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On Sunday, Hayato Sumino — gold medalist of Asia’s Chopin Competition and a standout laureate of the International Chopin Competition — showcased his fresh and innovative approach to Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in his CSO debut at the @RaviniaFestival . @880hz 📷: Kyle Dunleavy

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Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson leads his family members—wife Jill (horn) and sons Ryan (horn), Connor (trumpet) and Matthew (tuba)—in an arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, which the CSO was scheduled to perform earlier this month.

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“I am very excited to collaborate with such a prestigious orchestra, … and to reunite with @marinalsop !” said Hayato Sumino about his upcoming CSO debut at the @RaviniaFestival . See Sumino’s performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 on July 21. @880hz

Rising star and YouTube sensation, pianist Hayato Sumino makes his CSO debut at Ravinia | Chicago...

Chicago-area audiences can see Sumino in action live with the CSO at Ravinia. “I am very excited to collaborate with such a prestigious orchestra,” he said, “and to reunite with Marin [Alsop]!”

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Join us in welcoming @klausmakela as the 11th music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! Learn more:

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Wishing the best to all the #TeamUSA athletes competing in the 2024 Summer @Olympics in Paris! Join us in sending them off with an excerpt of John Williams’ iconic Olympic Fanfare and Theme, recorded March 24, 2023. #Paris2024 @NBCOlympics @NBCSports @NBCChicago @appleclassical

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Happy birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach! Celebrate with a new recording of an excerpt from the composer’s graceful Concerto for Oboe and Violin, performed here by CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen and Principal Oboe William Welter in preview of CSO performances March 28–April 2.

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The CSO family wishes @MaestroMuti a very happy birthday!

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Mozart’s Serenade No. 11 for Winds blends the sounds of clarinet, oboe, horn and bassoon into a harmonious jaunt complete with repeating solos passed between the instruments. Watch CSO musicians perform the full work for free only on .

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Santa brought a special gift to Symphony Center! #gocubsgo #CubsTrophyTour #flythew @cubs #santa #hohoho

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Happy 100th Birthday to a talented conductor, composer, educator and humanitarian, Leonard Bernstein! #BernsteinAt100 @LennyBernstein

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Listen as CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny performs excerpts from the concerto written for him by Lalo Schifrin, highlighting the more expressive higher register of the tuba. Don’t miss three live performances of the piece this weekend, June 15-17, at Symphony Center!

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CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny visited @cfischermusic today to take his turn on what is believed to be the world’s largest tuba. Can you recognize the tune he is playing? Be sure to listen to the end for the reveal. #CSOonTour Video by @toddrphoto

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Go, Cubs, go! #MaestroMuti & the CSO cheer on the @Cubs ! #flythew #gocubsgo #takemeouttotheballgame #chicagocubs

Muti Conducts "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"

Go, Cubs, go! Maestro Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra cheer on the Chicago Cubs!#flytheW #goCubsGo#takemeouttotheballgame #hometeamFor additional vid...

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A message from @violincase : “Due to program structure, it hasn’t worked out for me to play an encore every night, so for everyone in the audience who was so supportive and wanted to hear an encore but didn’t get to, here you go!” Hear Hahn with the CSO →

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Watch the moment that @klausmakela was officially announced as the 11th music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to the musicians of the CSO at the top of Tuesday morning’s rehearsal.

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Happy #InternationalTubaDay ! #FBF to when CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny visited @cfischermusic during the CSO’s 2018 East Coast Tour to play what is believed to be the world’s largest tuba, known as #BigCarl . Video by @toddrphoto #CSOonTour #chicagosymphony #tuba

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A new dynamic marking has been discovered in an old manuscript: Pianissississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississississimo

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association mourns the passing of Maestro Bernard Haitink, who served as Principal Conductor of the CSO from 2006 to 2010. He was 92. His musical contributions and presence will be greatly missed.

Bernard Haitink, 1929-2021 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Bernard Haitink, regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the post-war era, with positions at the Royal Concertgebouw and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, has died at his home in London. He was...

