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Chicago trumpeter Bob Ojeda dies at 78. He was a renaissance man of jazz

March 30, 2020 at 11:22 a.m.

There wasn't much in jazz that Bob Ojeda couldn't do. A masterful trumpeter, inventive arranger, creative composer and mentor to uncounted musicians, the Chicago artist was revered by peers and...

A pedestrian walks by Symphony Center on March 12, when concerts were canceled there due to the coronavirus.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is silenced again. But for how long? And what about summer at Ravinia?

March 26, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

For the second time in as many years, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has fallen silent. Last year, a musicians' strike over pension and salary stretched seven weeks, ending in late...

Classical music movies to watch — and avoid — at home

March 26, 2020 at 9:18 a.m.

Now that most of us are sequestered at home, we can't experience the singular joy of hearing music in a concert hall. But we can revel in classical music in...

Chicago Symphony concerts canceled through May 10 due to coronavirus outbreak

March 24, 2020 at 3:25 p.m.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has canceled all its events at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., and offsite locations through May 10, "in cooperation with community-wide efforts to mitigate...

Riccardo Muti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in May, 2019: Longing to return to his orchestra.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti on life in Italy amid coronavirus, the role music plays

March 24, 2020 at 3:41 p.m.

The last time Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti conducted a concert, Feb. 23 in Orchestra Hall, few of us realized that the music was about to stop. By...

Christine Goerke and Burkhard Fritz in Wagner's "Siegfried" in 2018, part of the "Ring" cycle that has been canceled.

Lyric Opera Orchestra takes pay cut to benefit freelancers

March 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

Lyric Opera Orchestra members voted unanimously on Wednesday evening to take a pay cut. They did so to financially support extra musicians and stage band members who had been hired...

Jazz movies to watch — and to avoid — while stuck at home

March 19, 2020 at 1:35 p.m.

With clubs and concert halls shut down, our musical needs must be satisfied at home. And surely one of the best ways is by watching movies devoted to the subject....

Chicago Opera Theater postpones rest of season

March 19, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

Chicago Opera Theater has announced an "indefinite postponement" of the rest of its 2019-20 season, "in light of COVID-19," according to a statement from the company. This means two productions...

Orrin Evans on March 14 at the Green Mill: "My entire spring is shot."

With little or no safety net, jazz musicians watch their gigs disappear as coronavirus spreads

March 18, 2020 at 5:10 a.m.

No one will escape the coronavirus pandemic's effects, but jazz musicians appear especially vulnerable to its economic impact. For even before Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered restaurants, bars and concert halls...

Anthony Freud, general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2015. (Zbigniew Bzdak / baiduhai)

A ‘heartbreaking’ decision to cancel ‘Ring,’ says Lyric boss Anthony Freud

March 15, 2020 at 10:06 a.m.

Lyric Opera of Chicago's decision to cancel all performances of its long-planned "Ring" cycle distressed Wagner lovers around the world. For tickets to Lyric's new production, which had been scheduled...

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