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Ryuichi Sakamoto gazes pensively at the camera

‘Opus,’ the farewell of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, will premiere at Venice Film Festival

Sakamoto had been battling cancer since 2014, and could no longer do concert performances, and so he turned to film. The filming took place over several days, just a half year before his death on March 28 at 71.

Keegan MorrisJune 12, 2019

VIDEO | Escher Quartet performs works by Mozart, Dvořák for a WFMT Facebook Live

Michael San GabinoJune 6, 2019

Strike Up the Wind Band: Celebrating 50 Years of the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Luciano Pavarotti as Enzo Grimaldo in the SF Opera’s 1979 production of La Gioconda (Photo: Ron Scherl)

Associated PressJune 4, 2019

Ron Howard tells Pavarotti’s ‘bittersweet’ story in new doc

Jazz great Chick Corea with 23 Grammy Awards dies at 79

Associated PressFebruary 11, 2021

Corea, who won a staggering 23 Grammy Awards, pushed the boundaries of the genre and worked alongside Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock.

Playlist: This Music Has Kept Joffrey Dancers Active and Inspired in the Pandemic

Keegan MorrisFebruary 9, 2021

With this month's Boléro, a digital-only world premiere set to the piece of the same name by Ravel, Joffrey dancers are finally back to performing together.

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Daniel Barenboim in a grey hat, stands in front of a stone wall

Barenboim’s tenure at Berlin’s Staatsoper extended to 2027

Associated PressJune 4, 2019

Conductor Daniel Barenboim is getting a five-year contract extension as general music director of Berlin’s Staatsoper, which would keep him at the opera house until 2027.

3 Fresh Musical Events for Your Weekend!

Hannah EdgarMay 31, 2019

We’re getting ready to share our Summer Music Guide (keep an eye out for it next week), but here are three events happening this weekend, each of which combine or reimagine classical music and dance, that we wanted to be sure to tell you about. The Rosina Project It’s Rossini like you’ve never heard him before. Chicago Fringe Opera teams ...

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra cancels summer programming

Associated PressMay 31, 2019

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has canceled its summer programming, citing $16 million in losses over the past decade. The Washington Post reports the Thursday cancellation announcement by the orchestra comes about a month after the summer season was announced. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan approved a bill then that would give the group $3.2 million in state funding. Orchestra president ...

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