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J'Nai Bridges: Using Her Voice
Festival audiences think of mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges as one of Chicago’s own. They’ve been watching her perform with the Grant Park Orchestra for years. Now she’s using her voice in a different way.
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Andreas Haefliger: A Complete Beethovenian
This was to be the week of the Grant Park Music Festival’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth...
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Bach's Cello Suites
Six pieces…36 movements…almost 2 ½ hours of music—how a man born more than 300 years ago got Eric Kutz through the quarantine.
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Black Composers, A Lifetime Pursuit
There are certain works that live in the violinist's DNA. For Rachel Barton Pine, this is only the beginning.
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A New Way to Celebrate The Fourth
Dress in red, white and blue and settle in at home or social distance in the backyard. Then take in the sounds of the Grant Park Orchestra…virtually.
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Christian Tetzlaff Returns to the Festival
Festival Remixed revisits the violin virtuoso's performance in Brahms Double Concerto on WFMT and online as host of a master class with Chicago area students.
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A Master Class with Alban Gerhardt
This summer, the Festival continues its Visiting Masters program by Zoom and on YouTube.
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Virtual Programs Happening This Week
Weekly Radio Series with WFMT kicks off our summer virtual season on June 10, and a Festival HD concert of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev on June 12
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COVID-19 Forces Festival Staff to Cancel 2020 Season
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival announces the cancellation of its 2020 season in Millennium Park
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Festival Concertmaster Jeremy Black on Working From Home
Ordinarily, Jeremy Black would be rushing between teaching gigs and rehearsals with the Pittsburgh Symphony. Instead, he’s at home, home-schooling two boys while keeping a full schedule online.