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Playlist: 6 Classic Songs that Sample Classical Music

Let’s take a step back in time to hear how classical music influenced some of the 20th century’s hits!

Keegan MorrisOctober 8, 2019

13 Chicago Area Arts and Music Events for a Frightening and Fun Halloween

Keegan MorrisOctober 7, 2019

Music Acts as a Translator, Cultural Bridge in Wang Lu’s ‘Code Switch’

Associated PressOctober 6, 2019

Marcello Giordani, tenor of beauty and heft, dies at 56

Conductor Carlos Kalmar leads the Grant Park Orchestra.

Carlos Kalmar Extends With Grant Park Through 2024, Will Step Down After

Keegan MorrisJune 22, 2021

A fixture of the Grant Park Music Festival since 1998, Carlos Kalmar has extended his contract as the festival's principal conductor and artistic director through 2024.

Jeanne Lamon, Former Music Director of Tafelmusik, Dead at 71

WFMTJune 21, 2021

Jeanne Lamon, the violinist and former music director of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, died on June 20 at age 71. She succumbed to cancer, which she had been diagnosed with a few months prior.

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Plácido Domingo Resigns as General Director of LA Opera

Associated PressOctober 2, 2019

Following the emergence of multiple allegations of sexual harassment, opera star Plácido Domingo resigned Wednesday as general director of the Los Angeles Opera and withdrew from all future performances with that company.

Chicago Latino Music Festival Celebrates Its 14th Year

Daniel GoldbergOctober 2, 2019

The festival's artistic director Elbio Barilari, who also hosts WFMT’s Fiesta, remarked of the festival that "just the idea that a Latin American classical music festival exists in the US and has already been going on for 14 years is very exciting!”

Video: Pianist Hélène Tysman Plays Debussy, Bach, Chopin, Ravel

Keegan MorrisOctober 2, 2019

On an overcast, early fall day, pianist Hélène Tysman shared a sensitive, illuminating performance of piano works by Bach, Debussy, Chopin, and Ravel for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast. Watch the full program here!

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff