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Pianist Denis Matsuev performs Rachmaninoff, with conductor Kent Nagano leading the Montreal Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday evening.

Montreal Symphony Orchestra review: Profound Bartok, brilliant Rachmaninoff in Greatest Hits night at Orchestra Hall

October 16, 2019 at 9:42 a.m.

It was Greatest Hits night in Orchestra Hall on Tuesday, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra reveling in classics from the first half of the 20th century – including a formidable encore....

Billy Branch will mark the release of his new album, "Roots and Branches," Saturday evening at The Promontory.

Chicago harmonica master Billy Branch pays homage to the great Little Walter

October 16, 2019 at 8:32 a.m.

Chicago blues harmonica master Billy Branch didn't really want to record a tribute to a legend of his instrument, Little Walter. But with last year's 50th anniversary of Little Walter's...

Sister Helen Prejean of New Orleans, holds copies of her book Death of Innocents as she joins a large group gathered at the New Jersey Statehouse to lobby for the end to the the death penalty in 2005.

How ‘Dead Man Walking’ became a 21st century American masterpiece on its way to the Lyric Opera

October 15, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.

In the early morning of Nov. 5, 1977, Elmo Patrick Sonnier and his brother, Eddie, abducted two teenagers parked in a secluded area of St. Martin Parish, La. The Sonniers...

Krassimira Stoyanova as Luisa, center, Quinn Kelsey as Miller, left, and Joseph Calleja as Rodolfo in the Lyric Opera's production of Verdi's "Luisa Miller," Oct. 8, 2019.

Lyric Opera review: Music director designate Enrique Mazzola presents a high-stakes ‘Luisa Miller’

October 13, 2019 at 10:17 a.m.

Conductor Enrique Mazzola led his first Lyric Opera performance as its music director designate on Saturday night, and the stakes were rather high. For starters, Lyric Opera hadn't staged Verdi's...

Pianist Kirill Gerstein, shown last year in Millennium Park, will launch Orchestra Hall's Beethoven Piano Sonatas series on Sunday.

Pianist Gerstein launches Chicago’s epic journey into Beethoven’s piano sonatas

October 12, 2019 at 8:58 a.m.

They stand as a monolith in the piano repertoire, 32 sonatas that explore a vast range of the human experience. From the ardors of the "Pathetique" (Op. 13) to the...

Thursday’s CSO concert featured 2 debuts. One was impressive.

October 11, 2019 at 11:46 a.m.

Two debuts marked the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert Thursday night in Orchestra Hall, one more compelling than the other. Though Kirill Karabits had conducted the CSO at Ravinia in 2016,...

Civitas Ensemble, with violinist Yuan-Qing Yu (from left), pianist Winston Choi, cellist Kenneth Olsen and clarinetist J. Lawrie Bloom.

Civitas Ensemble stretches its wings in DePaul’s Holtschneider Performance Center

October 10, 2019 at 10:36 a.m.

Civitas Ensemble has a new home. The musically adventurous chamber group – staffed by three Chicago Symphony Orchestra members and the head of Roosevelt University's piano department – will launch...

Composer Wang Lu (left) and MusicNOW curator Missy Mazzoli speak to the audience about the world premiere of Wang Lu's "Code Switch" at the Harris Theater on Monday evening.

CSO’s MusicNOW review: Welcome new sounds from Eliza Brown and Wang Lu

October 8, 2019 at 9:10 a.m.

The 22nd season of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW series launched Monday night at the Harris Theater with a range of new sounds, some more provocative than others. Depending on...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra principal percussion Cynthia Yeh performs Avner Dorman's "Eternal Rhythm" with the CSO on Thursday evening.

CSO review: Cynthia Yeh finds poetry in concerto’s U.S. premiere

October 4, 2019 at 9:23 a.m.

Cynthia Yeh, principal percussion of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, typically works at the back of Orchestra Hall's stage. On Thursday night, she stepped dramatically to the front. The occasion was...

Splendid jazz singing blossoms in Chicago this month

October 3, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

Chicago appears to be having a remarkable moment for female jazz singers, with vocalists young, middle-aged and mature flourishing on our stages. And though worthy male jazz singers remain in...

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