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by contemporary composers. Gindes’ recording was praised by Gramophone magazine for his “keyboard brilliance.” He received acclaim for his recording from The Whole Note magazine, New York Concert Review, and Fanfare. He was also a featured artist on Chicago’s own classical music station, ...
Ravinia Festival (1903), in north suburban Highland Park, is the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; it also features performances of popular music. The lakefront Grant Park area east of downtown has been the home of free classical concerts since 1935. The Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a...
and modernist towers like the Federal Center and the Rookery, with its astonishingly beautiful interior staircases. Downtown is also home to cultural attractions like the Auditorium Theater and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, so it’s the place to stay if you love opera, theater, or classical music....
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The Union Pacific North Line failed to cooperate as well. The Metra train slowly pulled into the Ravinia station just as Conlon was about to open the third movement; after several long minutes it then took its time before pulling out again, eliciting humorous remarks from Conlon that broke up...
Lenae is a rising R&B star from the South Side of Chicago. She attended middle school at Roseland Christian School and the Chicago High School for the Arts, where she studied classical music, sources say. The singer was signed by to a major label while still in high school. She is cur...
David Polk is a producer at WFMT-FM where he's working on a new radio show spotlighting young classical musicians (wfmt.com/introductions). In his spare time, he takes guitar classes at the Old Town School of Folk Music, goes to concerts and gets distracted in the wine aisle at Trader...
But even for a classical music prodigy, the late ’50’s were a time when other forms of music exerted an influence. “I picked up the saxophone along the way,” Parazaider recalls, “and discovered that you could make a buck and get some girls playing a saxophone in a rock ‘n roll...
Classical orchestras collaborating with EDM artists have revitalized live recording practices. These performances require advanced spatial recording techniques to accurately portray the grandeur and layered resonance of such intricate collaborations. Through innovative microphone placements and immersive audio setup...