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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Life and Times?

Composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff lived at the crossroads of continents, centuries, and cultures. How well do you know the strange and changing times Rachmaninoff lived in?

Stephen RaskauskasAugust 31, 2018

Quiz: Which Mozart Opera Are You?

Associated PressAugust 30, 2018

Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York

Mary MazurekAugust 29, 2018

Soundcheck: How Live Radio Broadcasts Are Made

LIVE | Lutenist Paul O’Dette

Keegan MorrisMay 22, 2020

Grammy-winning lutenist Paul O’Dette shares Elizabethan ballads and Scottish tunes in a video concert livestream.

Cultures in Concert: Four Latin American Composers Who Fused Folk and Classical Music

Angel SaldivarMay 22, 2020

WFMT's 2020 ITW David Speer Academy intern reflects on his personal connection to Latin American classical music.

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Accomplished Chicago saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell (Photo: Elvira Faltermeier)

Chicago’s top classical, jazz, and hip hop artists gather for a night of musical improvisation

Keegan MorrisAugust 27, 2018

Thursday, August 30, some of Chicago’s most acclaimed musicians gather at Thalia Hall in Pilsen for a night of completely improvised music.

Listen: How Latin American composers influenced Leonard Bernstein

Daniel GoldbergAugust 25, 2018

Fiesta celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein's birth with a look at the maestro's love for Latin American music.

Members of the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus and Artistic Director Jimmy Morehead share a moment at the Leonard Bernstein memorial plaque on the Legacy Walk for WFMT Bernstein 100 Celebration

WFMT, Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus Celebrate Bernstein 100 In Pop-up Boystown Performance

Keegan MorrisAugust 25, 2018

To celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday, WFMT and the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus presented a pop-up performance of “Somewhere” from the composer’s beloved musical West Side Story. The event was broadcast live from the Legacy Walk in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff