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New Releases Oct. 14: Fresh Twists

Many of this week’s new releases contain fresh interpretations of traditional tunes and rarely performed works.

WFMTNovember 18, 2024

Holiday Programming on WFMT 2024

Connie Converse playing guitar

Adela SkowronskiNovember 15, 2024

Right Place, Wrong Time: Connie Converse 100 Years Later

Leonardo da Vinci

Daniel GoldbergNovember 15, 2024

Unraveling Genius: Capturing Leonardo in Film and Music

New Releases Apr. 22: Bach, Brahms, Price, Satie, and more

Keegan MorrisApril 22, 2025

Deep dives into composer catalogues this week, with album-length surveys of music by Bach (in two recordings), Brahms, and Satie. Plus a record juxtaposing quintets by Florence Price and Antonín Dvořák. And we hear from contemporary composers Rami Levin and Michael Daugherty.

Star Violinist to Added to Grant Park Season Lineup

Keegan MorrisApril 22, 2025

The festival reveals a one-night-only concert featuring some high-powered talent.

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6 Infamous, Disastrous Classical Premieres

Katherine BuzardNovember 12, 2024

Some of today's most beloved works of classical music weren't well received when they made their debuts!

Judith Jamison, transcendent dancer and artistic director of Alvin Ailey company, dies at 81

Associated PressNovember 11, 2024

As a dancer, choreographer, director and speaker, Judith Jamison's distinguished career leaped over barriers of race and gender.

Grammy Nominees 2025

Keegan MorrisNovember 8, 2024

Dive in to the classical, jazz, contemporary, folk, screen, and stage nominees!