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Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87

The Chicago born and based Lewis was revered in jazz circles for hits like “The In Crowd” and “Hang on Sloopy.” He earned three Grammys and seven gold records.

Stephen RaskauskasMay 3, 2017

Just TRY Not to Weep Listening to Lila Downs Sing This Classic Canción Ranchera, “La Cruz de Olvido”

Angelica LasalaMay 3, 2017

“Females Disrupting The Tap World” Explore Dance, Art, and Gender with New “Hansel and Gretel”

Galilee AbdullahMay 3, 2017

This Amazon Parrot Singing “‘O Sole Mio” Along With Pavarotti Is All of Us When We Try to Sing Opera

Violinist Nathan Meltzer, an 18-year-old Julliard student who has been loaned the recovered Stradivarius violin (Photo: Jiyang Chen)

Totenberg Stradivarius reborn 4 decades after theft

Associated PressNovember 18, 2019

Roman Totenberg didn't live to see his instrument again; he died in 2012 at the age of 101. But Nathan Meltzer, a nineteen-year-old star violinist, has revived the prized instrument.

Video: Ahead of Chicago Premiere, An Excerpt From Rachmaninoff’s ‘Aleko’

Keegan MorrisNovember 15, 2019

Two operatic opus ones will have their Chicago premieres this weekend, and they both command a chorus of well over 100. Chicago Opera Theater opens its 2019-20 season with a double bill: Joby Talbot's Everest and Rachmaninoff's Aleko.

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KAIA Kids Around the World: The Music of Mexico

Stephen RaskauskasApril 27, 2017

Mexico is home to many people and musical traditions. In the KAIA Kids adventure to Mexico, the quartet explores the history of mariachi and teaches you one of most popular mariachi tunes today, “México lindo y querido.”

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein on ‘Mozart in Havana,’ the Importance of Cross-Cultural Collaboration