Stories

Muti ends 13 seasons with Chicago Symphony Orchestra with praise and honors — and Beethoven

“I belong to another period of making music, of approaching the scores, of asking for a lot of time for rehearsals, especially in opera.”

Graham MeyerMarch 12, 2019

‘I am here with my musicians’: Maestro Muti joins striking CSO musicians

Associated PressMarch 12, 2019

La Scala under fire for proposed funding from Saudi Arabia

Graham MeyerMarch 12, 2019

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Musicians take to the picket line

Jorge Federico Osorio with a piano in a well lit historic room

Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio: Selections from ‘The French Album’ at Home

WFMTOctober 20, 2020

Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio sits down with WFMT General Manager George Preston to discuss WFMT, what it is like to be an artist right now, and Jorge’s new recording, The French Album.

‘Jagged Little Pill’ leads Tony Awards nominations with 15

Associated PressOctober 16, 2020

The sobering musical, which plumbs Alanis Morissette's 1995 breakthrough album to tell a story of an American family spiraling out of control, earned a leading 15 Tony Award nominations Thursday.

Playlists

See All

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

24-Hour Countdown for Impending CSO Strike Begins

WFMTMarch 9, 2019

Contract negotiations between Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) musicians and management have continued throughout the weekend to avoid a musicians’ strike, which would be the orchestra’s second in less than a decade. Last month, musicians voted to authorize a strike if a suitable three-year contract could not be reached by midnight this Sunday, March 10. According to a Chicago Federation of ...

Video: Cellist Hee-Young Lim performs music by Debussy and Massenet

Michael San GabinoMarch 8, 2019

Cellist Hee-Young Lim and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang performed in a WFMT Facebook Live from the Brennan Family Recital Hall at the DePaul University School of Music.

UChicago Presents Announces 2019-20 Season

Hannah SchillerMarch 8, 2019

Executive director Amy Iwano comments, “UChicago Presents’ 76th season welcomes world-renowned artists rarely heard in Chicago for fresh takes on masterworks and first performances of brand-new music.”

Mornings with Jan Weller