Conductor Klaus Mäkelä, right, and pianist Yunchan Lim during a concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Dec. 18, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg) The second half of the concert opened with “Con brio, ...

“Day for Yoko Ono,” 12 p.m. Feb. 7, and “Night for Yoko Ono,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18, both in the Museum of Contemporary Art ...

As temperatures drop, music venues are heating up with great concerts and opera productions available throughout the ...

Some years, it feels like when we get to the beginning of the new culture season, classical music hits the snooze button and doesn’t really get rolling until late September or October. It doesn’t stop ...

From Bill Murray’s band and David Byrne’s theater experience to intimate classical music concerts and dance shows galore, Chicago delivers performances that you’re sure to love in 2026.

The world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), led by Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti, will make its debut at The Soraya with a program that includes Brahms's final symphony, ...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra left the sold-out audience in Foellinger Great Hall breathless Tuesday evening following its performance of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World.” Known ...

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AMSTERDAM — At the Royal Concertgebouw, one of Europe’s most storied concert halls, Marina Mahler couldn’t stop eavesdropping on the rehearsal happening just yards away. She occasionally stopped ...