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Trans-Siberian Orchestra will return with heavy metal holiday tour, ‘The Ghosts of Christmas Eve’

The heavy metal, classical music, theater production, pyrotechnics, and laser lightshow hybrid will stop in Chicago in late December.

WFMTMarch 22, 2019

Renée Fleming Celebrates 25 Years With Lyric Opera of Chicago

Becky NystedtMarch 22, 2019

Playlist: The Voyager Golden Record — The True Story Behind Earth’s Greatest Hits

Lisa FlynnMarch 21, 2019

This musical discovery will make you Smile

Video: Ascendant Violinist Joshua Brown Plays Debussy, Wieniawski, and Clara Schumann

Keegan MorrisDecember 9, 2020

With collaborative pianist Milana Pavchinskaya, Brown gave a sensitive, engrossing performance to an empty audience in the Chicago Cultural Center.

National Museum of African American Music to open next month

Associated PressDecember 9, 2020

News outlets report the National Museum of African American Music will host a socially distanced ribbon cutting on Jan. 18 when it formally opens.

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Now in its second week, the CSO musicians’ strike continues

Graham MeyerMarch 19, 2019

Little progress has been made in resolving the work stoppage at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, CSO management said Monday during a conference call. The strike has now endured for a week, since 11:59 p.m. on March 10. Since the strike began, various artists and public figures have appeared on the picket line to voice their support for the CSO musicians. ...

La Scala returns $3.4 million to Saudi Arabia in debacle

Associated PressMarch 18, 2019

As part of the arrangement agreed, Saudi Arabia would have contributed 15 million euros to La Scala over the coming years.

John Field portrait superimposed on an Irish flag

Playlist: Meet John Field, the Irish Composer Who Invented the Nocturne

Keegan MorrisMarch 16, 2019

Frédéric Chopin’s collection of 21 nocturnes might be the best-known example of the musical form, but did you know the inventor of the nocturne was an Irish composer named John Field?

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff