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This AMP season’s lineup showcases neglected repertoire in chamber, solo piano, and orchestral settings.
With commuting, once again, a part of many of our days, the simple concept of the Rush Hour Concerts becomes vital.
Known for his inventive, hard-to-categorize musical style of composition and performance, banjoist Jens Kruger has been inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame.
Cellist Jean Hatmaker is a founding member of the Kontras Quartet and the principal cellist of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. She teamed up with pianist Michael Finlay to play music by Brahms and Coleridge-Taylor.
What does a Bach/bluegrass crossover sound like? It sounds like pure relaxation.
The 2010s were a tumultuous decade, replete with astounding artistic highlights, superlative new voices, and watershed moments of reckoning. WFMT hosts and staff reflect on what the past decade brought for classical music, and what the new decade may have in store.
Watch highlights from WFMT’s Classical Cabaret, a new series that brings together diverse artists for performance and broadcast before a live studio audience.
The string quartet gets its name from the Afrikaans word for “contrast,” since the musicians enjoy playing seemingly contrasting repertoire even within the same program