Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprised: to come ...

At the opera, my highlights of 2025 included Washington National Opera’s winning “ Porgy and Bess ,” a revival of artistic ...

Karen Salicath Jamali, an award-winning composer, pianist, and visual artist, has a stunning new classical piece called "Wings of Gabriel." This 11-track piano album is full of spiritual music ...

In these pages, we witness a year of Black artistry that moved hearts, shook stages and reshaped the contours of possibility.

Chicago has plenty of alternatives to yet another jinglefest — some from other musical genres or cultures, some keeping ...

Featuring new bands, artists striking out on their own, and whatever combinations/ideas that fell in-between, these are our ...

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There are no actual dance steps in “Esplanade,” but it’s one of the most electrifying dances ever made. The audacity of its ...

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We’ve got melancholy brunettes, sad women, West End girls, man’s best friends. These albums represent all different styles ...

Join us as the organ students of Chad Winterfeldt and the piano students of Yumiko Oshima-Ryan showcase their work from the fall semester. The organ recital will start at 6:00 p.m. in Schaefer Fine ...

Much of that was due to the material: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 by Shostakovich; Nikolai Kapustin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 ...