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Playlist: Classical Workout Music

Get your heart pumping with some Holst. Practice pushups with some Prokofiev. Take down those deadlifts with Tan Dun.

Dorian NicholasOctober 14, 2016

Hearing Rachmaninoff Play Chopin Will Make You Fall in Love With Your Favorite Pieces All Over Again

David PolkOctober 14, 2016

Riccardo Muti “Lifts Every Voice” at the Apostolic Church of God on Chicago’s South Side

Mary MazurekOctober 13, 2016

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

Video: Watch Pianist George X. Fu Perform Works by Debussy and Beethoven

Keegan MorrisAugust 28, 2019

Audience members, listeners, and viewers alike were treated to a sensitive, dynamic Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert when pianist George Xiaoyuan Fu took the stage at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Playlist: Piano Études for Your Back to School Studies

Becky NystedtAugust 26, 2019

Since there is a type of musical composition named for studying — études, for you non French-speakers — we have the perfect musical accompaniment while you hit the books.

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Playlist: 8 Chopin Recordings Every Music Lover Should Own

Lisa FlynnOctober 10, 2016

If you love the music of Frédéric Chopin and are looking to expand your recording collection, here are a few albums you might want to consider. These 8 recordings feature 8 different pianists performing 8 different genres, giving you an appreciation for the diversity of Chopin’s works and the musicians who perform them.

Watch ‘Do You Speak Chopin?’ — Emmy-Winning Filmmaker Marian Marzynski’s Newest Doc

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 7, 2016

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker’s Marian Marzynski newest documentary is Do You Speak Chopin?. Marzynski’s love letter to Chopin is centered around the “Chopin Olympics” of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland.

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