March 3, 2017
LEAGUE OF THE CSOA HOSTS BENEFIT EVENING – “A TOAST TO GERSHWIN”
March 2, 2017
NEW FILMS ANNOUNCED FOR 2017/18 CSO AT THE MOVIES SERIES
March 1, 2017
AWARD-WINNING PIANIST IGOR LEVIT MAKES CHICAGO DEBUT ON SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS PIANO SERIES
February 28, 2017
JAZZ 100: THE MUSIC OF DIZZY, ELLA, MONGO AND MONK COMES TO SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS JAZZ SERIES
February 27, 2017
May 2017 Calendar of Events
April 2017 Calendar of Events
March 2017 Calendar of Events
February 24, 2017
YURI TEMIRKANOV LEADS ST. PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC IN FINAL CONCERT OF 2016/17 SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS ORCHESTRA SERIES
February 23, 2017
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN LEADS TWO WEEKS OF SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS WITH THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
February 17, 2018
WYNTON MARSALIS AND THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA (JLCO) RETURN TO CHICAGO FOR MULTI-DAY RESIDENCY INCLUDING CONCERTS AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS
February 16, 2017
CSO PRINCIPAL TRUMPET CHRISTOPHER MARTIN DEPARTS FROM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AFTER 11 YEARS
February 15, 2017
THE CSO’S AFRICAN AMERICAN NETWORK HOSTS INAUGURAL EVENT AT SYMPHONY CENTER DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February 13, 2017
BRITISH PIANIST BENJAMIN GROSVENOR MAKES SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS PIANO SERIES DEBUT
February 9, 2017
CELEBRATED JAPANESE TAIKO DRUMMERS OF KODO RETURN TO SYMPHONY CENTER
February 7, 2017
MUSIC DIRECTOR RICCARDO MUTI RETURNS TO CSO FOR TWO WEEKS OF CONCERTS AND ACTIVITIES IN FEBRUARY
February 1, 2017
FABIO BIONDI MAKES CSO DEBUT AS CONDUCTOR AND VIOLIN SOLOIST IN BAROQUE PROGRAM OF WORKS BY VIVALDI AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS ORCHESTRA SERIES CONTINUES WITH THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
January 31, 2017
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR THE 2017/18 SEASON
January 19, 2017
NICHOLAS PAYTON & AFRO-CARIBBEAN MIXTAPE TO REPLACE TERENCE BLANCHARD FEATURING THE E-COLLECTIVE IN SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS JAZZ SERIES CONCERT
January 18, 2017
93XRT PRESENTS MAVIS STAPLES AT SYMPHONY CENTER
January 11, 2017
FRANZ WELSER-MÖST AND THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA OPEN THE 2016/17 SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS ORCHESTRAS SERIES
January 9, 2017
MUSIC DIRECTOR RICCARDO MUTI AND CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EMBARK ON SEVEN-CITY EUROPEAN TOUR
January 6, 2017
NEW GUEST ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR CHICAGO LIVE BROADCAST OF A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION WITH CHRIS THILE
January 4, 2017
February 2017 Calendar of Events
January 2017 Calendar of Events
January 3, 2016
ACCLAIMED SAXOPHONIST BRANFORD MARSALIS AND HIS QUARTET RETURN TO SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS JAZZ SERIES WITH VOCALIST KURT ELLING
December 9, 2016
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS RETURNS TO SYMPHONY CENTER TO LEAD THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO AND JULIET
December 1, 2016
SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS ANNOUNCES PROGRAM DETAILS FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION CONCERT
CONDUCTOR NEEME JÄRVI LEADS THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN PROGRAM OF WORKS BY GLAZUNOV, PROKOFIEV AND SIBELIUS
November 30, 2016
REDISCOVERED STRAVINSKY WORK—FUNERAL SONG—TO BE FEATURED IN CSO SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS, APRIL 6-11, 2017
November 18, 2016
CSO AT THE MOVIES 2016/17 SERIES OPENS NOVEMBER 25 WITH E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERT
November 14, 2016
MusicNOW 2016/17 SERIES CONTINUES WITH 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR ICONIC AMERICAN COMPOSER STEVE REICH
December 2016 Calendar of Events
November 11, 2016
CONDUCTOR EMMANUEL KRIVINE MAKES CSO DEBUT IN NOVEMBER SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS
