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People applaud for pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Luques Curtis, and drummer Gene Jackson during a performance at Green Mill in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood on March 14, 2020.

At Chicago’s jazz clubs this weekend, the music kept swinging amid a pandemic

March 15, 2020 at 3:32 p.m.

Symphony Center has gone silent. Chicago's major theaters have gone dark. And until Gov. Pritzker on Sunday ordered all bars and restaurants in the state to shut down at close...

Christine Goerke and Burkhard Fritz in Lyric's production of Wagner's "Siegfried," part of the canceled "Ring" cycle at the Civic Opera House.

Lyric Opera cancels all performances of Wagner’s ‘Ring’

March 14, 2020 at 2:12 p.m.

Lyric Opera of Chicago has canceled its much-anticipated production of Wagner's complete "Ring" cycle, which was to have had performances beginning April 13, April 20 and April 27. "In response...

Pianist Marcus Roberts performs George Gershwin's Concerto in F with the Chicago Philharmonic Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at the Harris Theater in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Jazz great Marcus Roberts takes on four ‘Piano Giants’ — and you can probably guess who they are

March 12, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.

This event has been canceled since this story was published. The event has been postponed until Aug. 1. When a jazz musician of Marcus Roberts' stature plays a program devoted...

Jill Scott at the 51st NAACP Image Awards earlier this year.

Lineup for 2020 season at Ravinia is historic for outgoing CEO Welz Kauffman

March 12, 2020 at 1:30 a.m.

Welz Kauffman's 20th and final season as the Ravinia Festival's president and CEO looks to be historic in several regards. Among them: * The completed RaviniaMusicBox – an immersive theater...

Jennifer Koh, shown in 2018, played Courtney Bryan's "Syzygy" with the Chicago Sinfonietta in Orchestra Hall on Monday evening.

Chicago Sinfonietta review: Violinist Koh unveils a seductive new concerto

March 10, 2020 at 9:15 a.m.

The Chicago Sinfonietta took a considerable risk in co-commissioning a violin concerto from an emerging composer who never had written one. But that gambit paid off dramatically Monday night, when...

Legendary pianist McCoy Tyner and his Trio (Charnett Moffet on bass and Eric Gravett on drums) plays during his week-long engagement at the Jazz Showcase off Grand Avenue downtown. He is reflected to the right on a mirrored wall.)

How McCoy Tyner revolutionized jazz piano and enthralled Chicago

March 7, 2020 at 8:50 a.m.

Through the decades, a few visionary musicians have changed the way jazz piano is played. Jelly Roll Morton's buoyant left-hand rhythms, Bud Powell's trumpet-like right hand lines, Art Tatum's all-over-the-keys...

Herbert Blomstedt conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in music of Brahms and Mozart in Orchestra Hall on Thursday night.

CSO review: At 92, conductor Herbert Blomstedt has much to say

March 6, 2020 at 9:27 a.m.

Above all, it was the quiet dignity of conductor Herbert Blomstedt's work that stood out Thursday night in Orchestra Hall. At 92, he long has toiled in a profession that...

Does Chicago have room for another baroque group? Apollo’s Fire believes so.

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

Is there room in Chicago for another early music group? Jeannette Sorrell, founder and artistic director of Cleveland-based Apollo's Fire, believes so. Having performed thrice in the Chicago area —...

Richard Lewis performs at Zanies in 2018, before a new wave of troubles arrived.

Richard Lewis looks in pain in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’ As it turns out, he is

March 3, 2020 at 9:26 a.m.

If Richard Lewis looks as though he's in pain during this season's episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," on HBO, there's a reason for that. He is. And was – all...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma (center) blows a kiss to the audience alongside conductor Ken-David Masur and the Civic Orchestra on Sunday evening in Orchestra Hall.

Classical reviews: Yo-Yo Ma triumphs with Civic Orchestra; Daniil Trifonov goes deeply into Bach

March 2, 2020 at 9:22 a.m.

The Civic Orchestra threw a 100th birthday party for itself on Sunday evening, celebrating its centennial in the best way possible: by making music. It's anyone's guess as to whether...

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