“I have great admiration for the orchestra and Maestro Muti,” shares Hilary Hahn, “and it is an honor to join their organization and be present in the city of Chicago over the next two seasons.”

All weekend long, WFMT will be honoring Memorial Day in music. Check out these highlights that you won’t want to miss.

It’s been a strange, difficult year for the music world, which is all the more reason to celebrate musical excellence.

Many composers have also answered the call of springtime’s riotous colors during this, the blooming season.

On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, WFMT hosted the Escher Quartet in a Facebook Live from the Village Presbyterian Church in Northbrook ahead of their performances at the 2019 North Shore Chamber Music Festival, which begins on June 12. The quartet bookended the second movement from Mozart’s String Quartet No. 23 with selections from Dvořák’s American Quartet.