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latin american composers: Ernesto Lecuona, Teresa Carreño, and Gabriela Ortiz

Playlist: 19 Latin American Composers You Should Know

From Cuba to Argentina, Uruguay to Mexico, Latin America has had no shortage of phenomenal composers. And while we are huge fans of Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos, we also love these lesser-known composers — and we think you will, too!

Stephen Raskauskas | March 6, 2016

Why Pianist Hélène Grimaud Flooded the Park Avenue Armory with 122,000 Gallons of Water

Stephen Raskauskas | February 29, 2016

Playlist: 11 More Rossini Operas You Should Know (Beyond ‘Barber’)

Stephen Raskauskas | February 24, 2016

Pulitzer-Winning Composer David Lang on Composing for the Silver Screen

Quiz: Guess the Composer by Their Facial Hair

WFMT | January 11, 2019

Think you know classical composers? Can you guess them by their facial hair?

The Grant Park Music Festival at Millennium Park

Grant Park Music Festival Announces 2019 Season

Keegan Morris | January 8, 2019

The eighty-fifth annual season opens June 12 and will run through August 17, with most performances taking place at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

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‘I’m a white composer, living in white privilege, setting the poetry of Langston Hughes’

Stephen Raskauskas | February 16, 2016

When Karpman encountered Langston Hughes' poem, she was instantly fascinated.

New Opera Exposes Horrors of My Lai Massacre

Michael San Gabino | January 28, 2016

Growing up, composer Jonathan Berger reflects, "there was an enormous amount of talk in my house about what really constitutes patriotism, what is a right war and a wrong war..."

How Stevie Wonder’s Hit Songs Got to Chicago’s Symphony Center

Stephen Raskauskas | January 22, 2016

Because the names Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Wagner are inscribed on the façade of Symphony Center, it may come as a surprise to some that the music of Stevie Wonder will pour out of Orchestra Hall.

Saturday Evening Music with Jan Weller