Review: Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen burrows into Bartók with the CSO
It’s been too long since we’ve seen Esa-Pekka Salonen on the podium. The conductor-composer, a youthful 66, had to bail on ...
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To these Chicago Symphony players, here’s the sound of music in an era of crisis
Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Danny Jin warms up on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, before a concert. Jin will be among a ...
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Chicago Symphony performs music for a world in crisis
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra played Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” Sunday at UChicago’s Mandel ...
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Esa-Pekka Salonen proves the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is a high-performance machine
The Finnish conductor drove the orchestra as expertly as a racing champion in Strauss, Bartók and Salonen's own Sinfonia ...
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Vigor and Virtuosity: Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall
Music Director Emeritus Riccardo Muti led the Chicagoans in smoldering Bellini, vividly realized Verdi and revitalized ...
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A state united, convening in Chicago | Music Column
On Friday, March 28, music students and faculty from both universities will unite to present an innovative concert performance in Chicago’s historic Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center.
Violinist Gabriela Lara becomes the CSO's first Latina member as orchestra eyes greater diversity, inclusion
A native of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Gabriela began her violin studies at age 6 and became part of that country’s famed music-education program known as El Sistema or The System.