Music director Jaap van Zweden leads the New York Philharmonic and guest soloist pianist Conrad Tao.

“We, as members of society and also as artists, feel both the need to do something and the helplessness in not being able to influence something.”

The Brazilian pianist in unreleased music by Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, Strauss, Debussy, Gluck, and Villa-Lobos.

A retrospective on Leonard Bernstein’s revolutionary concert series, which introduced countless listeners to classical music. And Jamie Bernstein, daughter of the influential conductor-composer, reflect on her father’s legacy.

Béla Bartók is a renowned composer, but let’s cast some light on his career as a pianist, in music he wrote as well as works by Beethoven and Debussy.

Cellist Lindsey Sharpe and pianist John Bitoy perform works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Margaret Bonds, Claude Debussy, and Astor Piazzolla.

WFMT is bringing you the fire with a curated playlist of pyrotechnic music.

Diverse instrumentation for singular sounds. Music by Debussy, Saint-Saëns, and Milhaud.

Music director Jaap van Zweden conducts Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Debussy’s La Mer, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major.

Music to set the stage for a remarkable celestial spectacle.

Music by Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, and George Tsontakis.

This concert brings a rousing set of works from Bernstein, Debussy, and Gabriela Lena Frank all focused on the theme of dance.

Sampling the greatest recordings (reissued on the Eloquence label) from a fruitful collaboration.

Chen Qigang’s Reflet d’un temps disparu is stunningly performed by French cellist Gautier Capuçon; the rest of the program features music by French composers.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has announced its 2024–2025 season, a full year of concerts in its mainstage subscription series, as well as chamber, solo, family, and other programming.

Turning point works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, and Brett Dean — whose piece Twelve Angry Men features a dozen cellos.

The broadcast features works by Wagner, Mahler, Stravinsky, Berg, Debussy and Carter plus some of Mr. Boulez’s own music.

Much like a gourmet dish, classical music is the result of many individual elements coming together. The composer, like a chef, must know the distinct flavor profiles of each instrument and how they complement each other.

Another packed summer of live music awaits.

Italian conductor Guido Cantelli — Toscanini’s appointed “spiritual heir” — leads works by Brahms, Debussy, and Tchaikovsky.

The musical celebration of our new hall continues with a US Premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw.

Introductions welcomes a return guest for a full clarinet recital: Louis Auxenfans of Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood.

Robert Langevin is the soloist in the Celtic-influenced Flute Concerto by Christopher Rouse. We’ll also hear works by Copland and Ravel including the Boléro, all conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

David Afkham returns to the CSO podium to lead Debussy, Ravel, and Shostakovich.

Lost in the forest, a prince encounters an ethereal beauty with a mysterious past (and lush locks that would make Rapunzel envious).