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Pianist Sergei Babayan opened the 51st and final season of Evanston’s storied Bach Week with an eclectic recital featuring composers ranging from J. S. Bach to Arvo Pärt.

From the wings: Sergei Babayan opens final season of Bach Week with eclectic recital

April 28, 2024

Nichols Concert Hall bustled with concertgoers last Friday for the opening of the 51st and final season of Bach Week Festival, an annual Evanston celebration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, his...

Creed Bellamy’s love for hiking and backpacking inspired the mantra for the four-track EP: nature and rumination.

Creed Bellamy’s newly-released EP “way out there” draws from the beauty of nature and rumination

April 25, 2024

In a 10-mile trek along the Appalachian Trail, McCormick sophomore and singer-songwriter Creed Bellamy found inspiration in the vivid landscape for an imagined scenario in “moss,” one of four tracks...

Last year’s Dillo Day featured rapper Offset as headliner.

Swae Lee to headline Dillo Day, Mayfest announces

April 24, 2024

Hip-hop and R&B musician Swae Lee will headline Northwestern’s 52nd Dillo Day, Mayfest Productions announced Wednesday. The artist, known for the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd and songs like “Sunflower”...

Taylor Swift released her first double album on Friday, but the extended track list suffers from redundancy.

Liner Notes: Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is ‘happy, free, confused and lonely’ at the same time

April 23, 2024

Teeth brushed, retainer in, half-asleep and disappointed was how “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” found me. After being underwhelmed by the first 16 songs of Taylor Swift’s latest album,...

A person lifts their hands off a piano keyboard.

Avdeeva, Sokhiev, CSO evoke winter memories with Chopin, Tchaikovsky

April 23, 2024

Throughout their lyrical renditions of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 on April 20, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, conductor Tugan Sokhiev and Chicago Symphony Orchestra members...

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