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Mäkelä to lead Sibelius, Beethoven Ninth in CSO’s 2026-27 season

In the final between-two-worlds season before officially becoming music director of […]

Mar 05, 2026
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With a contract quietly renewed, MOB to offer a familiar mix of masterworks in 2026-27

Music of the Baroque released details of its 2026-27 season on […]

Mar 01, 2026
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Guerrero, Grant Park Music Festival to explore the meaning of “American music” in nation’s 250th anniversary

The Grant Park Music Festival will serve up one of its […]

Jan 06, 2026
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Winberg to step down as CEO of Grant Park Music Festival

It is the end of an era for the Grant Park […]

Oct 29, 2025
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Chicago Symphony to start season with new principal trombonist

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced Tuesday that Timothy Higgins is its […]

Sep 16, 2025
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Mäkelä’s new disc offers idiomatic performances of French favorites

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique. Ravel: La Valse. Klaus Mäkelä/Orchestre de Paris (Decca). […]

Jul 28, 2025
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CSO puts MusicNOW on “pause,” leaving future of new-music series in doubt

The death of MusicNOW, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s long-running new-music series, […]

Jun 11, 2025
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Palumbo tapped as Chicago Symphony Chorus director

Donald Palumbo has been chosen chorus director of the Chicago Symphony […]

Jun 03, 2025
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John Nelson 1941-2025

John Nelson passed away March 31, age 83. The American conductor […]

Apr 29, 2025
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“Medea,” “Salome,” “Cav & Pag” on tap in Lyric Opera’s 2025-26 season 

Lyric Opera’s 2025-26 season will open October 11 with Sondra Radvanovsky […]

Mar 11, 2025
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