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the GRant Park Orchestra performs on the striking Pritzker Pavilion stage to a full audience

Grant Park Music Festival Announces 2026 Season

Chicago’s annual, free classical music series will be celebrating multiple anniversaries throughout its 2026 season.

Iconic Chicago buildings — including the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, and the Hancock Center — with happy, multicolored tulips in the foreground

Keegan MorrisApril 1, 2025

Playlist: Feel-Good Classical Music

Cavatina Duo — Denis Azabagic in black and Eugenia Molliner in red — pose against a metal tiled wall

Keegan MorrisApril 1, 2025

New Releases Apr. 1: Dynamic Duos

Keegan MorrisMarch 31, 2025

Chicago Opera Theater ’25-26 Season Announced

Playlist: Classical Accordion

Keegan MorrisJuly 11, 2025

Though often overlooked in classical circles, the accordion boasts a vibrant repertoire, from dazzling arrangements of beloved works to original showpieces that highlight its virtuosic potential.

Portrait of Florence Price Later in Life Looking at the Camera.

New Releases Jul. 8: Price, Brahms, Film

Keegan MorrisJuly 8, 2025

Price concertos, Brahms symphonies, and works for film. Plus a wide variety of contemporary brass works, and music composed by Wilhelm Furtwängler.

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New Releases Mar. 24: A Kanneh-Mason Debut, Ravel x2, Rare Birds, and More Composers

March 25, 2025

Composer-specific recordings are front-and-center this week, with two foregrounding works by Maurice Ravel, as well as album-length explorations dedicated to Telemann, Franz Schubert, and Georges Bizet. And two debut recordings: by Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and idiosyncratic chamber collective Owls.