Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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

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.

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

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

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

This week on CSOradio: Giancarlo Guerrero leads Piazzolla's Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneón and Orchestra with Daniel Binelli. Listen now for free!

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:

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

This week on CSOradio: We celebrate legendary guest conductors who have led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since the beginning of the ensemble's history. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369

This week on CSOradio: Vladimir Jurowski returns to the CSO podium to lead Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony. The program opens with Mozart’s Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, followed by his Piano Concerto No. 25, featuring Martin Helmchen. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on https://lnkd.in/gpXwz369