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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.

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 26, 2015

Masaaki Suzuki’s 8 Tips to Better Your Bach

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 22, 2015

Natya Dance Brings the Ancient Art of Bharatanatyam to Modern Audiences

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 22, 2015

Inside the Beautiful, Bizarre World of Butoh

Playlist: Fretless and Linear — How Classical Violin Shaped Andrew Bird’s Sound

Daniel GoldbergJuly 10, 2019

Using his violin and virtuosic whistle, Andrew Bird genre-jumps from indie rock to jazz, and from folk to classical. Born in Lake Forest, Bird began learning classical violin from the Suzuki Method at the age of four and recalls, “My mom would have WFMT on all the time… My dad listened to Merle Haggard.”

Playlist: Classical Cats, Selections Inspired by Feline Friends

Becky NystedtJuly 9, 2019

While kitties are favored in contemporary popular culture (memes, viral videos, #Instagram), they have also long dominated the hearts of humans throughout history and are reflected through past art and music.

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The Women of ‘Figaro’ on Mozart’s Women

Stephen RaskauskasOctober 14, 2015

Behind every great man is a great woman, so the saying goes. In Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, the women often run the show. How better to learn about these fascinating female characters than from the women behind Lyric Opera of Chicago’s new production of Mozart’s masterwork? I spoke with Barbara Gaines, the stage director, as well as the opera’s leading ladies ...

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