Classical, Music, Reviews

Review: Rachel Barton Pine and Inna Faliks Show Off the Blues at Ravinia

Inna Faliks and Rachel Barton Pine, Photo courtesy of Ravinia Festival.

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Inna Faliks gave a lovely recital at Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall on Saturday night. The program included bluesy and soulful modern music by African […]

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Classical, Features, Music

Feature: Chicago Violinist Rachel Barton Pine Mixes Classical With Heavy Metal

Chicago is well known for having a rich and robust classical music community. One of the best measures of that is the talent that emerges from it. One great example […]

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Preview: MusicNOW Ends the Season With Rachel Barton Pine and Jessie Montgomery Premiering Montgomery’s Musings for Two Violins

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary music program MusicNOW will be ending its season this Monday evening with In Context, a program that includes new works by the CSO Mead Composer-In-Residence […]

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Review: Chicago’s Cedille Records Keeps Putting Out Great Stuff

Cedille Records continues its mission to illuminate excellent Chicago musical voices on both sides of the musical portrait. Its recent releases highlight Chicago performers offering classical music chestnuts and new […]

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Feature: Music Institute of Chicago Continues its Mission, Pandemic or Not

One of Chicago’s longest serving music organizations has continued to operate under the trying circumstances posed by a pandemic. While COVID-19 has affected the ways in which the Music Institute […]

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Feature: Cedille Records Celebrates 30 Years of Illuminating Chicago’s Art Music Scene

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 […]

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Review: Rachel Barton Pine and Jory Vinikour Perform Bach at the Logan Center

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 […]

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Music Institute of Chicago Academy Displays Student Talent, Training in Concert

The students from the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy showed off their talent on Saturday night in a performance celebrating the academy’s 10 years of training in musical excellence. The […]

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Preview: Chicago Music Academy to Celebrate 10 Years of Musical Excellence

The Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy celebrates its 10th anniversary with a performance of its student orchestra featuring alumni Rachel Barton Pine and Matthew Lipman. The concert will take place […]

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