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Grammy Award-winning artist, actor and Chicago native @common joins forces with with Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Steven Reineke. This event was presented by The League of the CSOA as its 30th annual Corporate Night benefit concert. 📸 @toddrphoto

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Highlights from tonight’s performance or Mahler 6 include… Three more chances to see the hammer in action on Friday, Saturday and Sunday! 🎥: @toddrphoto

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A little Mendelssohn anyone? @YoYo_Ma and #LeonidasKavakos backstage before their #Brahms with @EmanuelAx

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Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in an excerpt from Mvt. IV “The Pines of the Appian Way” of Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Video by @toddrphoto #Chicagosymphony #Chicagosymphonyorchestra @MaestroMuti #Respighi #PinesOfRome

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Thank you @KChenoweth for an amazing evening of music!!

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We're excited to announce that @missymazzoli , whose acclaimed works have propelled her to the forefront of contemporary music, will be the CSO’s next Mead Composer-in-Residence. #csomusicnow

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Pianist @Bruceliupiano is looking forward to making his Chicago debut in a colorful program of Rameau, Haydn and more. Enjoy a performance clip of Liu playing Chopin's Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 before his recital on June 2. Get tickets →

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On Dec. 10-11, CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn ( @violincase ) engaged in masterclasses with young Chicago musicians from Northside College Prep High School and the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative as part of her first CSO residency. 📷: @toddrphoto , @ryanpix

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This week on #CSORadio : Marin Alsop leads the #Sibelius Violin Concerto featuring Hilary Hahn! Plus the Symphony No. 2 by #Rachmaninov and Academic Festival Overture by #Brahms ! Listen for free → @ViolinCase @MarinAlsop

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On Friday evening, CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn ( @violincase ) lit up Orchestra Hall in a vibrant chamber-music recital alongside cellist Seth Parker Woods ( @SWoods84 ) and pianist Andreas Haefliger in works by Kodály, Beethoven and @simoncarlos1 . 📷: @toddrphoto

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The CSO family wishes @MaestroMuti a very happy birthday! #happybirthday #birthday

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1984’s Amadeus is an age-old story of rivalry and drama between Vienna court composer Antonio Salieri and the charming young Mozart. Experience the film on the big screen while the CSO and Chorus perform Mozart’s most celebrated works live! Get tickets →

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We’re back! The brilliant musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra return to Orchestra Hall this week, and we look forward to sharing music with our faithful audience again.

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Cynthia Yeh, CSO principal percussion, performs an excerpt from the third movement of Avner Dorman’s percussion concerto, Eternal Rhythm. Video by @toddrphoto Yeh performs Eternal Rhythm with the CSO on October 3-5. Don’t miss it →

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“I already felt there was something really special happening,” said CSOA President Jeff Alexander of the first time he witnessed the CSO and @klausmakela work together. “There’s such a connection between him and the orchestra, and you can just feel it.”

Klaus Mäkelä, just 28, to become Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director in 2027

Klaus Mäkelä has been hired to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the youngest head since its start in 1891.

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The CSOA is thrilled to welcome violinist Hilary Hahn as its new Artist-in-Residence! In this role, @violincase will take part in programs to deepen the CSO’s connections with Chicago audiences as well as perform with the CSO and in chamber music recitals.

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For violinist Hilary Hahn, the concert hall is a place to come together and celebrate shared experience. She aims to help audiences recognize those common experiences in her role as CSO Artist-in-Residence and connect through music. @violincase

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Congratulations to Esteban Batallán, who is newly appointed as principal trumpet of the CSO by Music Director @MaestroMuti ! He will hold the Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor. 📸 @toddrphoto

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Happy Birthday, Maestro Muti! Reply to share your well-wishes for Maestro!

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CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny captivated the audience in Lalo Schifrin’s Tuba Concerto on Thursday, bringing the unique timbre of the tuba to the forefront of the orchestra before a surprise performance of Schifrin’s Theme from Mission: Impossible. @MaestroMuti 📷: @toddrphoto

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CSO Artist-in-Residence @violincase brilliantly performed Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with the CSO, led by Andrés Orozco-Estrada, on Thursday night. The program also featured the world-premiere performance of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Haillí-Serenata and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

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Finnish conductor @klausmakela joined the CSO on Thursday for an explosive performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, a staple work in the Orchestra’s repertoire. Their collaboration was polished and energetic, accentuating the dynamic colors of each movement. 📷: @toddrphoto

