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More than 800 street banners went up around Taipei to promote the CSO's two concerts there. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall complex, which consists of several venues, is surrounded by a park. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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The National Concert Hall, where the CSO performed in Taipei, is set in Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park. ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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CSO musicians Cynthia Yeh (from left), Michael Mulcahy and Stephanie Jeong walk to the hall from the hotel before the second rehearsal in Taipei. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Principal Bass Alex Hanna (center), flanked by Stephen Lester and Joseph DiBello, practices his solo in Mahler's Symphony No. 1. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson talks with Maestro Muti after the orchestra rehearses Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Concertgoers walk through the lobby of the National Concert Hall in Taipei. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Baird Dodge, principal second violin, warms up backstage before the second concert in Taipei. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Violinist Rachel Goldstein snuggles with her husband, bassist Stephen Lester, backstage. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Li-Kuo Chang, assistant principal viola, talks with cellist David Sanders before the second Taipei concert begins. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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To open the second Taipei concert, Maestro Muti leads the CSO in one of its signature works, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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The CSO percussion section performs during the orchestra's second concert in Taipei. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Riccardo Muti leads the orchestra in the second of two concerts in Taipei. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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The Mahler First calls for offstage trumpets (from left, John Hagstrom; Christopher Martin, principal trumpet, and Mark Ridenour). | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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The horn section stands during the final moments of Mahler's Symphony No. 1. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Maestro Muti gestures to the timpani section during the bows after Mahler's Symphony No. 1. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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Musicians head for their wardrobe trunks after the orchestra's second concert in Taipei. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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After the second concert in Taipei, violist Daniel Orbach packs his instrument (and grabs a snack) for the trip to Tokyo, the next stop on the tour. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2016
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For their second concert in Taipei, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Riccardo Muti performed two staples of the Austro-Germanic repertoire: Beethoven’s Fifth and Mahler’s First. From Taipei, the CSO moves on to Japan, where it will present two concerts in the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.
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