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Vote for Stravinsky’s Top 10 Works

We want to hear your take! Help us create a definitive ranking of the iconoclastic 20th-century composer’s greatest music.

Maestro Mariss Jansons (Photo: Bayerischer Rundfunk)

Associated PressDecember 1, 2019

Conductor Mariss Jansons dies at 76; led top orchestras

Associated PressNovember 26, 2019

Gelb’s contract as Met Opera head extended through 2026-27

Keegan MorrisNovember 24, 2019

Mister Rogers Remembered by His Former Music Director [Video]

Artist Icebreaker: Conductor Yue Bao

Adela SkowronskiAugust 6, 2021

Ahead of Yue Bao's Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut at the Ravinia Festival this Sunday, August 8, she reveals to us some conducting secrets, her favorite cities for music, and more!

UChicago Presents Announces Fall 2021 Return to Stage

Keegan MorrisAugust 5, 2021

The autumn’s ten concerts will be held on the University of Chicago campus in the South Side’s Hyde Park neighborhood.

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Death row inmate Terence Andrus and Ryan McKinny talking via phone through a glass window at prison visitation. Both smiling, Andrus holds up a piece sign with his hand.

Opera’s Ryan McKinny on Friendship, Artistic Bond with Death-row Inmate: ‘We’re Human Just Like Him’

Keegan MorrisNovember 22, 2019

Terence Andrus has been on death row since 2012. Through a penpal program, celebrated bass-baritone Ryan McKinny has become a friend and artistic collaborator.

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

Mary MazurekNovember 20, 2019

The 2020 Grammy Nominations were announced this morning, and several members of the Chicago classical community received recognition as nominees.

A Striking Musical Retreat in the Big Sky State

Michael San GabinoNovember 19, 2019

Located on 12,000 acres in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains, the rolling, expansive landscape of Tippet Rise provides an evocative complement for an art center and summer festival that combines music, sculpture, poetry, and nature.

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