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On Sunday, CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn unraveled the multilayered textures of selected sonatas and partitas in her all-Bach recital in Orchestra Hall. @violincase 📷: @toddrphoto

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Congratulations to @MaestroMuti ! Today he received the Praemium Imperiale, often described as the arts equivalent of the Nobel Prize, from Imperial Highnesses Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi of Japan:

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra reached an agreement today on a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. Read more →

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Violinist Hilary Hahn offers a special greeting to CSO audiences following her appointment as CSO Artist-in-Residence. “A residency offers the chance to get to know a community and find ways to be helpful within it." @violincase

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Happy birthday, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! Celebrate the influential composer’s 266th with his Gran Partita, a sweeping serenade for winds, performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians for CSO Sessions Ep. 12. Stream the full episode for free at .

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CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny leads a warm-up exercise with students in #Aalborg using some #Brahms . #CSOonTour #MusikkenHus

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Congratulations to @MaestroMuti , who has just been named a winner of Japan’s Praemium Imperiale, often described as the arts equivalent of the Nobel Prize!

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Ray Chen makes his CSO subscription series debut with a performance of Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 1, Dec 5-10 at Symphony Center. @raychenviolin Secure your seats →

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Celebrate the start of a new chapter of the CSO’s 133-year history. Enjoy a selection of press photos surrounding @klausmakela ’s appointment as the Orchestra’s 11th music director. 📷: 1, 3-4: @toddrphoto ; 2: Franzisca Strauss

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Daniel Gingrich receives special recognition as Honorary Principal Horn for Life from Riccardo Muti for his years of service as CSO Acting Principal Horn since 2013. Photo by Elliot Mandel.

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. @MaestroMuti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in an excerpt from Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana. Video by @toddrphoto .

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Happy birthday, J.S. Bach! Of all the works written by the prolific 17th-century composer, his six Brandenburg Concertos are perhaps the most widely recognized. Enjoy a clip from the jovial second, performed by musicians of the CSO and streaming in full on

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Lina Gonzalez-Granados has been named as the winner of the International @SirGeorgSolti Conducting Apprenticeship. Read more → @Linitaconductor

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Thursday night in Orchestra Hall brought thunderous applause for both the debut of Argentine cellist @solgabetta and the first appearance of @klausmakela on the podium since being appointed as CSO Zell Music Director Designate. 📷: @toddrphoto

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CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn ( @violincase ) “can play anything at all — and do it with precision, fervor and beauty” (San Francisco Chronicle). She returns to Symphony Center for the first time this season to join the Orchestra in Brahms’ glorious Violin Concerto Dec. 7-9.

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Zell Music Director Designate @klausmakela and the CSO are hard at work in rehearsal as they kickstart a new chapter together in the CSO’s 133-year history. We look forward to his performances with the Orchestra and @solgabetta of Shostakovich and Zinovjev! 📷: @toddrphoto

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The CSOA family is thankful for the support of our community in our mission to enrich, inspire & transform lives through music! Enjoy this performance of the Orchestra, @MaestroMuti & Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny in Schifrin’s Theme from Mission Impossible.

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A one-of-a-kind view for a one-of-a-kind performance! 🤩 Enjoy this excerpt from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures from an Exhibition,” performed by @MaestroMuti and the CSO as part of @carnegiehall ’s Opening Night concert! 🎥: Chris Lee

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Congratulations to @MaestroMuti , who was recognized as an honorary foreign member of the Russian Academy of Arts, the country’s highest cultural honor, at an October 27 ceremony in Vienna. The award acknowledges his commitment to Russian culture throughout his career.

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Pianist @SeongJinCho is looking forward to his Symphony Center Presents debut on May 21 where he will perform Handel, Gubaidulina, Brahms and Schumann in Orchestral Hall. "I hope to see you there!" Get tickets →

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Join us and #sharethejoy with a piece Maestro Muti calls “the work of a divine architect” in a special Facebook premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on Sunday, April 12 at 3 pm CDT. RSVP →

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CSO Artist-in-Residence @violincase has garnered an intergenerational army of fans who admire her “unattainable virtuosity” and commitment to community engagement and music education. See her live at Symphony Center for an all-Bach recital on March 19.

Her residency extended at the CSO, violinist Hilary Hahn makes music like no one’s watching

Hilary Hahn is doing what she does best: shredding a run from Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in a world-class concert hall — in this case, the Sydney Opera House. Then, shredd…

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Everyone has their own style! What does your treble clef look like? http://t.co/8n3BF7HetG

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The power comes from all of us together, and it comes from Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, led by @esapekkasalonen in May 2018. #TBT and turn it up! #musicconnectsus #cultureconnectsus

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Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 brings dazzling virtuosity to an intimate chamber setting. Enjoy performances of more Baroque masterworks and holiday favorites performed by CSO musicians on CSO Sessions Episode 10. 🎥: @toddrphoto Order now →

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We are not sure when concerts will resume, but Maestro Muti will be ready! @_RMMusic_

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Performing some of the most treasured and fundamental works in the violin repertoire, @violincase presented fresh interpretations of Bach, revealing her virtuosic technicality and artistic expression. Following her SCP chamber recital was a CD signing with Hahn. 📷: @toddrphoto

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Let’s take a minute together to allow our imaginations to drift into the rich and colorful world of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade. This recording is from a live performance on Friday, September 28, 2018, conducted by @MaestroMuti .

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. @MaestroMuti threw the first pitch at the Chicago @cubs home game with the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field on Tuesday 9/17, in celebration of the beginning of his 10th season as Music Director of the CSO!

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"It's kind of a dream come true for me," says Kazuki Yamada about his CSO podium debut on May 16-21. Read about his career and admiration for late maestro Seiji Ozawa as we celebrate the contributions of Asian performers to the world of classical music.

Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada makes his CSO podium debut | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Kazuki Yamada's career has been on fire since he won the Besançon Competition in 2009, a career-launching award he shares with his mentor Seiji Ozawa.

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David Cooper has been named as principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! Read more on CSO Sounds and Stories →

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Grammy-winning violinist and CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn joined the CSO on Thursday in a radiant performance of Brahms’ Violin Concerto, a beautifully lyrical work that showcased the extent of Hahn’s musicianship. @violincase @mikkofranck 📷: @toddrphoto

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“Everything dope about America comes from Chicago,” says Chicago’s TikTok historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas in his 60-second history clips. On May 6, join him on a musical tour through the city in Downtown Sounds, a CSO for Kids concert. @6figga_dilla

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Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, known as Chicago's TikTok historian, hopes his appearance at Symphony Center, his first, will help persuade kids and adults in the audience to return. “I’m sometimes shocked...

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@praxxidike @froo_official @GenshinImpact is the @taylorswift13 of Symphony Center, and has been overloaded. The site is back up and running, and we apologize for the inconvenience. If you continue to have trouble ordering tickets, please call 312-294-3000.

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Official website: In collaboration with the best conductors and guest artists on the international music scene, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs well over one hundred concerts each year at its...

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On Sunday afternoon, pianist @YujaWang delivered a dazzling recital that demonstrated the full range of her technical and interpretive virtuosity with a kaleidoscopic program including works by Schoenberg, Beethoven, Ligeti, Glass, Bach, Mendelssohn and Bizet. 📷: @toddrphoto

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Thursday night marked a monumental evening at Symphony Center as the CSO, led by Music Director @MaestroMuti , gave its first performance of a complete symphony by @philipglass : the Eleventh, performed on this occasion to mark the composer's recent 85th birthday. 📷: @toddrphoto

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To round out her residency as the CSO's Artist-in-Residence, Hilary Hahn presents an intimate recital with a few of her friends on June 9. Enjoy an afternoon of solo violin works set alongside dances and several duets. @violincase Get tickets →

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CSO concertmaster Robert Chen practices the violin solo from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade at Tokyo Kaikan Bunka. The CSO performs Sheherazade in Tokyo Kaikan Bunka on February 3, after concerts there on Jan. 31 and Feb. 2. #CSOonTour Video by @toddrphoto

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A legacy of distinguished leadership and spirited collaboration. Thirteen unforgettable seasons of musical partnership. One of the most extraordinary chapters in Chicago Symphony Orchestra history. Grazie, @MaestroMuti !

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A big #throwbackthursday from the CSO’s East Coast tour earlier this year. Gene Pokorny, CSO principal tuba, tries out "Big Carl," billed as the world's largest tuba, at Carl Fischer Music in New York City!

