Esme Arias-Kim and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Semifinalists Named for Cedille’s Chicago-Focused Emerging Artist Competition

Keegan MorrisFebruary 19, 2025

Open to early-career Chicago-based and Chicago-born classical musicians, the grand prize is a contract for a debut solo album worth almost $75k.

Jorge Federico Osorio with a piano in a well lit historic room

Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio: Selections from ‘The French Album’ at Home

WFMTOctober 20, 2020

Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio sits down with WFMT General Manager George Preston to discuss WFMT, what it is like to be an artist right now, and Jorge’s new recording, The French Album.