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‘Our Maud Powell’
On August 22, 2017, we will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the extraordinary American violinist and musician…
Riccardo Muti and Mitsuko Uchida
In this week’s program, renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida returns to Orchestra Hall to perform Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with Riccardo…
Remembering Rudolph Nashan
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra family notes with sorrow the passing of Rudolph “Rudy” Nashan, a member of the trumpet section…
Single tickets available Aug. 11 for all CSO/SCP concerts
To complement its classical-music schedule, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association annually programs hundreds of concerts, including performances of jazz, world…
Muti leads all-star cast in ‘Aida’ at Salzburg
On Aug. 6, Riccardo Muti conducted his first staged opera at the esteemed Salzburg Festival since 2011 and the first…
Re-unveiling the Chicago Picasso
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the unveiling of the Chicago Picasso in Daley Plaza, the Chicago Department of Cultural…
The CSO programs a bonanza of ballet music in 2017-18 season
Try to imagine orchestral line-ups without the exhilarating dynamism of The Firebird or the visceral power of The Rite of…
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Prokofiev
On today’s program, Michael Tilson Thomas leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev. He is joined…