How WFMT legend Studs Terkel just made his Carnegie Hall debut (alongside the Kronos Quartet and his old friend Mahalia Jackson)

Tony Macaluso and Louise Frank | February 1, 2018

WFMT’s long-time resident “free spirit” Studs Terkel died near a decade ago, on Halloween in 2008, but he just made his Carnegie Hall debut. What brought about this feat of artistic time travel?

Pianist Lang Lang Gives 1,000 Students Tickets to Attend Grammy Salute to Classical Music at Carnegie Hall

Mary Mazurek | January 23, 2018

Internationally renowned pianist Lang Lang is slated to host the Grammy Salute to Classical Music Celebrating the Legacy of Leonard Bernstein on Friday, January 26, 2018, at Carnegie Hall.

The Truth About the “Worst Singer of All Time,” Florence Foster Jenkins, Told by Her Accompanist

Stephen Raskauskas | March 30, 2016

Florence Foster Jenkins couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. Yet, she made her Carnegie Hall debut to a completely sold-out house on October 25, 1944.

‘I’m a white composer, living in white privilege, setting the poetry of Langston Hughes’

Stephen Raskauskas | February 16, 2016

When Karpman encountered Langston Hughes’ poem, she was instantly fascinated.

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