Multiplatinum rock-plus group Trans-Siberian Orchestra is playing 106 concerts in 64 markets on its current 2025 Winter Tour. That includes two at 7 p.m. Thursday -- one at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in ...

On a stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was ravaged by jaundice, his limbs and ...

After 47 years, the Northwest Bach Festival has laid its namesake composer to rest. From now on the concert series will be known as Classics Northwest.

Today in Music History for Dec. 12: In 1792, 22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven paid the equivalent of 19 cents for his first lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn in Vienna. Beethoven is ...

Composer, conductor and producer Steve Hackman is breaking down barriers between the classical and pop music worlds, one orchestral reimagination at a time. And for the first time, the Chicago-area ...

John Malkovich is returning to the stage - but not in the role audiences might expect. He plans to appear as a sharp-tongued ...

When composer and conductor Steve Hackman stepped on stage at Chicago’s Harris theatre, he might as well have been walking ...

We take a look at the arias, movements, songs and dances whose fame has outshone the larger works in which they first ...

John Malkovich will appear with the San Francisco Symphony in Aleksey Igudesman’s The Music Critic, a theatrical concert ...

Víkingur Ólafsson will return to Bourgie Hall for a pair of recitals featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, and Schubert. Known ...

Ludwig Göransson quickly learned that “Sinners” wouldn’t be like his other collaborations with Ryan Coogler. The two men have worked together since the start of their respective careers, moving from ...

David Hoppe will be at The District Theatre, 627 Massachusetts Ave., on Dec. 18, 5 p.m., to share his latest book, "Snapshot ...