Stories

A red envelope for Classical Lunar New Year Playlist

Playlist: Classical Chinese Music for Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year festivities are a great time to celebrate Chicago’s Chinese and Chinese American communities.

Tony MacalusoFebruary 1, 2018

How WFMT legend Studs Terkel just made his Carnegie Hall debut (alongside the Kronos Quartet and his old friend Mahalia Jackson)

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 30, 2018

Video: Jennifer Koh Plays 6 New Works That Redefine Violin Virtuosity for the 21st Century

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 30, 2018

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces 2018/19 Season, Muti Extends Contract Through 2022

Australian composer Brett Dean hospitalized with coronavirus

Associated PressMarch 6, 2020

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Musician and composer Brett Dean has been hospitalized in Australia with the new coronavirus. British agent Intermusica says the violist and conductor is in isolation in an Adelaide hospital with the COVID-19 illness. He was to perform with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at the Adelaide Festival on Saturday. Festival executive director Rob Brookman says Dean canceled ...

Harris Theater President and CEO Patricia Barretto Has Died at Age 45

WFMTMarch 5, 2020

Patricia Barretto, president and CEO of Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance, has died following a 4-year battle with breast cancer. She was 45. She passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2020, with her husband, Sheldon, their son, David, her parents, William and Fatima Mcrae, and close friends at her side. Barretto was born in Mumbai and completed a BA in ...

Playlists

See All

‘Uncle Alex’, Opera About Russian Immigrants Denied Entry to America, Has Chicago Premiere

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 25, 2018

Thompson Street Opera Company presents the Chicago premiere of Uncle Alex, an opera that tackles the complexities of immigration in America, Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Adler University. The performance is part of Faulty Systems, an event that invites speakers and artists from all disciplines to speak about civic engagement, social justice, and activism through art. Uncle Alex, with music ...

Playlist: 10 Finnish Composers You Should Know (Who Aren’t Sibelius)

Michael San GabinoJanuary 23, 2018

Osmo Vänskä, the Finnish music director of the Minnesota Orchestra, shared 10 Finnish composers that everyone should know who aren’t Sibelius.

Pianist Lang Lang Gives 1,000 Students Tickets to Attend Grammy Salute to Classical Music at Carnegie Hall

Mary MazurekJanuary 23, 2018

Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang is slated to host the Grammy Salute to Classical Music Celebrating the Legacy of Leonard Bernstein on Friday, January 26, 2018, at Carnegie Hall.

Exploring Music