Stories
“It’s just something you don’t often hear in classical settings. The music ends and we’re laughing. The music ends and we’re singing.”
Hannah EdgarOctober 24, 2017
Michael San GabinoOctober 20, 2017
Keegan MorrisFebruary 6, 2020
Conductors are all but a given in symphonic performance today. Front and center, they provide a dynamic focal point for the audience while guiding the artistic experience onstage. But what if there were no conductor? Who would run the show? In chamber music, the artists themselves are usually tasked with determining the artistic interpretation and then communicating together to play ...
Daniel GoldbergFebruary 6, 2020
The season, which runs from August 19, 2020, to May 6, 2021, features 36 performances including vocal recitals, symphonic concerts, and ballet performances.
Playlists
Michael San GabinoOctober 13, 2017
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO), based in south suburban Park Forest, is celebrating its 40th season, and the orchestra welcomes a new face to the podium: conductor Stilian Kirov.
Louise FrankOctober 12, 2017
As the WFMT Radio Network’s series from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival returns, we asked participants what makes this location so enchanting.
Stephen RaskauskasOctober 12, 2017
Sometimes, composers save their best work for last. Is Verdi’s last opera, "Falstaff," his best?












