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Video: Young Artist Elliot Wuu Plays Essential Early Beethoven and Schumann Works

Pianist Elliot Wuu, who is in his early 20s, visited Chicago to perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann that were both written when the composers were in their 20s.

Mary MazurekFebruary 15, 2017

This is What It’s Like to Attend the Grammy Awards

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 14, 2017

VIDEO | Why Stewart Copeland, Police Founding Member/Drummer, Has Turned to Composing Opera

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 13, 2017

‘Single Ladies’ Set to Shostakovich Proves That Beyoncé Can Slay All Day, Even to Classical Music

Ravinia President and CEO to Step Down Following 2020 Season, His 20th

Keegan MorrisOctober 19, 2019

“I’ve decided that this milestone anniversary would be the right time to make way for someone new to shape the festival’s future,” Ravinia Festival president and CEO Welz Kauffman expressed in a press release.

22 Chicago Music and Arts Buildings To Add To Your Open House Chicago 2019 Itinerary

Keegan MorrisOctober 18, 2019

From downtown's soaring steel and glass skyscrapers to the iconic residential greystone, there are impressive, beautiful, and revolutionary buildings practically everywhere you look. Each fall, the Chicago Architecture Center celebrates the city's many architectural treasures both big and small with Open House Chicago, the two-day festival which lets opens many of these buildings for the public to explore for free!

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‘The Black Composer Speaks’ Celebrates 3 Generations of Composers in 1 Night on Chicago’s South Side

Elizabeth PetersonFebruary 8, 2017

Composer and cellist Tomeka Reid presents the world premiere of "Present Awareness" alongside the works of Alvin Singleton, Olly Wilson, and Kahil El’ Zabar.

Be the First to Know Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2017-18 Line-Up of Operas, Concerts, and More

Andi LamoreauxFebruary 7, 2017

A new production of Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice, in partnership with the Joffrey Ballet, and the second installment of Wagner’s Ring, will highlight the 2017-2018 season at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Frederick Douglass Owned a Copy of a Stradivarius, His Grandson Played for Two Presidents

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 2, 2017

Frederick Douglass wasn’t just an abolitionist leader, author, and statesman – he was also a music lover. He wrote passionately about the importance of music in communities of enslaved people in his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. In fact, he wrote that music gave him his “first glimmering conception of the dehumanizing character of slavery. I can never ...

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