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Vote: What Are Chopin’s Top 10 Works?

We want to hear your take! Help us create a definitive ranking of the Romantic composer’s greatest music.

Mary MazurekNovember 20, 2019

Grammy Nominations Announced with Nods for Third Coast Percussion and Cedille Records

Michael San GabinoNovember 19, 2019

A Striking Musical Retreat in the Big Sky State

Violinist Nathan Meltzer, an 18-year-old Julliard student who has been loaned the recovered Stradivarius violin (Photo: Jiyang Chen)

Associated PressNovember 18, 2019

Totenberg Stradivarius reborn 4 decades after theft

Masumi Per Rostad on Beethoven, YouTube, and the Viola

Adela SkowronskiJuly 16, 2021

Masumi Per Rostad is an artist completely steeped in classical music. He chats with WFMT ahead of his performance at the Grant Park Music Festival this weekend.

Opera returns to open-air desert theater with diverse cast

Associated PressJuly 15, 2021

The Santa Fe Opera's first performance over the weekend included an unmasked cast and a masked audience.

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Be a fly on the wall for a Third Coast Baroque rehearsal

Keegan MorrisNovember 14, 2019

Behind every great performance or recording is untold hours of practice. Don't get us wrong, we love the final product, but it's also illuminating to go behind the scenes and witness musicians preparing.

Peter van de Graaff’s Postcards from Central Germany

Peter van de GraaffNovember 14, 2019

With Earthbound Expeditions and Peter and Kathleen van de Graaff, WFMT listeners embarked on a classical music-oriented tour of Central Germany with Bach, Mendelssohn, and Clara Schumann at its center.

Video: Pianist Kamil Tokarski Plays Scarlatti, Chopin, Albéniz

Keegan MorrisNovember 13, 2019

On November 13, 2019, Polish pianist Dr. Kamil Tokarski took the Preston Bradley Hall stage to perform a program of works by Scarlatti, Chopin, and Albéniz.

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