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Each week WFMT goes live to the Chicago Cultural Center for concerts with emerging artists from around the world, produced by the International Music Foundation. Some shows offer solo recitals while others feature ensembles. The concerts take place...

Our live afternoon series of “impromptu” music and conversation features some of today’s most sought-after musicians from around the world. Previous guests on Impromptu have included cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato, and author Salman...

Jim Ginsburg, founder and President of Cedille Records, hosts Cedille Chicago Presents, a program which focuses on Chicago's top classical performers and composers, with recordings drawn from the non-profit label's catalog of more than 140 albums.

Introductions is WFMT’s weekly Saturday morning program that features talented pre-college classical musicians in the Chicago area. Soloists and chamber ensembles perform live in WFMT’s Levin Performance Studio. Large ensembles, including orchestras,...

Bill McGlaughlin will enrich, enlighten, educate and entertain listeners, adding value for classical music listeners everywhere. Bill's in-depth knowledge and deep passion of classical music, along with his enthusiasm, imagination and spontaneity,...

Folk music and farce; showtunes and satire; madness and escape.

Mr. Fogel hopes: "The series will present a wide range of recordings that I feel are true classics of the industry. Recordings to be included will feature either unusual repertoire that I feel deserves a wider public, or performances unique in their...

Music that moves you, played by artists who astound and dazzle you with their virtuosity and passion, playing chamber music masterpieces… That’s the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.Intimate. Compelling. Unforgettable.

Housed in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and built in 1888, the Concertgebouw is considered one of the finest concert venues in the world. In fact, Bernard Haitink who once described the Concertgebouw as the "best instrument in the orchestra it houses."...

Sedge Thomson entertains and informs its audience with music, ideas and humor from a rich mix of musicians, writers and thinkers from the Bay Area and around the country.

This show offers radio listeners a wide variety of traditional and contemporary music associated with the western European lands occupied at one time or another by people of the Celtic tribes and their descendants, including Ireland, Scotland, the...

Host Bob Porter is one of the busiest record producers and journalists in both jazz and blues. His program provides that important link between jazz and blues...early "rhythm & blues". Bob tells many revealing stories about the music and the...