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

Honor Black artistry with an entire month of exciting musical events — operas, chamber concerts, jazz orchestras, broadcasts, and more!

The special bond between jazz and classical is growing closer by the day. So let’s appreciate these incredible renditions of timeless classical favorites!

Recognizing the Chicagoans, musicians, artists, and friends of WFMT who died this past year.

Stunning renditions of contemporary works, stirring early music performances, and more.

As we look forward to the festivities, we have compiled some of Chicago’s most enticing holiday offerings!

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

The Gateways Brass Collective, an all–African American quintet, was founded in 2018 to inspire artists from all backgrounds.

Concerts, festivals, and more to celebrate Juneteenth in Chicago.

More change is afoot at the Grammys. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that three new categories will be added to the awards show in 2024.

Earlier in 2023, Shorter won a Grammy for best improvised jazz solo for “Endangered Species” with Leo Genovese.

WFMT hosted Chicago Jazz Philharmonic’s Orbert Davis and Mark Ingram, who discussed Davis’s Emmy-winning score for WTTW’s DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis, their love of jazz, and more.

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

“Christmas just doesn’t feel like Christmas without hearing that album in the background,” said Derrick Bang, author of the biography Vince Guaraldi at the Piano.

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

Some of the most intriguing, spine-curdling, and spirited musical events all around the Chicago area.

“I’ve never seen a jazz band like ours play with a marching band, where the actual music we’re playing is integrated into the music the band is playing,” Marsalis said.

The Chicago International Film Festival is back for a 58th year, and as ever, there is an embarrassment of cinematic riches.

Sanders, who launched his career playing alongside John Coltrane in the 1960s, died in Los Angeles early Saturday.

The Chicago born and based Lewis was revered in jazz circles for hits like “The In Crowd” and “Hang on Sloopy.” He earned three Grammys and seven gold records.

WFMT spoke to the Chicago-born Lewis in 2015, when, at the age of 80, his music received its first CSO performance.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is returning for the first time in three years.

The 64th Grammy Awards will occur on Sunday, April 3 in Las Vegas. Here are the categories, nominees, and eventually, winners, for the classical, jazz, and world music fields.

Banner works by Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Prokofiev headline Muti’s three CSO residencies, ahead of the conclusion of his tenure with Beethoven’s Missa solemnis.

An assortment of multimedia tributes — music, visual arts, poetry, and dance — to the monumental Civil Rights leader.