Riccardo Muti, the Maestro among maestros: 50 years and counting
FLORENCE, Italy — It is high summer: the air buzzes with the song of cicadas and the streets are teeming…
CSO Radio: Giovanni Antonini conducts Classical and Baroque treasures
In his debut as soloist and conductor, Giovanni Antonini leads the CSO in a program featuring Avi Avital, also in…
Perfectly ‘Frank’: The electrifying entrance of Boris Karloff
On the night of June 16, 1816, a group of writers — including Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft…
West-Eastern Divan soloists laud the ensemble’s special energy
Conductor Daniel Barenboim and author-scholar Edward Said organized an orchestra in 1999 that would bring together aspiring Israeli and Arab…
Pianists Stefanovich and Aimard, ‘reflecting the time we live in’
When Tamara Stefanovich appears with an orchestra, don’t expect the respected the Berlin-based pianist to play one of the standard…
Beethoven’s piano concertos represent ‘an incredible level of virtuosity’
Although Ludwig van Beethoven wrote fewer piano concertos than he did symphonies (nine) or string quartets (16), the works nonetheless offer…
Semyon Bychkov salutes the centennial of Czech independence
Led by Semyon Bychkov, the Czech Philharmonic opens the 2018-19 SCP Orchestras series, with a concert Nov. 4 featuring violinist…
When two pianists unite as one, the result is twice the magic
A solo piano recital can be one of the most compelling events in classical music. But pair two pianists, each…
A violist offers an appreciation of Bruckner’s extraordinary music
A member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s viola section since 1984, Max Raimi also is a widely recognized composer and…
Why should you love Tchaikovsky? A music scholar counts the ways
Even though many of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s beloved masterpieces like Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet and the 1812 Overture are…