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Giancarlo Guerrero’s Grant Park: A New Maestro Takes the Baton

"Now that I am artistic director, I get to find excuses to make music with these amazing colleagues. They inspire not only our orchestra, but our audiences."

New Releases May 27: Harp, Oboe, Rachmaninoff

Releases this week cast light on an unheralded English woman composer (Madeleine Dring) in works for oboe, selections for harp by Marcel Tournier, plus a tribute to a great 20th century singer, mixed cello repertoire, and albums exploring the musical ranges of Rachmaninoff and Mendelssohn.

Conductor Daniel Barenboim says he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease

Barenboim, 82, writes, “I am planning to maintain as many of my professional commitments as my health permits.”

Classical Music Power Couples

From starting their own charities to writing operas together, discover some of classical music's most prolific couples!

An Arkansas organist is playing 18 hours of Bach this year, one lunch break at a time

Bach's organ works make heavy use of pedals and complex structures. Few organists perform the composer's complete organ works, given the difficulty and quantity of the music.
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