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A standout “Amahl” closes the year with warm Christmas spirit
Gian Carlo Menotti wrote of his Amahl and the Night Visitors, […]
Dec 22, 2025
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Kraemer-led MOB choral program provides customary holiday warmth
Music of the Baroque has put in some Christmas overtime this […]
Dec 20, 2025
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Chen leads CSO in an elegant, collegial “Four Seasons”
After two weeks of vivid concerts under music director emeritus for […]
Nov 14, 2025
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Abduraimov brings keyboard thunder, poetic moments to Romantic program
Pianist Behzod Abduraimov returned to Chicago Sunday for the first time […]
Nov 04, 2025
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Tin’s “Lost Birds” takes flight at Ear Taxi Festival
Christopher Tin was the first composer to win a Grammy for […]
Oct 12, 2025
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Pergolesi rarity highlights motley CSO program
“It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, […]
Oct 04, 2025
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Guerrero opens final GPO week with stellar Saint-Saëns, vivid premiere
Sir Thomas Beecham is reported to have deemed Camille Saint-Saëns “the […]
Aug 14, 2025
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Bell, Guerrero serve up a summer music highlight with GPO
“Seldom Performed Works Written for Pablo de Sarasate” may not seem […]
Aug 07, 2025
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Tech issues bedevil a Grant Park Orchestra double debut
The Grant Park Orchestra soldiered through the summer’s most oppressively humid […]
Jul 24, 2025
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Climate-minded work makes worthy debut at Grant Park Music Festival
Conductor Nicole Paiement made an impressive Chicago debut in 2019 leading […]
Jul 10, 2025
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