Chicago Classical Review

The Chicago Sinfonietta has named Mei-Ann Chen as the orchestra’s new music director.

The Taiwan-born conductor will succeed Paul Freeman,…

On Wednesday night, Carlos Kalmar will give the downbeat to Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, kicking off the…

The music season may be waning but Northwestern University has managed to deliver a substantial May treat for aficionados with…

Violist Mathew Lipman, 17, becomes a student at Juilliard in the fall, but he’s already wrapping up high school like…

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

Lang Lang has emerged as the leading superstar of today’s classical-music world, yet the 27-year-old Chinese pianist is also…

The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s storied history is made all the more fascinating by the fact that…

The Lyric Opera of Chicago announced its 2010-2011 lineup Tuesday, which adroitly mixes populist repertory with less-often-heard works by Wagner…

Last fall at the Harris Theater, the young American conductor Kazem Abdullah led a group of Brazilians through rehearsal like…

Sometimes the stars actually do align, and the right people are in the right place at the right time.…