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New Releases Mar 3: Melodies from Eastern Europe

Albums honoring Slavic composers, plus brand new recordings from Olivia Belli and Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

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WFMTJune 11, 2025

Video: 5 Questions with Giancarlo Guerrero
Adela SkowronskiJune 11, 2025

LGBTQ+ Pride Events and Concerts in Chicago
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Keegan MorrisJune 10, 2025

New Releases Jun. 10: Chopin, Shostakovich, Mayer, McKay

Yanguan Sets Guinness World Record for “Most People Drumming Together to Greet the Tide”
Associated PressSeptember 4, 2025
On the morning of August 26, at the Tide-Watching Resort Park in Yanguan Ancient City, a large number of participants gathered to play African drums as they welcomed the surging Qiantang River tide.

New Releases Sept. 2: Ancient Letters and Songs
Adela SkowronskiSeptember 3, 2025
A through line of native roots weaves through many of this week's releases, from African instruments in Latin America, to works inspired by 1,700 year-old letters from the Silk Road. Plus, the long-awaited debut concerto by Abel Selaocoe.

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Announcing: WFMT’s Live Grant Park Music Festival 2025 Concerts
WFMTJune 4, 2025
Join us throughout the summer as we share some of Chicago's most exciting and inspiring music making!
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CSO Names New Chorus Director
Keegan MorrisJune 3, 2025
Donald Palumbo has been appointed the director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. He represents just the third director in the ensemble’s 67-year history, following Margaret Hillis and Duain Wolfe.
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New Releases Jun. 3: Organ, Mandolin, Hungarian Sounds, Tchaikovsky
Keegan MorrisJune 3, 2025
Solo albums for two sometimes overlooked instruments: the organ and the mandolin. Plus piano concertos by Prokofiev and Shor, a Tchaikovsky compendium, an exploration of Hungarian composers, and a debut from a Brooklyn-based Baroque outfit.
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