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Northwestern’s Music Series Returns with Chamber Music, Piano, Guitar Luminaries

Including an all-women lineup of respected pianists.

Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019

Philadelphia Orchestra to tour China to celebrate diplomacy

Associated PressJanuary 30, 2019

Dutoit to conduct French orchestra after sexual abuse claims

Riccardo Muti conducts Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 9/28/07,

Keegan MorrisJanuary 29, 2019

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces ’19-20 Season

Lyric Returns With Free Star-Studded Virtual Gala

Keegan MorrisSeptember 10, 2020

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season opens this weekend in truly unprecedented fashion: with a virtual gala.

North Carolina home of Nina Simone gets permanent protection

Associated PressSeptember 9, 2020

The childhood home of iconic musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone will be indefinitely preserved in North Carolina.

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WFMT Welcomes George Preston as Vice President and General Manager

WFMTJanuary 22, 2019

WFMT has a new Vice President and General Manager, but it is someone you may recognize! George Preston, who will begin in this position March 1, 2019, returns to WFMT, where he served as the afternoon drive host from 2009 to 2013, and hosted and produced the internationally syndicated Lyric Opera of Chicago broadcasts. Sandra Cordova Micek, CEO of Window ...

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Unclothed Emperor? Costumes for opera stolen in Germany

Associated PressJanuary 21, 2019

The opera says work is underway to make replacement costumes in time for the premiere in March.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma to Present Free Concert in Millennium Park, Shares New Music Video Celebrating Cultural and Artistic Harmony

Michael San GabinoJanuary 17, 2019

"Culture — the way we express ourselves and understand each other — can bind us together as one world."

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