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WFMT Classical Conversations: Dr. C. Charles Clency

WFMT presenter LaRob K. Rafael interviews Dr. C. Charles Clency, music educator, author, and the last accompanist of Mahalia Jackson.

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

David Bromberg fears huge violin collection must be split up

Associated PressJuly 11, 2019

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — David Bromberg, a master of stringed-instrument Americana, says a deal to sell his massive collection of historic violins to the Library of Congress has fallen through. The singer-songwriter and session musician has compiled a collection of 263 historic American violins over the years, and at 73, was hoping to sell it intact for $1.7 million as ...

Violinist Aaron Rosand dies at 92

Keegan MorrisJuly 11, 2019

Violinist Aaron Rosand has died at the age of 92. Rosand was born in 1927 just outside of Chicago in Hammond, Indiana, and at age ten, the lauded virtuoso made his orchestral debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Best known for his interpretations of Romantic works (self-billed as the “Last Romantic”), Rosand studied with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute of Music at the beginning of what would become a more than 70-year playing career.

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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."

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