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Artist Icebreaker: Bass-baritone David Govertsen

Is it luck? Preparation? Skill? David Govertsen thinks it’s a little bit of each that has guided him to some of the city’s biggest stages.

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Stephen Raskauskas | October 24, 2017

Playlist: Opera’s Most Ghastly Ghouls, Ghosts, and Goblins
Stephen Raskauskas | October 24, 2017

Playlist: Classical Music to Rattle Your Bones on Día de Los Muertos
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Hannah Edgar | October 24, 2017

Playlist: 31 Freaky and Frightening Classical Works to Haunt Your Halloween

Chicago Latino Music Festival Celebrates Its 14th Year
Daniel Goldberg | October 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 Morris | October 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!

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Hess Concerts Celebrates 40 Years of Presenting Free Music in Downtown Chicago
Stephen Raskauskas | October 18, 2017
On October 20, 1977, the first Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert was presented in Chicago, inspired by Dame Myra Hess' passion to make music accessible for all.

Anish Kapoor, the Artist Who Created ‘The Bean,’ Just Took His Very First Selfie with It
Stephen Raskauskas | October 17, 2017
When Anish Kapoor visited his iconic sculpture or the first time since it was completed in 2006, he had to take his first selfies with it.

Meet Stilian Kirov, the New Music Director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael San Gabino | October 13, 2017
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), based in south suburban Park Forest, is celebrating its 40th season, and the orchestra welcomes a new face to the podium: conductor Stilian Kirov.
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