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‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to close on Broadway next year

Broadway’s longest-running show is scheduled to close in February 2023, less than a month after its 35th anniversary.

Associated PressApril 10, 2017

2017 Pulitzer winners and finalists in journalism and arts

Associated PressApril 10, 2017

Winners of London’s 2017 Olivier stage awards

Stephen RaskauskasApril 7, 2017

Forget Coffee: This Afternoon Raga Is Exactly What You Need to Get You Through Your Midday Slump

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19th Amendment, Beethoven, Perlman To Be Celebrated in Ravinia’s 2020 CSO Residency

Andi LamoreauxNovember 13, 2019

Anniversaries make up many of the highlights of the CSO's annual summer residency.

Playlist: Pacifism in Classical Music

George PrestonNovember 12, 2019

Listening to classical music can provide a general sense of peace and tranquility, but many great works promote pacifism as their central theme.

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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.

Boston Pops Violinist Dorothy Han Returns to Alma Mater to Teach Kenwood Students About Music & More

Angelica LasalaMarch 31, 2017

Returning to her alma mater for the first time in nearly 40 years, Dorothy Han performed and led a workshop in the very same Kenwood Academy classroom she once rehearsed in.

Composer Creates Music Major for Persecuted Bahá’ís in Iran Despite No Classrooms, Teachers, Piano

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 29, 2017

Growing up in Kerman, Iran, composer Badie Khaleghian received his first music lessons from his father. “When I was six or seven years old, he taught me how to play the recorder, then violin, and later piano.” As a young adult, Khaleghian wanted desperately to study music at the university level. “But because of my religion, I was not allowed ...

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