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Feinstein, Midori, Perlman headline Carnegie Ukraine benefit

Soprano Angel Blue, mezzo-sopranos Denyce Graves and Isabel Leonard, and jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant will also appear on the concert.

Mary MazurekOctober 13, 2016

An Inside Look at the “GRAMMY Salute to Music Legends”

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 12, 2016

The Surprising Politics of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet

Kerry FrumkinOctober 12, 2016

WFMT Host Kerry Frumkin’s Postcard From Europe

Playlist: Classical Music From Composers’ School Days

Keegan MorrisAugust 22, 2019

Just because the school year is right around the corner doesn’t mean that you have to stop playing (or writing) music. As proof, here are 16 pieces from composers written when they were still students!

LA Opera names lawyer to lead Plácido Domingo investigation

Associated PressAugust 21, 2019

Los Angeles Opera said Tuesday it will immediately open a "thorough and independent investigation" into allegations of sexual harassment against the opera star Plácido Domingo, the company's general director.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda: “Arts Education…Saved My Life”

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 7, 2016

Lin-Manuel Miranda has impacted many lives through his Pulitzer Prize-winning work Hamilton: An American Musical. Recently, Miranda revealed how the arts have impacted him, saying that arts education, “saved my life.” The room where it happened was a studio at Hubbard Street Dance Center in Chicago’s West Loop, home of Hubbard Street Dance. Since Hamilton has landed in Chicago, Miranda ...

Hear Kristin Chenoweth’s Operatic Version of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 6, 2016

The Broadway star — who got her start in opera — shared her operatic talents on a recent episode of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live,' performing her own unique rendition of the theme song to 'Game of Thrones.'

Oliver Sacks-Inspired Concerto, ‘Five Hallucinations,’ Has Windy City World Premiere

Robbie EllisOctober 6, 2016

"That phrase just runs through and through your head and you cannot get it out. It occupies their entire field of vision, that sentence."

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff