Classical
Emma Gerstein’s dispatches from a recent tour with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra illustrate how, in the arts, many parents still contort themselves to juggle childcare and concert performance.
Edward Kelsey Moore’s book “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” inspired a 2024 movie starring Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor — and now an orchestral suite.
In Evanston, the debut “barrier-free” concert invited people to move around and make noise during an orchestral performance. Parents said such opportunities are rare.
This Chicago Symphony Orchestra program running through Saturday offers an exciting glimpse into what Mäkelä, the group’s music director designate, has in store for local audiences.
The 11-piece early-instrument ensemble will collaborate with Houston-based Arte Puro to explore the traditional roots of the fiery genre through music and dance. “A Flamenco Christmas” runs across Chicago Dec. 5–7.
The Italian-born maestro who spent more than a decade at the CSO is the latest recipient of the prestigious Ratzinger Prize, nicknamed the “Nobel Prize of Theology.”
Matthew Aucoin’s commission at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra stars the poetic words of dissident writer Raúl Zurita and features soprano Julia Bullock.
New York composer and conductor James Lowe worked closely with Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan to adapt the 30-year-old album for a show that’s more Mozart than rock.
Under Winberg’s watch, the festival has become one of the country’s foremost free classical music series.
A Chicago Symphony Orchestra program pairs musicians with grieving mothers to create original songs in honor of Chicagoans lost to gun violence. “You need to tell the story of your child,” said one participant.
The Berwyn native, who has had an operatic career all over the world, is resettling in Chicago as the Met-backed “Medea” opens Lyric Opera’s fall season.