Stories

Video: Young Chicago Artists Perform Music by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns

Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative aims to diversify American orchestras by preparing promising young artists from underrepresented communities for careers in music.

Stephen Raskauskas | June 9, 2015

What If Nina Simone Had Been a Classical Pianist?

WFMT | May 14, 2015

Minnesota Orchestra To Perform Historic Concerts in Cuba

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting in moody, darkly lit photo

David Polk | May 12, 2015

Listen: Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Piece of Music that Changed His Life

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma to Present Free Concert in Millennium Park, Shares New Music Video Celebrating Cultural and Artistic Harmony

Michael San Gabino | January 17, 2019

"Culture — the way we express ourselves and understand each other — can bind us together as one world."

Video: Dover Quartet Plays Tchaikovsky and Dvořák at Northwestern’s Galvin Recital Hall

Keegan Morris | January 15, 2019

One of the world's leading classical ensembles, joined WFMT for a Facebook Live at Northwestern University's Galvin Recital Hall and shared their experience as classical musicians in the digital age.

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Playlist: 6 Songs to Welcome the Merry Month of May

Stephen Raskauskas | April 30, 2015

“April is the cruelest month,” T.S. Eliot famously wrote. But May is here, and what better way to welcome this merry month than with music? Here are six songs to help you say goodbye to April showers and say hello to May flowers.

Mezzo Jamie Barton Receives $50K Richard Tucker Award

Stephen Raskauskas | April 28, 2015

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton was just named the recipient of the 2015 Richard Tucker Award, a prestigious honor conferred annually and informally dubbed the “Heisman Trophy of Opera."

WFMT’s Top 10 Reads on World Book Day

Stephen Raskauskas | April 23, 2015

Today is World Book Day, a yearly event celebrated worldwide on April 23rd and organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. Looking for a good read to celebrate World Book Day? We at WFMT have picked some of our favorite reads to share with you.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff