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Midori Named Artistic Director of Ravinia’s Piano & Strings Training Program

Midori will succeed Miriam Fried, who’s led the program for the past 30 years.

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Keegan MorrisFebruary 10, 2019

Classical Music Grammy Award Winners: 2019
The Great Flood of 1913 exacted widespread damage in numerous Midwest cities, including Columbus, Ohio, as seen in this photo.
Associated PressFebruary 7, 2019

Opera, orchestra team up to tell story of deadly 1913 flood
Joffrey's Don Quixote returns in their 2019-20 season (Photo: Herbert Migdoll)
Michael San GabinoFebruary 5, 2019

Joffrey Ballet Announces 2019/20 Season

Quiz: What American Composer Are You?
WFMTSeptember 7, 2020
Take this quiz to find out which dean of American music you're most like! Are you sparse and minimal like Philip Glass? Or do you prefer the sis-boom-bah John Philip Sousa? Do you prefer Samuel Barber's sonic landscapes of America, or Scott Joplin's Ragtime portraits of American life?

Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ piece
Associated PressSeptember 5, 2020
Hundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening at a church in Germany: a chord change in an organ piece that is supposed to last for an entirety of 639 years.

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Opera singer Daniels, husband arrested on sex assault charge
Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019
DALLAS (AP) — A renowned opera singer and University of Michigan professor is in police custody on allegations that he and his husband in 2010 sexually assaulted a singer in Houston. Countertenor David Daniels and his spouse William A. Scott Walters were arrested Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Texas warrants charging each of them with sexual assault of an ...
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Philadelphia Orchestra to tour China to celebrate diplomacy
Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019
The Philadelphia Orchestra is celebrating 40 years of official U.S.-China diplomatic ties with a new tour.

Dutoit to conduct French orchestra after sexual abuse claims
Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019
PARIS (AP) — Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit, who has faced multiple accusations of sexual assault, will conduct a concert for the National Orchestra of France on Sunday, his highest profile performance since the allegations were first revealed by The Associated Press. The orchestra said in a statement Wednesday to The Associated Press that Dutoit was chosen to conduct Berlioz’ “The ...
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