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Black and white photo portrait of Don Tait

Remembering Don Tait

“He was completely serious about the music, but also effervescently joyful. He loved this artform.”

Daniel GoldbergOctober 28, 2019

Get in the Halloween Spirit With These 7 Charming Classical Jack-O’-Lanterns!

Michael San GabinoOctober 28, 2019

The Film Score: Music for Halloween

Daniel GoldbergOctober 28, 2019

Video: Weird Al Flexes His Classical Music Muscle

Quiz: Could You Be Mahler’s BFF?

Adela SkowronskiJuly 6, 2021

Answer a few questions about Gustav Mahler's life and we'll tell you whether you could be best buds!

From WTTW: 2021 Chicago Summer Festival Guide

WFMTJuly 6, 2021

As Chicago continues its emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, residents can look forward to a relatively normal summer.

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Marc-André Hamelin on Chopin and the Piano’s Infinite Possibilities

Kerry FrumkinOctober 24, 2019

Hamelin is a “most approachable genius.”

Opera Is a “Contact Sport” in the Lost 1963 Documentary ‘In the Mouth of the Wolf’

Keegan MorrisOctober 19, 2019

Audiences will be irate this weekend at the Siskel Center. No, not the people in the theater, but the onscreen audiences portrayed in In the Mouth of the Wolf. The made-for-TV documentary depicts the infamously fanatical opera culture of Parma, Italy through the lens of a troubled production of Verdi’s Luisa Miller.

‘Come as You Are’: Ken-David Masur on Building Community With Civic Orchestra