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14 Chicago Film Fest Screenings Music Lovers Won’t Want To Miss

The Chicago International Film Festival is back for a 58th year, and as ever, there is an embarrassment of cinematic riches.

Stephen RaskauskasJune 8, 2017

10 Operas About Poisonous and Medicinal Plants

Hannah EdgarJune 8, 2017

6 Unforgettable Composer Friendships

Stephen RaskauskasJune 7, 2017

KAIA Kids Around the World – The Music of Brazil

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Embracing the ‘Sound of Silence’: Guitarist Miloš and His Return to Music

Michael San GabinoDecember 12, 2019

After his period away from music to recover from a hand injury and intense burnout, the guitarist is back with a new album: Sound of Silence.

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What It’s Like To Perform With Yo-Yo Ma… on a Flute Made From a Gun

Daniel GoldbergDecember 12, 2019

This is no normal flute. Civic Orchestra's Alexandria Hoffman explains how the gunbarrel flute was made, and how she came to play it with Yo-Yo Ma.

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Playlist: 3 Latino “Mozarts” Classical Music Lovers Should Know

Daniel GoldbergJune 1, 2017

There are three Latino composers who have often been compared to Mozart. Two of them were called “Mozart” by their contemporaries: Chevalier de Saint Georges, born in the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe in the 18th century and the 19th-century composer Spanish-Basque Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. The third is the 20th-century Brazilian composer Camargo Guarnieri whose first name was actually Mozart! Learn ...

This Is What Your Favorite Composers Would Look Like if They Actually Cracked a Smile…

Stephen RaskauskasMay 31, 2017

Though the music of your favorite composers might make you smile, chances are, the composers themselves aren't smiling in their portraits. Until now...

How the Complex Rhythms of Colonialism Created One of Uruguay’s Most Celebrated Musical Traditions

Galilee AbdullahMay 30, 2017

Though Uruguay is one of the least populous countries in South America, every year it hosts the world’s longest Carnaval. Carnaval in Uruguay would not be complete without candombe, an Afro-Uruguayan performance tradition that is centuries old but still celebrated today. Candombe is rooted in the culture of enslaved peoples who were brought to Uruguay from Africa during the early ...

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