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Composer Penderecki’s state funeral held after 2-year delay

The renowned composer died in Krakow in March 2020 at the age of 86, but COVID-19 restrictions postponed a formal funeral service.

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting in moody, darkly lit photo

David PolkMay 12, 2015

Listen: Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Piece of Music that Changed His Life

WFMTMay 6, 2015

Star Soprano Kate Royal on the Joys and Difficulties of Singing Rare French Works

Candice AgreeMay 5, 2015

Playlist: 5 Mexican Composers You Should Know

Daniel Barenboim in a grey hat, stands in front of a stone wall

Barenboim’s tenure at Berlin’s Staatsoper extended to 2027

Associated PressJune 4, 2019

Conductor Daniel Barenboim is getting a five-year contract extension as general music director of Berlin’s Staatsoper, which would keep him at the opera house until 2027.

3 Fresh Musical Events for Your Weekend!

Hannah EdgarMay 31, 2019

We’re getting ready to share our Summer Music Guide (keep an eye out for it next week), but here are three events happening this weekend, each of which combine or reimagine classical music and dance, that we wanted to be sure to tell you about. The Rosina Project It’s Rossini like you’ve never heard him before. Chicago Fringe Opera teams ...

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WFMT’s Top 10 Reads on World Book Day

Stephen RaskauskasApril 23, 2015

Today is World Book Day, a yearly event celebrated worldwide on April 23rd and organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. Looking for a good read to celebrate World Book Day? We at WFMT have picked some of our favorite reads to share with you.

Julia Wolfe Wins 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music

Stephen RaskauskasApril 20, 2015

Judges described Wolfe’s work, Anthracite Fields, as a “powerful oratorio for chorus and sextet evoking Pennsylvania coal-mining life around the turn of the 20th Century.”

Guggenheim Fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa On Creating Music that Defies Genre

Stephen RaskauskasApril 10, 2015

To label Manhathappa's music simply as a fusion between Carnatic music and jazz would be reductive. If, anything, it represents "the beautiful multicultural state of affairs of the United States right now."

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree