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Milwaukee Symphony: Violinist Gil Shaham is special
Milwaukee Symphony

Violinist Gil Shaham is special

Gil Shaham spreads the joy in the Brahms' concerto, de Waart and the MSO reprise Schubert's Eighth.

Lisztomania hits Frankly Music

Lisztomania hits Frankly Music

William Wolfram, Frankly Music's guest pianist, reminds us what all made Liszt's 19th-century groupies scream and faint.

Skylight revives a fun, sometimes-clunky “Gershwin and Friends”

Skylight revives a fun, sometimes-clunky “Gershwin and Friends”

Cobb and Collier shine through an occasionally over-structured revue.

Fine Arts Quartet, with its new cellist

Fine Arts Quartet, with its new cellist

Cellist Robert Cohen gave his first concert Sunday as a full-fledged member of UWM's quartet in residence.

MSO: A powerful “Rite,” luxuriant Schubert
MSO

A powerful “Rite,” luxuriant Schubert

The Milwaukee Symphony's Edo De Waart takes on very different challenges in Stravinsky and Schubert.

Susanna Phillips: Soprano, chamber music colleague
Susanna Phillips

Soprano, chamber music colleague

Chamber Music Milwaukee: Phillips, Todd Levy, Brian Zeger, Greg Flint and Ted Soluri in a memorable program.

Susanna Phillips: Opera star sings chamber music
Susanna Phillips

Opera star sings chamber music

Susanna Phillips follows up Lyric Opera run as Lucia di Lammermoor with Chamber Music Milwaukee. What's going on here?

MSO: We’re lucky to hear “Carmina Burana”
MSO

We’re lucky to hear “Carmina Burana”

Andreas Delfs conducts an compelling performance of Carl Orff's cantata on medieval poems of lust and Fortune.

This Week at the MSO: Delfs returns with “Carmina”
This Week at the MSO

Delfs returns with “Carmina”

Carl Orff's spectacular secular cantata is a Delfs specialty; and he and spouse Amy assembled a Brahms/Dvorak "dance mix."

MSO: Evan Rogister, an eloquent young guest conductor
MSO

Evan Rogister, an eloquent young guest conductor

Rogister gets to the meaning of Tchaikovsky and Sibelius; Mark Niehaus commands Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto.

NEW 1/13! Four Things I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You

NEW 1/13! Four Things I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You

MIAD Interactive, APT succession, Conservatory news, UPAF Ride route.

Jason Powell’s new comix opera a sure hit

Jason Powell’s new comix opera a sure hit

Milwaukee Opera Theatre presents evil schoolgirls in uniform, a shapely superheroine, an oily villain and some of the funniest lyrics since Gilbert & Sullivan.