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Mäkelä, CSO wrap year with bracing contemporary works, Beethoven and Schumann – Dec 20, 2025

The final Chicago Symphony Orchestra program of 2025 offered much to […]

Grosvenor scales the heights with a trio of blockbusters for Chamber Music Maryland – Dec 09, 2025

Chamber Music Maryland brought Benjamin Grosvenor back to the Horowitz Center […]

Florida Grand Opera’s “Silent Night” proves a rich and moving tale of common humanity – Nov 18, 2025

This has been a virtual American opera week in Miami. Following […]

No slowing down for Gerard Schwarz, South Florida’s busiest conductor – Nov 12, 2025

When Gerard Schwarz was a teenage trumpet student, he dreamed of […]

Trifonov & Orchestre National de France open American tour with Gallic style – Nov 09, 2025

“When good Americans die,” Oscar Wilde said, “they go to Paris.” […]

Under Rouvali, Philharmonia sounds fresh and vital on 80th anniversary tour – Oct 29, 2025

London’s Philharmonia Orchestra returned to the Washington area for the first […]

Lim’s romanticized “Goldbergs” brings mixed results in Boston recital debut – Oct 24, 2025

For many pianists, the musical, intellectual, and physical rigors of J. […]

Compelling Garrop premiere anchors Chicago Philharmonic’s Ear Taxi concert – Oct 22, 2025

Among the 210 composers whose music is being given this month […]

Belcea Quartet delivers world-class artistry in Chicago – Oct 22, 2025

The world’s greatest chamber groups always make one feel that whatever […]

Mäkelä returns to Chicago Symphony for a brilliant and blazing night of Berlioz – Oct 18, 2025

The burgeoning partnership of Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra […]