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Playlist: Classical Music To Dance To

This ain’t your average classical music dance playlist: dance along to new pieces, old grooves, treasured tangos, and winsome waltzes.

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 1, 2017

Why Chopin Composed Fewer Works for Piano and Orchestra Than You Can Count on Your Two Hands

Michael San GabinoFebruary 28, 2017

Meet the Real Star of “La La Land,” Academy Award-Winning Composer Justin Hurwitz

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Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 28, 2017

Playlist: 10 Composers Changing Classical Music (Who Also Happen to Be Women)

May the Scores Be With You: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter Joins Forces With John Williams

Michael San GabinoOctober 17, 2019

Imagine the scrolling main title of Star Wars or wizards taking flight in Harry Potter without triumphant brass and sweeping strings. These cinematic moments would lose their emotional resonance without the iconic music of John Williams.

Alicia Alonso, the grande dame of Cuban ballet, has died

Associated PressOctober 17, 2019

Alicia Alonso, the revered ballerina and choreographer whose nearly 75-year career made her an icon of artistic loyalty to Cuba’s socialist system, died Thursday at age 98.

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The Film Score: Music for Oscar Week 2017

Michael San GabinoFebruary 15, 2017

Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips returns to WFMT to present Music for Oscar Week 2017 following the success of our month-long film score series in 2016 and Veterans Day special. Each day throughout Oscar week, Phillips shares music from movie musicals that have received or been nominated for Academy Awards. Starting with The Broadway Melody, the first motion picture ...

The 1 Concert That Inspired Riccardo Muti to Create the CSO’s African American Network

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 15, 2017

Maestro Muti sat down with Sheila Jones, coordinator of the CSO's African American Network, years ago to ask, “How do we bring the African American community into Symphony Center?”

Video: What Choreographer Justin Peck Listens for When Picking Music for Dance