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OPLIAM performs at the 2022 Indigenous People’s Day Festival

Art Brings Visibility in 5th Indigenous People’s Day Chicago Fest

“Ours is a side that flips the narrative; how our culture survived, how our artists thrived and succeeded in the world.”

Associated PressMay 13, 2019

North, South Korean musicians hold rare joint performance

WFMTMay 12, 2019

Video: Legendary Guitarist, Composer Juan Falú Will Make Your Day

Peter van de GraaffMay 9, 2019

WFMT takes NYC | Postcards from Host Peter van de Graaff

Video: Jazz Humorist Slim Gaillard Takes on ‘Clair de lune’

Daniel GoldbergJanuary 25, 2021

Master of both humor and music, Slim Gaillard always found a way to make his audience smile. Watch his swinging, sidesplitting take on one of Debussy's most beloved works.

South Africa mourns anti-apartheid trombonist Jonas Gwangwa

Associated PressJanuary 25, 2021

Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83.

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Soprano Lisette Oropesa wins Beverly Sills Artist Award

Associated PressMay 7, 2019

The 35-year-old made her Met debut in 2006 as a Woman of Crete in Mozart's Idomeneo. She is scheduled to sing the title role next season in Massenet's Manon and Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata.

Interview | Trans baritone Lucia Lucas on making her historic US debut

WFMTMay 3, 2019

In 2019, Lucia Lucas made history as the first trans opera artist to star in a professional American opera production of a standard repertory opera.

Video | Matthew Lipman Performs Viola Music Live from Levin Performance Studio

Keegan MorrisMay 2, 2019

It's not every day that we get treated to a performance of viola repertoire, and in this Facebook Live from the Faye and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, violist Matthew Lipman performed three works composed for the instrument by Bach, Rebecca Clarke, and Robert Schumann. Matthew, who hails from Chicago's south suburbs, admits that "the viola has the reputation amongst the ...

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