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Playlist: 10 Underrated Songs to Remember Stephen Sondheim

Labels really don’t work with Sondheim, who had one foot in the Golden Age and the other in what came next.

Stephen RaskauskasApril 13, 2017

Video: Pianist Vassily Primakov Plays Chopin and Rachmaninoff

Michael San GabinoApril 12, 2017

James Levine Named Ravinia Conductor Laureate

Associated PressApril 10, 2017

2017 Pulitzer winners and finalists in journalism and arts

Playlist: 12 Clara Schumann Pieces You Should Know

Daniel GoldbergSeptember 10, 2019

Clara Schumann was one of the 19th century's most celebrated composers and performers for the piano. Ahead of the 200th anniversary of her birth, celebrate her with a playlist of some of her greatest compositions.

Meet the Conductor Who’s Resurrecting Maria Callas (in Hologram Form)

Keegan MorrisSeptember 5, 2019

With a laugh, Irish conductor and composer Eímear Noone describes herself: “My background is very traditional classical, and my love of all things shiny and new and technological brought me to this world where the orchestra meets technology.” By her description, she seems like a logical candidate to conduct a cutting-edge orchestral recital featuring a hologram Maria Callas.

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Meet CSO Solti Conducting Apprentice Erina Yashima

Angelica LasalaApril 5, 2017

For ten weeks each year, Erina Yashima works directly with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti and leads the Civic Orchestra.

Chicago Opera Theater Announces 17-18 Season Including World Premiere by Pulitzer-Winning Team

Stephen RaskauskasApril 5, 2017

Chicago Opera Theater announced its 2017-18 season: three operas, including a world-premiere co-production with Opera Philadelphia, to be staged at the newly-renovated Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building.

Chicago Sinfonietta’s 30th Anniversary Season Showcases ‘Full Spectrum of Voices and Identities’

Angelica LasalaApril 3, 2017

The Chicago Sinfonietta recently announced its 30th season line-up, as well as the launch of its Commissions by Women Composers Project, a season-long effort to close music’s gender equality gap by commissioning, performing, and recording, works by women composers.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff