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M.L. Rantala

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · M.L. Rantala, Classical Music Critic

    Young pianist displays outstanding artistry at the Dame Myra Hess Concerts (opens the original)

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    Pianist Antonio Alessandri, a native of Milan, Italy, began playing piano at a young age and started conservatory studies at the age of 7. He has won numerous international competitions, including First Prize at the Italian Finals of the Steinway Young Talents Competition when he was just 11 years old. In 2022, he won the Livorno Piano Competition, the Premio Marizza in Trieste and the Premio Giangrandi-Eggmann. In 2025, he was a finalist at the International J.S. Bach Competition Saarbrücken a

  2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · M.L. Rantala, Classical Music Critic

    A glorious night of opera under the stars (opens the original)

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    There is no more reliable harbinger of the coming new music season than Lyric Opera of Chicago’s annual concert in Millennium Park. Currently known as “Sunday in the Park with Lyric,” the event offers a brief look at the upcoming Lyric season with orchestral and vocal excerpts from operas scheduled for performance between October of this year and April of next. In some variations of this concert in the past, the Lyric Opera Chorus has also been part of the proceedings, but, alas, were not

  3. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · M.L. Rantala, Classical Music Critic

    Grant Park Music Festival closes their season with Beethoven (opens the original)

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    Last weekend the Grant Park Music Festival closed out its 2026 season with a big concert on Friday night, repeated again on Saturday night. Giancarlo Guerrero, artistic director and principal conductor, led the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus in a memorable evening of stirring music. The main work on the program was Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, a beloved composition that features sweeping, majestic music and elevates the ideas of peace, unity and brotherhood by employing Friedrich Schiller’s

  4. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · M.L. Rantala, Classical Music Critic

    Grant Park Chorus celebrates USA-250 at South Shore Cultural Center (opens the original)

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    One of the summer events I most look forward to is when the Grant Park Chorus comes to South Shore to give a free concert under the baton of conductor Christopher Bell. I missed last year’s concert, so I was particularly looking forward to this past Thursday, when they again appeared in the dining room of the beautiful and elegant South Shore Cultural Center. This year, Bell titled the concert “American Choral Classics,” featuring 10 songs, all written — or, in the case of folk and tradi

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