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Sergei Rachmaninoff looks over his shoulder at the camera at the piano at Villa Senar

Rachmaninoff 150: A Celebration

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s birth, acclaimed musicians discuss and perform his compositions.

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)

Michael San GabinoSeptember 21, 2018

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

Associated PressSeptember 21, 2018

AP Interview: Chopin contest winner praises old pianos

Violinist Jennifer Koh performing in WFMT's Levin Performance Studio

Keegan MorrisSeptember 19, 2018

Video: Violinist Jennifer Koh on Creating a Diverse, Thriving Classical Music Future

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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