Two young Chicago-area cellists have risen to the challenge of social distancing, bringing together 24 young artists from around the world for one moving performance.
This Sunday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will host a Facebook premiere for a video recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 from its archives, in part because it is "widely recognized as one of music’s most powerful and inspiring works."
Violinist Vijay Gupta is as much an advocate as he is a musician – a powerful speaker on behalf of marginalized communities in this country, and especially for the Skid Row community of people experiencing homelessness in downtown Los Angeles.
Her works have been performed at the BBC Proms and by ensembles including the Sydney Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra. She also performs as a pianist and electronic musician.
Though African Americans have faced oppression throughout American history and the arts, Black composers' contributions to music have been nothing short of history-changing.