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On Friday evening, @paavo_jarvi led the CSO in a dramatic performance of Berlioz’s Symphony fantastique and Roman Carnival Overture. In his CSO debut, @grosvenorpiano joined the Orchestra and Jarvi for a dazzling performance of Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. 📷: @NuccioDiNuzzo

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On Thursday, Martin Helmchen played Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with the CSO, in which he showcased stellar expressive depth. @yamakazu_takt also made his podium debut showcasing a CSO first performance of Takemitsu's exquisite piece How slow the Wind. 📷: @toddrphoto

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"From @klausmakela 's first moments on the podium, the musicians of the [CSO] recognized that we were working with a conductor of extraordinary ability,” said Assistant Principal Bassoon William Buchman about the Zell Music Director Designate.

Klaus Mäkelä named next music director of the CSO | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä named the next Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra — the 11th in the ensemble’s 133-year history.

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Pianist @YujaWang brings her charismatic artistry to Chicago as she performs Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto with the CSO on April 4-6. Conductor @klausmakela pairs the concerto with the U.S premiere of Zinovjev’s climatic Batteria and Shostakovich’s mysterious Tenth Symphony.

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This life mask of Beethoven, which originally belonged to CSO founder Theodore Thomas, now resides in the Rosenthal Archives. Cast in bronze from an original mold made in 1812, it is considered the most accurate likeness of Beethoven during his lifetime. Photos by @toddrphoto

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Hear Principal Timpani David Herbert playing 13-timpani @masonbates ’ Anthology of Fantastic Zoology. #TheGrammys #CSOresound #riccardomuti

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Saturday evening, the CSO was joined at @RaviniaFestival by rising pianist Yunchan Lim and conductor @marinalsop for performances of two of the most iconic “thirds” in classical music: Beethoven’s Third Symphony and Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto. 📷: @PatrickGipson1

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Violinist @lisabatiashvili and cellist @GautierCapucon are making a stop in Chicago — during their U.S. tour — for a special piano trio recital. See them, along with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, perform works by Ravel, Haydn and Mendelssohn this Sunday at Symphony Center.

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Maestro #RiccardoMuti meets @chicagobulls star & opera fan @paugasol in attendance for the #falstaff rehearsal

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Here in Tokyo it's Super Bowl Monday! CSO principal bass Alex Hanna with fellow basses Rob Kassinger and Dan Armstrong, the arranger, kick things off with a little pre-game performance of the theme for the @NFL on @CBSSports . #CSOonTour #SBLIII #NFL Video by @toddrphoto

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Reunited, and it feels SO good! After 19 long months, @MaestroMuti returned to a warm welcome at the podium. During Tuesday’s rehearsal, Maestro Muti stressed the importance of keeping music alive for everyone to heal. 📷: @toddrphoto

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Following the sensational performance, @marinalsop led the Orchestra in Strauss’ Don Juan and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (Suite No 2), two symphonic soundscapes inspired by famous pieces of literature. 📷: Kyle Dunleavy

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On Thursday night, legendary conductor Herbert Blomstedt returned to Orchestra Hall to lead the CSO in Bruckner’s storybook Fourth Symphony. To open the program, Martin Helmchen offered an elegant performance of Mozart’s buoyant Piano Concerto No. 17. 📷: @toddrphoto

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Happy Earth Day! Respighi’s Pines of Rome celebrates the wonders of the natural world and depicts the steadfast pine trees that dominate the Roman landscape. Enjoy this performance excerpt of the CSO and @MaestroMuti in the work’s climactic fourth movement.

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Join pianist @janlisiecki for a recital of "poems of the night," showcasing Chopin's enchanting nocturnes and Op. 10 etudes, on January 30 at Symphony Center! Get tickets →

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Happy Birthday, @YoYo_Ma !

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The CSO performing in the new @elbphilharmonie recital hall in #Hamburg . #CSOonTour

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Hometown legend @herbiehancock performed for a capacity crowd on Thursday for the first Symphony Center Presents Jazz series concert of the 2021/22 season. The audience was aglow as Hancock and his band performed familiar favorites and new songs from his forthcoming album.

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On October 10-11, @marinalsop and the CSO perform Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony at Symphony Center. The program opens with a captivating score by @JamesLeeIII1 about Harriet Tubman and @LVondracekPiano plays Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Get tickets at

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