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Chicago Pride Concerts & Events for 2023

From concerts to screenings to festivals to parades, there’s always something happening in and around Chicago for LGBTQ+ Pride Month.

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

Remembering Leon Fleisher

Lisa FlynnAugust 3, 2020

The renowned American pianist Leon Fleisher died on Sunday in Baltimore. He was 92. In a career spanning eight decades, he left an incredible legacy as a performer, teacher, and conductor.

Quiz: Which Symphonic Master Are You?

Christian ThorsbergAugust 1, 2020

Are you a revolutionary like Beethoven, or are you obsessive like Berlioz? Take this quiz to see which symphonic master you most resemble.

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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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