It’s another great year for the city’s classical music community with Chicago-born and based artists, producers, and engineers receiving recognition.

This past weekend, WFMT teamed up with Cedille Records to stream the finals of the venerable Chicago label’s first-ever Emerging Artist Competition. Now, a winner has been named…

The first such event in Cedille’s history, the competition is being held in honor of the label’s 30th anniversary. The first place artist will get to create a record that will be produced and released by Cedille.

Ahead of Grammy weekend, a local look at the Chicago-area nominees and hosts!

A self-described “science kid,” a simple miscommunication prompted Sharon Isbin to take up the guitar in her youth.