This year marks a milestone for the Chicago classical music community. In 1989 Jim Ginsburg founded Cedille Records, and, in the ensuing 30 years, this independent label has produced nearly […]
The front of the stage at Symphony Center was cluttered with marimbas, vibraphones, wood slabs, cymbals, crotales, and other gear as Chicago’s Third Coast Percussion opened the Civic Orchestra of […]
Symphony Center Presents resumed its strike-interrupted season on Wednesday night with violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Evgeny Kissin offering a program of repertoire standards. The pairing of Kissin, who, in […]
While Bach Week was kicking off at Nichols Auditorium in Evanston, violinist Rachel Barton Pine and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour were giving a Bach recital of their own at the Logan […]
The 46th annual Bach Week Festival kicks off with two concerts this Friday evening featuring several soloists and the Bach Week Festival Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Richard Webster, performing a […]
Impromptu Fest 2019 wrapped up this weekend with a series of concerts that showcased Chicago’s rich and vibrant contemporary art music scene. Hosted by New Music Chicago, the festival convened […]
Following the success of last year’s inaugural festival, the second Impromptu Fest will take place the next two weekends in the brand-new Guarneri Hall in downtown Chicago. Hosted by New […]
Symphonies, string quartets, and piano sonatas are widely recognized as the musical forms that Ludwig van Beethoven turned to in each of his three musical phases, the results of which […]
The third and final weekend of the 2019 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opened in a marvelous way as the Jupiter String Quartet gave masterful performances of two titans […]
Last month, Chicago’s own Nico Segal (formerly known as Donnie Trumpet) and Fulcrum Point New Music Project hosted a night of eclectic music, poetry, and art as part of the […]
The Dover Quartet opened the 2019 installment of the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival in a fantastic way on Friday evening with compelling performances of classical and contemporary string […]
An evening of premieres took place on Friday night at the Logan Center Performance Hall as the Grossman Ensemble offered its first ever public performance to a large audience in […]