He has become one of the world’s top operatic tenors: Matthew Polenzani is back for a return engagement on Chicago Tonight.
Studio Performance
Young keyboard sensation Joshua Mhoon joins us in performance and conversation about his studies in Chicago and abroad.
A Chicago master of blues and boogie-woogie piano joins us in conversation and performance.
Singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks joins us in discussion and performance of two songs that could win Grammy Awards in February.
Adam Levin has become an international guitar virtuoso and an ambassador for the instrument. He joins us in conversation and performance.
On Friday in Chicago, Orbert Davis presents the world premiere of a composition by one of his young Cuban protégés.
The Grammy Award-winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird performs this weekend at the Arts Club of Chicago. We hear from them in conversation and performance.
Lyric Opera’s principal conductor and one of the stars currently on stage join us in conversation and song.
The 11th annual festival is underway. Get a preview of this year's artists and hear a performance by guitarist Iliana Matos.
A world music group that uses the arts as a vehicle for peace-building. We have a performance by the ensemble Saffron Caravan.
Mandolin great Chris Thile is set to take over for Garrison Keillor on “A Prairie Home Companion.” We revisit our recent conversation about what the new host has planned, and listen to him perform a song.
The singer-songwriter and two-time Grammy award-winner joins us in performance and conversation.
Lila Downs is an innovative singer with roots in both Minnesota and Oaxaca, Mexico. She studied voice and anthropology in college and marries the two interests in her culturally inspired musical pursuits.
