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Playlist: Classical Music for Beach Days

Need some music for a day at the beach? These classical plays are the perfect soundtrack as you’re catching rays.

Michael San GabinoMarch 8, 2019

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

Hannah SchillerMarch 8, 2019

UChicago Presents Announces 2019-20 Season

Keegan MorrisMarch 7, 2019

Pianist Jacques Loussier Dies at Age 84

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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.

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Students Commemorate Matthew Shepard, LGBTQ Hate Crime Victim, Through Song

Hannah EdgarMarch 4, 2019

More than two decades after a tragedy catalyzed a generation of LGBTQ activists, Matthew Shepard's story is being shared with a new generation through music.

Bolshoi Ballet to Return to Chicago After 16 Years

Hannah SchillerFebruary 28, 2019

The Bolshoi Ballet is returning to Chicago for the first time in sixteen years. The Russian ballet company will perform at the Auditorium Theatre in June 2020, which will be the only Midwest stop on their United States tour. The Bolshoi Ballet will perform Yuri Grigorovich’s Swan Lake, set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score. Grigorovich, who served as the Bolshoi’s director ...

André Previn, Oscar-winning composer, has died at 89

Associated PressFebruary 28, 2019

Previn was a child prodigy whose family fled Nazi Germany. As a teenager, he found work as a composer and arranger in Hollywood, mostly at MGM, winning four Oscars for his orchestrations of such stylish musicals as 1964's "My Fair Lady."

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