, 2020

In lengthy posts on his Facebook page and website, the 73-year-old folksinger announced Friday he is retiring from performance immediately.

Light and Hope in Music: Illinois Philharmonic Opens Season Virtually

Keegan MorrisOctober 22, 2020

IPO concertmaster Azusa Tashiro feels that music is vital as "something to rely on, something that warms [your] heart."

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff