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Violinist on Russian trains soothes weary commuters

Classics, jazz, Russian folk music and children’s songs all flow as Oksana glides her bow across the strings.

Associated PressDecember 5, 2018

Salonen to become San Francisco Symphony music director

WFMTDecember 5, 2018

Video: Cast of Lyric’s Cinderella Joins WFMT for a Live Backstage Preview

Keegan MorrisDecember 4, 2018

Video | Chanticleer Returns to WFMT for an Impromptu of Festive Holiday Music

Playlist: Celebrating Uncommon Instruments

Becky NystedtJuly 31, 2020

From Ocarinas to Wagner Tubas, these instruments may not be the first to mind when you think of classical music, but maybe, they should be!

Voguing Meets Classical in Stunning New Music Video

Lisa FlynnJuly 30, 2020

Music and motion come together beautifully in a new video featuring dancers Jason Rodriguez and José Lapaz Rodriguez and set to music by pianist and composer Chad Lawson.

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Callas in Chicago: ‘Master Class’ and ‘Maria by Callas’

Keegan MorrisNovember 28, 2018

What a time to be a fan of one of the iconic sopranos of the 20th century! Maria Callas enthusiasts in Chicago can delight in having not one, but two outings to immerse themselves in the life and music of the acclaimed diva.

In 1970, Montserrat Caballé performed in Lyric Opera of Chicago's La traviata, her Lyric debut. (Photo: David H. Fishman/Lyric Opera of Chicago)

‘What was your secret, Montserrat?’: Larry Johnson Remembers Caballé’s Lyric Debut

Larry JohnsonNovember 28, 2018

In 1970, Montserrat Caballé was in only the fifth year of her international career and was, without doubt, one of the greatest voices to be heard in opera.

Michigan professor unearths inmates’ music from Auschwitz

Associated PressNovember 27, 2018

DETROIT (AP) — Patricia Hall went to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in 2016 hoping to learn more about the music performed by prisoners in World War II death camps. The University of Michigan music theory professor heard there were manuscripts, but she was “completely thrown” by what she found in the card catalogs: Unexpectedly upbeat and popular songs titles that translated ...

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