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Stravinsky’s Top 10 Works

No one was more pivotal in 20th century classical music than Igor Stravinsky. We rank his definitive top 10 works.

Associated PressMarch 22, 2020

Plácido Domingo has coronavirus amid Spain outbreak

Keegan MorrisMarch 19, 2020

Quarantine Made Musical: YouTube Master Class Roundup

Associated PressMarch 19, 2020

The show will go on. Just from their living rooms.

WFMT’s Classical Conversations With Pianist Norman Malone and the Creators of the ‘For the Left Hand’ Doc

Keegan MorrisDecember 16, 2021

At the tender age of 79, Norman Malone made his orchestral debut. We welcomed him to our Classical Conversation series to hear his incredible story.

Stream Highlight Performances from WFMT’s 70th Anniversary Day of Celebration

Keegan MorrisDecember 15, 2021

How better to mark 70 years of WFMT than with a party!?

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Verdi’s Got Game: Rigoletto’s Got All the Right Moves

Candice AgreeMarch 17, 2020

Could this 'Rigoletto'-inspired video game be help bring kids into opera?

Show goes on: DiDonato, Beczala sing opera from apartment

Associated PressMarch 16, 2020

From DiDonato's New York City living room, the pair performed excerpts of Massenet's 'Werther' for nearly 90 minutes that were streamed live on DiDonato's Facebook and Instagram pages.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Charles Wuorinen dies at 81

Associated PressMarch 13, 2020

Wuorinen won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music for 'Time’s Encomium,' a four-channel work for synthesized sound that became the first electronic composition to earn the honor.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff