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Video: Violinist Julian Rhee & Pianist Xiaohui Yang play Mozart & Strauss

Violinist Julian Rhee is not yet 20 years old, but he’s already an in-demand artist, with appearances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Madison Symphony Orchestra, and the San Diego Symphony under his belt.

Stephen RaskauskasApril 13, 2017

Video: Pianist Vassily Primakov Plays Chopin and Rachmaninoff

Michael San GabinoApril 12, 2017

James Levine Named Ravinia Conductor Laureate

Associated PressApril 10, 2017

2017 Pulitzer winners and finalists in journalism and arts

Christians want Belgian opera’s naked Joan of Arc banned

Associated PressOctober 30, 2019

BRUSSELS (AP) — A Christian association is trying to prevent Brussels opera house La Monnaie from staging a production of Arthur Honegger’s oratorio “Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher,” or “Joan of Arc at the Stake,” in which the heroine appears dressed in men’s clothes and, at one point, naked. The Pro Europa Christiana Federation wants the show orchestrated by Italian director ...

Honor Día de Los Muertos in Chicago With These 6 Celebrations

Daniel GoldbergOctober 29, 2019

Celebrated from October 31 to November 2, the holiday honors loved ones who have died and is an intergenerational coming together of families. Find some of the many offerings Chicago has to offer to celebrate these days of remembrance.

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Meet CSO Solti Conducting Apprentice Erina Yashima

Angelica LasalaApril 5, 2017

For ten weeks each year, Erina Yashima works directly with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti and leads the Civic Orchestra.

Chicago Opera Theater Announces 17-18 Season Including World Premiere by Pulitzer-Winning Team

Stephen RaskauskasApril 5, 2017

Chicago Opera Theater announced its 2017-18 season: three operas, including a world-premiere co-production with Opera Philadelphia, to be staged at the newly-renovated Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building.

Chicago Sinfonietta’s 30th Anniversary Season Showcases ‘Full Spectrum of Voices and Identities’

Angelica LasalaApril 3, 2017

The Chicago Sinfonietta recently announced its 30th season line-up, as well as the launch of its Commissions by Women Composers Project, a season-long effort to close music’s gender equality gap by commissioning, performing, and recording, works by women composers.

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