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A group portrait of the 2023 Kennedy Center honorees — Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb, Renée Fleming, Billy Crystal, and Dionne Warwick —alongside US government officials and arts administrators

Kennedy Center Honors fetes new inductees, including Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and Dionne Warwick

Opera singer Renée Fleming and music star Barry Gibb were also honored at the Sunday night black-tie gala.

WFMTAugust 5, 2019

Add These 23 Holidays to Your Calendar and Celebrate Classical Music Year-Round!

Kylie HarwellJuly 29, 2019

From Cigar Box to Strad: Vadim Gluzman’s Lifetime of Being Chosen by the Violin

Michael San GabinoJuly 29, 2019

Grant Park Music Festival’s “Pastoral Picnic in White” in Pictures

The Grant Park Music Festival at Millennium Park

Free Live Music Will Return To Grant Park Music Festival for 2021

Keegan MorrisMay 5, 2021

The Grant Park Music Festival today announced its return to live music in a 2021 season, the festival’s first live performances since August 2019.

A view of the empty auditorium of Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center

In Return to Stage, CSO To Welcome Audiences for Concerts in May, June

Keegan MorrisMay 4, 2021

The CSO will return in May and June for a slate of performances, the orchestra's first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

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Off the Beaten Path: 9 Underrated Venues for Classical Music in Chicago

Daniel GoldbergJuly 24, 2019

Beyond the major hallowed houses, Chicago is filled with venues that can bring a different, intimate, interactive, or even more affordable experience.

On the Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary, Hear a Song Cycle Inspired by American Women Astronauts

Keegan MorrisJuly 19, 2019

In February, soprano Tamara Wilson joined WFMT to perform a celestial song cycle composed for her by Chicago composer James Kallembach. The works draw from the experience of women astronauts, including Sally Ride, Sunita Williams, and Peggy Whitson. We're bringing this video back in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

Anthony Davis’ The Central Park Five: Opera as Mirror of Modern Society

George PrestonJuly 19, 2019

Classical and jazz composer-pianist Anthony Davis' latest opera, The Central Park Five, with a libretto by Richard Wesley, premiered in June 2019. We spoke with the composer and members of the creative team about bringing the opera to life.

Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn