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Celebrate New Year’s Songs From Around the World

From Bulgaria to Denmark, some of our most beloved — and unique — traditions come when it’s time to welcome the New Year!

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Matthew ByrdAugust 29, 2019

Working for a Living: 5 Studs Terkel Conversations for Labor Day
Keegan MorrisAugust 28, 2019

Video: Watch Pianist George X. Fu Perform Works by Debussy and Beethoven
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Becky NystedtAugust 26, 2019

Playlist: Piano Études for Your Back to School Studies

Duain Wolfe of Chicago Symphony Chorus to Retire; WFMT GM Reflects on 25+ Years of Excellence
George PrestonMay 25, 2021
WFMT general manager George Preston shares his thoughts on the announcement that Duain Wolfe will retire as director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
The Grant Park Music Festival at Millennium Park

Live Music is Back For 2021… Here’s Everything We Know.
WFMTMay 24, 2021
After a long year away, live music is returning to the Chicago area. So watch this space, where we'll collect all the new season announcements that you won't want to miss!

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Lost Saint-Saëns sonata: A page of the manuscript (courtesy of Juliette Herlin) with the work's composer (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Once Lost, Saint-Saëns Sonata Unearths a World of Artistic Possibilities
Keegan MorrisAugust 23, 2019
It’s not every day an artist can re-discover a piece of music by a master from the Romantic era. Yet this was the enviable privilege of cellist Juliette Herlin, who in 2017 gave one of the first performances since 1919 of a lost cello sonata by Camille Saint-Saëns.

Playlist: Classical Music From Composers’ School Days
Keegan MorrisAugust 22, 2019
Just because the school year is right around the corner doesn’t mean that you have to stop playing (or writing) music. As proof, here are 16 pieces from composers written when they were still students!

LA Opera names lawyer to lead Plácido Domingo investigation
Associated PressAugust 21, 2019
Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it will immediately open a "thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of sexual harassment against the opera star Plácido Domingo, the company's general director.
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