Stories

Calidore String Quartet poses casually on a red couch with instruments

Calidore Wins 2024 BBC Music Magazine Chamber Award

The quartet is one of the US’s leading ensembles.

Associated Press | April 22, 2024

Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed Lyric Opera of Chicago and orchestras on 3 continents, dies

a white, gray, and yellow warbler in flight

WFMT | April 18, 2024

Playlist: Classical Music Inspired by Birds

A painting of Antonio Stradivarius at his violin workshop. He is a white man with black hair, wearing a long red jacket and loose light blue pants. His chin is in his hand; he is propping up a violin on one knee and studying it thoughtfully.

Adela Skowronski | April 17, 2024

What’s So Great About a Stradivarius, Anyways?

the striking interior of the Auditorium Theatre

Dance Acts Star in Auditorium 2024-25 Season

Keegan Morris | April 16, 2024

The Loop's “theatre for the people” presents music and dance titles from October to May.

15 Books About Music For the Young & Young at Heart

Stephen Raskauskas | April 16, 2024

Every library could use more books! Here are our top books about music for the young and the young at heart.

Playlists

a white, gray, and yellow warbler in flight

Playlist: Classical Music Inspired by Birds

Stravinsky Top 10: blue portrait of Stravinsky with a 10 and text "top ten" superimposed

Stravinsky Top 10

Playlist: 14 Works for the Solar Eclipse

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Playlist: 6 Classic Songs that Sample Classical Music

Opera Fest of Chicago Returns for Summertime Italian Opera

Keegan Morris | April 15, 2024

The festival, which is dedicated to presenting seldom-performed Italian opera titles, shares a two-program slate in June and July.

François López-Ferrer poses congenially against a red wall

Solti Foundation US Names 2024 Fellow

Keegan Morris | April 12, 2024

Previous recipients have included Karina Canellakis, Roderick Cox, and Gemma New.

Stravinsky Top 10: blue portrait of Stravinsky with a 10 and text "top ten" superimposed

Stravinsky Top 10

WFMT | April 11, 2024

No one was more pivotal in 20th century classical music than Igor Stravinsky. We rank his definitive top 10 works.