“You could just take that first generation of migrants. You think about what came out of it musically. There is no genre that is untouched.”

Sunday, February 2, 2025, is the year’s biggest night for music. Peruse the classical, jazz, contemporary, folk, screen, and stage nominees, and see the winners as they’re announced!

Dive in to the classical, jazz, contemporary, folk, screen, and stage nominees!

Works by Florence Price and other women composers, including unpublished songs by Margaret Bonds.

For more than a century, artists from all over the world have chosen to give their first performances in the Second City.

With Christopher Bell decked in red, white, and blue, the Grant Park Orchestra presents Leonard Bernstein, John Williams, John Philip Sousa, and the ever-popular Armed Forces Salute in a glorious summer tradition.

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

Marian Anderson, an acclaimed and boundary-breaking Black contralto, was born in Philadelphia in 1897.

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.

A dynamic program of spirituals arranged by Trotignon coupled with songs of Florence Price.

Follow live on Sunday, February 4, as music’s biggest awards are given out!

Classical concertos are a great entry point for beginners. High-flying, exciting, virtuosic, they are often a pinnacle of solo performance.

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

Peruse the hopefuls for classical, jazz, soundtrack, and more!

Works by Florence Price and other women composers, including unpublished songs by Margaret Bonds.

The program begins with Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont and Fourth Symphony, followed by Still’s Mother and Child and Price’s Third Symphony.

Need some music for a day at the beach? These classical plays are the perfect soundtrack as you’re catching rays.

“I belong to another period of making music, of approaching the scores, of asking for a lot of time for rehearsals, especially in opera.”

Celebrate Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti’s remarkable tenure with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at this free concert in Millennium Park.

A special program featuring the music of Black composers from Florence Price to Bob Marley, and performers like Jessye Norman and the Kanneh-Mason.

Dynamic American violinist Randall Goosby releases his keenly awaited second album on Decca Classics. The recording is a collaboration with the Grammy Award-winning partnership of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Building on his debut album Roots (2021), which celebrated Black classical composers, this album showcases concertos by the trailblazing composer Florence Price and German romantic composer Max Bruch. Goosby …

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

Season Finale: Featuring pianist Denver Oldham, clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinist Er-Gene Kahng, the Gateways Orchestra led by Michael Morgan, and more.

This year’s Grammys, the 65th annual ceremony, takes place on Sunday, February 5.

The Recording Academy announced its 2023 Grammy nominations on November 15, 2022.