Review: CSO music-director-to-be Klaus Mäkelä faces his orchestra — and the work ahead
Programs of Mahler’s Third Symphony last week and Dvořák No. 7 this weekend both deliver highlights and give a sense of the work to be done.
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On ‘Totality,’ Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas become sonic soulmates — again
The Chicago bands are playing an album release concert this week at Constellation.
Jazz bassist Matt Ulery returns to his roots with ‘Mother Harp’ and a release concert at Hungry Brain
Since moving to Chicago 25 years ago, Rockford-born bassist Matt Ulery has put out 15 albums of originals. His next is "Mother Harp."
‘Music is not a recipe’: Violinist Itzhak Perlman talks about putting his life into an autobiographical show
“An Evening with Itzhak Perlman” blends music with his own personal stories. At 80, he has plenty of life experience to draw from.
Would you perform with your dad? Sure — when he’s Jeffrey Kahane
Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane will perform together in a rare duo recital at Northwestern University.
CSO gives a sneak peek of its big Amsterdam trip with upcoming Mahler concerts
Ahead of the Mahler Festival in Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will play Mahler’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies at Symphony Center.
Review: Hiromi and Brandee Younger are sonic wonders for SCP Jazz
Symphony Center sold out on Friday to hear Younger's trio and pianist Hiromi Uehara in a double bill.
Review: Canellakis and a mixed CSO concert is a reminder of the orchestra’s staffing challenges
Let’s hear it for substitute musicians. Without them, many a Chicago Symphony concert this year so far would have been impossible — including Thursday’s performance of “Canellakis Conducts Rachmaninov.”
National Public Housing Museum opens in Chicago, the first of its kind, with residents’ stories at its heart
Free to visit and located in the last surviving building of the former Jane Addams Homes, the new Chicago museum is filled with the stuff of real residents' lives.
George Freeman, a trailblazing jazz guitarist who enjoyed a late-career renaissance, dies at 97
Though at times overshadowed by his famous brother Von Freeman, he collaborated with the biggest names in jazz and also released his own celebrated albums. Born on the South Side,...