November 9, 2016
FESTIVE CONCERTS AND FILM PRESENTATIONS ‘DECK THE HALL’ AS PART OF 2016 HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING AT SYMPHONY CENTER
November 8, 2016
PRINCIPAL PIANO MARY SAUER RETIRES AFTER 57 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
November 4, 2016
JAAP VAN ZWEDEN RETURNS TO LEAD CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS IN BRAHMS’ A GERMAN REQUIEM
November 3, 2016
CELEBRATED AMERICAN PIANIST JEREMY DENK RETURNS TO SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS PIANO SERIES
CONDUCTOR AND PIANIST BRAMWELL TOVEY TO LEAD THE CSO AND PERFORM IN ALL-GERSHWIN PROGRAM ON MARCH 24 & 25
November 2, 2016
NEW ORLEANS LEGEND DR. JOHN MAKES SYMPHONY CENTER DEBUT IN “THE SPIRIT OF SATCH” ON SCP JAZZ SERIES
October 27, 2016
JAMES LEVINE RETURNS TO SYMPHONY CENTER TO LEAD THE CSO IN HIS SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT DEBUT
October 26, 2016
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES ARTISTIC HIGHLIGHTS OF 125th ANNIVERSARY SEASON AND ANNOUNCES OPERATING RESULTS
October 25, 2016
VIOLINIST HILARY HAHN OPENS SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS 2016/17 CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
October 19, 2016
ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA MAKES CSO DEBUT WITH A PROGRAM OF WORKS BY KODÁLY, SIBELIUS, IVES AND STRAUSS
October 13, 2016
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PIANIST RUDOLF BUCHBINDER OPENS THE 2016/17 SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS PIANO SERIES
October 12, 2016
GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNER AND FOLK MUSIC ICON JOAN BAEZ APPEARS AT SYMPHONY CENTER
October 7, 2016
November 2016 Calendar of Events
NUVEEN INVESTMENTS EMERGING ARTIST DAVID AFKHAM MAKES SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT WITH THE CSO IN PROGRAM OF WORKS BY BEETHOVEN AND SHOSTAKOVICH
October 6, 2016
CSOA PRESENTS SERIES OF FREE CONCERTS AND EVENTS IN CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITIES IN 2016/17
October 3, 2016
FAMED BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB™ VOCALIST OMARA PORTUONDO OPENS 2016/17 SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS JAZZ SERIES
September 29, 2016
MUSIC DIRECTOR RICCARDO MUTI RETURNS IN OCTOBER FOR A WEEK OF CSO PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
September 23, 2016
MusicNOW 2016/17 SERIES OPENING CONCERT FEATURES TWO MusicNOW-COMISSIONED WORLD PREMIERES
September 15, 2016
CONDUCTOR JAMES GAFFIGAN LEADS THE CSO AND CSO TROMBONIST MICHAEL MULCAHY IN WORLD PREMIERE OF CARL VINE’S FIVE HALLUCINATIONS
September 14, 2016
October 2016 Calendar of Events
September 8, 2016
CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR 2016/17 SEASON PERFORMANCES AND ACTIVITIES
September 1, 2016
MARIACHI VARGAS DE TECALITLÁN MARKS 10TH ANNUAL CONCERT AT SYMPHONY CENTER IN OCTOBER
August 30, 2016
MUSIC DIRECTOR RICCARDO MUTI OPENS CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S 2016/17 SEASON
August 24, 2016
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RELEASES NEW RECORDING BY RICCARDO MUTI ON CSO RESOUND LABEL—SCHOENBERG: KOL NIDRE AND SHOSTAKOVICH: SUITE ON VERSES OF MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI
August 23, 2016
GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING BRAZILIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER CAETANO VELOSO AND SPECIAL GUEST TERESA CRISTINA PERFORM IN SPECIAL CONCERT AT SYMPHONY CENTER
August 12, 2016
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CONDUCTOR JAAP VAN ZWEDEN IS SPECIAL GUEST AT THE LEAGUE OF THE CSOA’S “FALL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC” BRUNCH
August 8, 2016
THE CSOA ANNOUNCES PROGRAM UPDATES AND CONCERTS ADDED TO THE 2016/17 SEASON SCHEDULE
August 5, 2016
September 2016 Calendar of Events
August 4, 2016
ALEX KLEIN NAMED AS PRINCIPAL OBOE OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
July 22, 2016
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR FULL RANGE OF CSOA-PRESENTED 2016 HOLIDAY PROGRAMS
July 1, 2016
2015/16 Season Press Releases
2014/15 Season Press Releases