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Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. (Photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto)

Carnegie Hall plans return to full schedule in 2022-23

Carnegie announced a 2022-23 schedule that includes about 70 events in 2,800-seat Stern Auditorium.

Lisa FlynnMarch 17, 2016

Playlist: 10 Contemporary Composers You Should Know (…Who Also Happen to Be Women)

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 7, 2016

Why Mezzo-Soprano Alice Coote Would ‘Die for Music’

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 6, 2016

Why Pianist Hélène Grimaud Flooded the Park Avenue Armory with 122,000 Gallons of Water

Off the Beaten Path: 9 Underrated Venues for Classical Music in Chicago

Daniel GoldbergJuly 24, 2019

Beyond the major hallowed houses, Chicago is filled with venues that can bring a different, intimate, interactive, or even more affordable experience.

On the Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary, Hear a Song Cycle Inspired by American Women Astronauts

Keegan MorrisJuly 19, 2019

In February, soprano Tamara Wilson joined WFMT to perform a celestial song cycle composed for her by Chicago composer James Kallembach. The works draw from the experience of women astronauts, including Sally Ride, Sunita Williams, and Peggy Whitson. We're bringing this video back in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

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Bartlett Sher on Shakespeare in the Opera House

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 22, 2016

“Opera is deeply satisfying in a way that Shakespeare cannot be,” stage director Barlett Sher said backstage at Lyric Opera of Chicago during rehearsals for Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette.

Grammy-Winning Violinist Gil Shaham’s Advice for Young Musicians

Michael San GabinoFebruary 17, 2016

Grammy Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham made his professional debut at age 10, an age when most are hardly even thinking about professional work of any kind.

‘I’m a white composer, living in white privilege, setting the poetry of Langston Hughes’

Stephen RaskauskasFebruary 16, 2016

When Karpman encountered Langston Hughes' poem, she was instantly fascinated.

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