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CYSO Spanish Rhapsody Gala 2025
Classical MusicMusic

Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Gala, “Spanish Rhapsody” Raises $500K

March 5, 2025 Fred Cummings Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra

Celebrating its mission and its talented young musicians, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras welcomed more than 300 guests to its 2025

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Classical MusicMusic

Music Institute Gala to Honor Paquito D’Rivera with Dushkin Award

February 24, 2025 Fred Cummings Music Institute of Chicago

The Music Institute of Chicago hosts its Gala Benefit on Tuesday, May 13 at 5:30 p.m. at The Four Seasons

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Riccardo Muti Conducts the CSO
Classical MusicMusic

Riccardo Muti Leads The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Distinguished Soloists in Verdi’s “Requiem Mass” in June

February 20, 2025 David Henley Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  CSO,  Riccardo Muti

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) announces the addition of a fourth performance of Verdi’s Requiem Mass with Riccardo Muti,

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The Listeners
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A New “Cult” Classic: Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners” Comes to Lyric Opera This Spring

February 18, 2025 Fred Cummings Lyric Opera of Chicago

The haunting hum of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s The Listeners will transfix audiences at Lyric Opera of Chicago this

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Yang Liu. Photo by Olivia Tsai.
Classical MusicMusic

New Phil to Present Tchaikovsky’s 4th & “Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto” with Yang Liu

February 17, 2025 Fred Cummings McAninch Arts Center,  New Philharmonic

Under the baton of music director and conductor Kirk Muspratt, New Philharmonic, the professional orchestra in residence at the McAninch

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Dr. Mark George, Courtesy of Music Institute of Chicago
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Dr. Mark George to Step Down as President and CEO of Music Institute of Chicago

February 15, 2025 David Henley Music Institute of Chicago

The Music Institute of Chicago has announced that, after 15 years of dedicated service, Dr. Mark George is stepping down

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Stella Chen
Classical MusicMusic

Stella Chen to Step in for Robert Chen as Violin Soloist in CSO February 20-22 Concerts

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Concertmaster Robert Chen must regrettably withdraw from his planned solo appearances with the Orchestra and conductor

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Black Oak Ensemble
Classical MusicMusic

~Nois Quartet and Black Oak Ensemble join forces in Nova Linea Musica’s ‘Letters from Home’ March 12

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings ~Nois Quartet,  Black Oak Ensemble,  Nova Linea Musica

Chicago-based chamber music series and new-music incubator Nova Linea Musica (NLM), will present “Letters from Home,” a concert featuring two

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Richard Webster, credit Burlingham Productions
Classical MusicMusic

Chicago’s Bach in the City to debut March 21 at St. Vincent de Paul Church

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings Bach in the City,  Bach Week Festival

Bach in the City, successor to the Chicago area’s long-running Bach Week Festival, will present “Bach and the Venetians,” the

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Anne Akiko Meyers
Classical MusicMusic

Anne Akiko Meyers Releases “Blue Electra,” April 11

February 5, 2025 Fred Cummings

On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Grammy Award-winning artist Anne Akiko Meyers — one of the world’s most esteemed violinists

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