Among the 210 composers whose music is being given this month as part of Ear Taxi Festival 2025, Stacy Garrop is the most prominent of those representing the city of Chicago.

Now in its 31st season, the Belcea Quartet, like many venerable ensembles, has seen its share of personnel changes. Founding first violinist Corina Belcea and violist Krysztof Chorzelski are the only ...

As on his recent recording with the Orchestre de Paris, Mäkelä brought a fresh approach, vast dynamic range, and richly ...

Since its 2016 premiere as part of Minnesota Opera’s New Works Initiative, the opera has seen repeat productions across the ...

Andrzej Filończyk (left) and Myles Mykkanen in Mason Bates’ The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera The best works of art, in any medium, ...

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen sings in Music of the Baroque’s performance of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice Monday night at the Harris Theater. Photo: Elliot Mandel To launch 2025-26, Dame Jane Glover led her MOB ...

Paul Jacobs performed Bach’s The Art of Fugue Tuesday night at Saint Peter’s Church. Photo: Priscilla C. Scott For an evening’s entertainment, which would you choose–the movie Oppenheimer or a ...

Paul Huang performed Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy with Osmo Vänskä conducting the Grant Park Orchestra Wednesday night. Photo: Margo Hawk The Grant Park Music Festival’s podium batting average is ...

Riccardo Muti conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem with soloists Elena Guseva (left) and Marianne Crebassa. Photo: Todd Rosenberg When the current Chicago Symphony ...

Víkingur Ólafsson performed a recital Sunday at Symphony Center. Photo: Todd Rosenberg It has been a jam-packed weekend for pianophiles. The three-week Van Cliburn Competition reached its climax ...

The 2025 Cliburn medalists are, from left, Bronze medalist Evren Ozel, 26, from the United States, Gold medal winner Aristo Sham, 29, from China, and Silver medalist Vitaly Starikov, 30, from ...

Evren Ozel performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Marin Alsop and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Friday night at the Van Cliburn Piano Competition in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer It was ...