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Live Results: Grammy Awards 2026

Chicago artists Mavis Staples, Third Coast Percussion, and Shawn E. Okpebholo are counted among this year’s nominees.

Keegan MorrisNovember 5, 2024

President Biden Awards Chicago Arts, Journalism Champion Bruce Sagan the National Medal of the Arts

Quincy Jones grins while holding multiple Grammy Awards

Associated PressNovember 4, 2024

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Keegan MorrisNovember 1, 2024

Al Capone: Mob Boss and… Music Lover?

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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New Chopin Unearthed Nearly 200 Years After Composition

Adela SkowronskiOctober 29, 2024

Short in length, the newly unearthed waltz bears many of Chopin’s signature characteristics: drama, melancholy, and a penchant for beautiful melodies.

“The Pianist” pianist dies

Associated PressOctober 29, 2024

Polish musician and teacher Janusz Olejniczak died of a heart attack at the age of 72 on Sunday, October 20.

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Lost and Found: 8 Classical Music Masterworks Rescued From History

Katherine BuzardOctober 25, 2024

Music that vanished, whether by accident or by design, only to be brought back into the light years, or centuries, later.

Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn