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Riccardo Muti gazes pensively into the distance

Muti Tests Positive for COVID, April 5 CSO Concert Canceled

The CSO shares that the 80-year-old conductor is experiencing mild symptoms and is in high spirits.

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 12, 2015

Itzhak Perlman’s 5 Most Memorable Moments at 70 Years Old

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 6, 2015

The Many Colors of American Indian Music

Stephen RaskauskasNovember 5, 2015

How ‘Wozzeck’ Changed Opera Forever

Pianist Radu Lupu Retires

Candice AgreeJune 28, 2019

Pianist Radu Lupu has decided to retire from the concert stage at the end of the 2018-19 season, a statement from his agent announced.

Reynaldo Hahn and Guy Ferrant

Larry JohnsonJune 28, 2019

Reynaldo Hahn’s world was the Paris salon, where he reigned supreme with his songs and went about in his full‐length opera cape.

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Inside the Beautiful, Bizarre World of Butoh

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 22, 2015

One of the most unique styles of dance today is undoubtedly butoh. I spoke with dancer and choreographer Ushio Amagatsu as he tours across North America with his company, Sankai Juku. The New York Times called Sankai Juku, “One of the most original and startling dance theater groups to be seen.” Read our conversation to learn more about butoh, Amagatsu’s ...

10 Times Joshua Bell Tore It Up on the Violin

WFMTOctober 22, 2015

Joshua Bell is one of the most acclaimed musicians of our time... which is to say, he can really tear it up on the violin.

Rare Ballet Sylvia Comes to Chicago

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 19, 2015

Choreographer John Neumeier said that in his reinterpretation of Sylvia, he "tried to invent a movement vocabulary that would suit each of the characters."

Midday with Lisa Flynn