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Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra Announces 2022-23 Season, Its 45th

The anniversary season will feature seven mainstage performances — including a holiday Messiah concert — all of which will be conducted by music director Stilian Kirov.

Hannah Schiller | March 15, 2019

New Voces8 Album Evokes Landscapes, Homelands

Keegan Morris | March 14, 2019

Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle stands with picketing CSO musicians

Associated Press | March 14, 2019

Igor Levit not content to be heard only through piano

Now Introducing: The Pets of WFMT

Becky Nystedt | May 5, 2020

As we’ve turned couches and kitchen tables into our new offices, our furry, feathered, scaly, plant-y and all other non-human friends have been pleased to become our new office assistants. Meet some of WFMT’s new work-from-home teammates.

American Takes Top Prize at 2020 Glyndebourne Opera Cup, Ryan Opera Center Tenor Takes Third

Daniel Goldberg | May 5, 2020

In March, the ascendant American baritone Edward Nelson took first prize at the 2020 Glyndebourne Opera Cup, an operatic singing competition hosted in England.

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11 New Chicago Ensembles You Should Know

Hannah Edgar | March 13, 2019

For naysayers who think classical music is on the decline, these Chicago-based performing groups offer the perfect response. All founded in the past three years, they’re offering fresh takes on repertoire familiar and unfamiliar, expanding the musical canon and enlivening the musical life of our city.

‘I am here with my musicians’: Maestro Muti joins striking CSO musicians

Graham Meyer | March 12, 2019

Usually caught in a neither-nor position straddling the artistic and administrative halves of the organizations, music directors have historically stayed out of labor disputes in major orchestras.

La Scala under fire for proposed funding from Saudi Arabia

Associated Press | March 12, 2019

Italy's premier opera house is under fire over a proposal to grant a board seat to Saudi Arabia's culture minister with the promise of $16.8 million in new funding

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