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pianist and composer Gabriela Montero beams, with a chandelier and spotlight behind her

Ravinia Announces 2023 Season

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 Ravinia residency features conductor Marin Alsop and a lineup of other leading conductors.

Becky NystedtOctober 3, 2018

‘Arias and Songs’ Host Larry Johnson Donates >5,000 Records To DePaul University School of Music

Teatro La Fenice in Venice (Photo: Miguel Mendez)

Associated PressOctober 1, 2018

Fire at Venice’s La Fenice brought quickly under control

Candice AgreeSeptember 28, 2018

Barcelona Dedicates a Garden to the Late Soprano Montserrat Figueras

Dallas Opera postpones opening night from October to March

Associated PressJune 5, 2020

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Opera is postponing opening night from Oct. 9 to March 5 and cutting its 2020-21 season from five productions to four. The company says Verdi’s “Don Carlo” will replace Wagner’s “Lohengrin” next season and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice” has been dropped. “Don Carlo” which was canceled in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dallas Opera’s ...

Playlist: Keepin’ it unreal with pioneering composer and artist Moondog

Daniel GoldbergJune 4, 2020

Of the thousands of people who passed Moondog as he stood, dressed as a Viking, on his customary Manhattan street corner, few realized that they were walking by one of the great minds of 20th-century music.

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Members of the Chicago Children’s Choir perform at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park (Photo: Tipping Point Photograhy)

A live broadcast celebrating young artists, collaboration, and 10 years of WFMT’s Introductions at Chicago’s Youth Arts Showcase

Keegan MorrisSeptember 22, 2018

On Saturday, September 22, 2018, WFMT’s Introductions, the weekly program that features the Chicago area’s finest pre-college musicians, celebrated its 10th anniversary with a live radio broadcast from Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park to kick off Chicago’s first Youth Arts Showcase (YAS! Fest). The fest was a highlight event of the 2018 Year of Creative Youth, a citywide celebration of Chicago’s young artists and the mentors who inspire them...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Civic Orchestra of Chicago, led by Riccardo Muti, performed a free “Concert for Chicago” at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on September 20, 2018.(Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

Riccardo Muti Conducts CSO, Civic in Free ‘Concert for Chicago’

Michael San GabinoSeptember 21, 2018

Riccardo Muti, addressing the 10 thousand-plus crowd, remarked that "all 3 pieces connect the desire of freedom, libertà, liberty!"

AP Interview: Chopin contest winner praises old pianos

Associated PressSeptember 21, 2018

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The winner of the world’s 1st Chopin competition on historic pianos says the search for the original sound restores the appeal of classical music and helps artists understand the composer’s intentions. Tomasz Ritter of Poland was named the best of 30 young pianists at the 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments this month. The 23-year-old ...

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