Chicago Classical Review

Relatively little known in the United States, Thomas Zehetmair has been a true musical force throughout Europe on violin, recordings…

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has just bid farewell to an unusually strong pair of composers-in-residence: Osvaldo Golijov and Mark-Anthony Turnage.…

Adventurous balletomanes may ho-hum at yet another Swan Lake. But there are good reasons why Tchaikovsky’s classic remains so beloved:…

It seemed like old times Wednesday at the opening performance of American Ballet Theatre’s five-day run at the…

Even among Gustav Mahler’s lengthy, tortuously complex works, there is nothing quite like his Symphony No. 8.

Scored for Brobdingnagian…

As Maurizio Pollini closed his Chopin recital Sunday afternoon with eight “selected” etudes (Op. 25) not specified in…

At the ripe age of 27, Lang Lang has already vaulted through more career stages than most performing musicians…

Chicago is blessed with a wide array of fine choral ensembles, and among them is the Chicago…

Business as usual for Chicago Opera Theater means taking chances, and the company’s 2010 season, which opens Saturday…

Much of the music world is doing its best to mark the bicentennial year of Frederic Chopin’s birth, yet the…