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Mike Reed leads his The City Was Yellow ensemble at the 41st annual Chicago Jazz Fest at Pritzker Pavilion, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019.

Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — with music

January 17, 2020 at 12:08 p.m.

Chicago embraces the holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with several major musical tributes on the calendar. Among the highlights: "Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah." This celebration...

European audiences queue up to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in ‘the Mecca of the world of music’

January 15, 2020 at 8:11 a.m.

When it comes to symphonic music, few performing arts centers command the prestige of the Musikverein in Vienna. Its centuries-long history and profound links to Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler and other...

Thaddeus Tukes, (vibes),from a 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival performance with the Chicago Jazz Philarmonic.

A bold new experiment from Chicago vibist Thaddeus Tukes comes to Andy’s Jazz Club

January 9, 2020 at 8:49 a.m.

It's easy to admire Chicago vibraphonist Thaddeus Tukes' art, not only for its fluid technique and lyrical core but also for its pervasive elegance. During the next several weeks, however,...

Christine Goerke and Burkhard Fritz at Lyric Opera in Richard Wagner's "Siegfried," from his "Ring" cycle, which Lyric will present in full starting in April.

6 New Year’s resolutions for jazz, classical music in Chicago

January 7, 2020 at 7:58 a.m.

What's a New Year without resolutions? Here are a few for music in Chicago: Acknowledge Wagner's anti-Semitism. Come April, Richard Wagner devotees from around the world will travel to Chicago...

Chicagoan Rachel Barton Pine will play the world premiere of Billy Childs' Violin Concerto No. 2 at the Grant Park Music Festival.

World premieres and a celebration of Chicago at Grant Park Music Festival

January 6, 2020 at 7:01 p.m.

A spotlight on music of Chicago, two major world premieres and work by women composers will be at the center of this summer's Grant Park Music Festival, running June 10...

The new year gets off to a brisk start with performances by Victor Goines, Heritage Jazz Orchestra, more

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

It didn't take long for the new season to take flight. Among the musical highlights of 2020's first nights: Victor Goines Chicago listeners lucked out when reedist Goines was named...

Conductor Sir Andrew Davis acknowledges the crowd after performing with the Lyric Opera Orchestra Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at the Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago.

Winter preview: Yuja Wang, Muti’s CSO and Wagner’s ‘Ring’ top the season

January 4, 2020 at 9:12 a.m.

A vibrant season ahead in classical music: Winter Chamber Music Festival. The annual event at Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music celebrates intimate facets of music-making. On the schedule: violinist...

Chicago drummer-impresario Mike Reed will brings his People, Places & Things band to Constellation.

Winter preview: Mike Reed, Amir ElSaffar and a jazz-gospel ‘Messiah’ highlight a busy upcoming jazz season

January 2, 2020 at 8:42 a.m.

The most promising jazz events of the winter season: Mike Reed's People, Places & Things. Drummer-composer-impresario Reed takes the stage at at his indispensable club, Constellation, a nexus for new...

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton will swing in the New Year at the Jazz Showcase.

What are you doing New Year’s eve weekend?

December 26, 2019 at 9:41 a.m.

Before trumpeter Roy Hargrove's death in 2018, at age 49, he ended each year with a residency at the Jazz Showcase. It always was one of the club's biggest engagements,...

Gabriel Kahane, standing, performs the Chicago premiere of "emergency shelter intake form," his orchestral and vocal work about homelessness, at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago on Friday, July 5, 2019.

Riccardo Muti, CSO and Itzhak Perlman top best classical concerts for 2019

December 23, 2019 at 11:55 a.m.

The 10 most memorable classical music performances of 2019: Thomas Hampson with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jan. 10 in Orchestra Hall Thomas Hampson performs with conductor Bramwell Lovey (not pictured)...

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