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Playlist: WFMT Listeners’ First Favorites

We all came to love classical music in different ways. Here are some of the musical first loves of our WFMT listeners, in their own words.

Adela SkowronskiSeptember 9, 2025

New Releases Sept. 9: Contemplative Collections

Adela SkowronskiSeptember 4, 2025

Chicago Master Singers Announces 2025-26 Season

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2025

Yanguan Sets Guinness World Record for “Most People Drumming Together to Greet the Tide”

New Releases Dec 30: Chamber Music

Adela SkowronskiDecember 30, 2025

Albums for smaller ensembles that were released in the third quarter of 2025.

New Releases Dec 23: Paying Homage

Adela SkowronskiDecember 23, 2025

The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, two Jewish composers who all but vanished from history, and other musical homages.

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Slushies and Sonatas: Chicago’s Newest Classical Venue Arrives

Adela SkowronskiAugust 21, 2025

ACM enters a new era with the 10th anniversary of the Thirsty Ears Music Festival, and a brand-new music venue where a 7-Eleven once stood.

Reena Esmail in a black pantsuit with a generous, deep red scarf on a park bench, gray, natural background.

Cultural Crossovers: Different Musical Traditions Reimagine Classical

Adela SkowronskiAugust 20, 2025

From lieder in Hindi to a concerto for oud and piano, check out some of the many ways western classical music has been reimagined!

Split screen photo of two women in ultramarine blue

New Releases Aug. 19: Dissident Duos, Dawn, London

Keegan MorrisAugust 19, 2025

Duo FAE pays tribute to three boldly nonconformist women composers, pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko mines lesser-known Spanish keyboard repertoire, and the latest from American composer Joel Puckett.

WFMT Membership Drive