This week on #CSOradio: David Afkham conducts works by Ravel and Debussy. In between, Vadim Gluzman joins in Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world.
About us
Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. In collaboration with the best conductors and guest artists on the international music scene, the CSO performs well over one hundred concerts each year at its downtown home, Symphony Center and at the Ravinia Festival on Chicago’s North Shore. Music lovers outside Chicago enjoy the sounds of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through best-selling recordings and frequent sold-out tour performances in the United States and around the globe.
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http://www.cso.org
External link for Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1891
- Specialties
- orchestra
Locations
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Primary
220 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60604, US
Employees at Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Updates
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Come visit Symphony Center on October 20 for Open House Chicago with the Chicago Architecture Center! Explore the historic home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and enjoy musical performances, take a selfie on stage and much more. Learn more about this free event at https://lnkd.in/g6t9ASBT
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This week on #CSOradio: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis collaborate with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! Under the baton of Giancarlo Guerrero, we hear Adams, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Marsalis and Ellington. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis | WFMT
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition for pianists! The winner will be featured on the following season as a soloist with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as part of CSO School and Family Concerts. December 8 – Application Deadline January 18 – Preliminary Round March 22 – Final Round For more information and eligibility requirements, visit cso.org/yac.
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This week on CSOradio: Sir Georg Solti conducts Final Alice by David Del Tredici. The broadcast opens with Berlioz’s Overture to Les Francs-juges and continues with Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Song and Weber’s Overture to Oberon. Tune in tonight on WFMT. Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369
Solti Conducts Del Tredici | WFMT
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This week on CSOradio: André de Ridder leads the CSO in A Symphonic Picture from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, along with Rhapsody in Blue and Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, featuring Inon Barnatan. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369
de Ridder & Barnatan | WFMT
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This week on CSOradio: Relive the excitement of Klaus Mäkelä becoming Zell Music Director Designate of the CSO with this week’s broadcast! Hear Zinovjev’s Batteria, followed by Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto with Sol Gabetta and his Tenth Symphony. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369
Mäkelä Conducts Shostakovich 10 | WFMT
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This week on CSOradio: Giancarlo Guerrero leads Piazzolla's Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneón and Orchestra with Daniel Binelli. Listen now for free!
Guerrero & Binelli | Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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This week on CSOradio: We pay tribute to Seiji Ozawa, the first music director of the Ravinia Festival. Experience Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto with Peter Serkin, and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra. Listen now:
Ozawa Conducts Beethoven and Bartók | Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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This week on CSOradio: Join a celebration of Margaret Hillis — the first woman to conduct the CSO and founding director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus from 1957 to 1994. The broadcast features three Grammy-winning selections from Hillis’ extensive discography: Bartók’s Cantata profana led by Pierre Boulez, plus Verdi’s Messa da Requiem and an excerpt from Brahms’ A German Requiem, both led by Sir Georg Solti. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369
Celebrating Margaret Hillis | WFMT
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