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Met’s “Kavalier & Clay” mixes stunning production with largely lightweight music

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, ...
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“Orfeo” in excelsis: Outstanding cast opens Music of the Baroque’s season in dramatic style

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 ...
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Organist Jacobs illuminates Bach’s “Art of Fugue” in living color

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 ...
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Rare Bruch, familiar Beethoven take flight in Vänskä’s Grant Park debut

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 ...
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Ólafsson brings rarefied artistry to Bach, Beethoven and Schubert

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 ...
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Aristo Sham takes the Gold at Cliburn Competition

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 ...
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Three finalists take impressive last shots in Cliburn Competition

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 ...
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Cliburn Competition closes with thunder and poetry

Vitaly Starikov performed Schumann’s Piano Concerto in the Finals of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Saturday afternoon in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer With medals hanging in the ...
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Russian pianists shine on second night of Cliburn finals

Philipp Lynov performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at the Cliburn Competition Finals with Marin Alsop conducting the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Wednesday night. Photo: Ralph Lauer The temperature ...
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American Wang is a standout in first night of Cliburn Competition finals

Angel Stanislav Wang performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 on the first Finals night of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Tuesday night in Fort Worth. Photo: Ralph Lauer After two ...
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A beautiful, riveting tragedy with Chicago Symphony’s Mahler Sixth

Jaap van Zweden conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 Thursday night. Photo: Todd Rosenberg With multiple street closures and exits off the Drive shut down for a race in ...