John Von Rhein

Since the launch nearly five years ago of Lyric Unlimited — the community outreach, education and artistic initiative wing of Lyric Opera — Chicago audiences have been treated to mariachi...

What are the odds of a symphony orchestra's giving the premieres of works by father-and-son composers within the same month? That in fact is the case at Symphony Center where...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Music director Riccardo Muti leads the world premiere of resident composer Samuel C. Adams' CSO-commissioned "many words of love." The program also holds Schumann's Symphony No. 4...

Although commercial considerations dictate that a goodly portion of the programming at Ravinia be given over to big-name pop music attractions, classical music and particularly the annual residencies of the...

Once in a great while, a pianist will come along whose mastery announces itself practically from the moment fingers touch the keyboard. Such a pianist is Igor Levit, who made...

It was perhaps inevitable that Esa-Pekka Salonen and Yo-Yo Ma would one day collaborate on a new work. The artists share a questing spirit that carries them far beyond the...

Spektral Quartet: Chicago's bravest string foursome is about to get even braver. The Spektral virtuosos present the local premiere of the great American experimentalist Morton Feldman's marathon String Quartet No....

Placido Domingo's personal motto, "If I rest, I rust," says it all. His refusal to cut back or slow down, after an astonishing career spanning 56 years, tells you what...

Just returned from its international debut in January at the Valletta International Baroque Festival in Malta, Haymarket Opera Company continues to diversify its repertory even as it continues to enlarge...