CBSO

Our 2025-26 season is yours to explore! 🤩 Experience a live orchestra that’s right up your street. Whatever you’re in the mood for this season – you’re invited to discover your perfect music mix with us. Find your CBSO: cbso.co.uk/season-25-26

CBSO in the City is back! From Wednesday 23 July to Monday 28 July, we'll be popping up in unexpected spaces across Birmingham, filling the city with great music 🎶 find out more: cbso.co.uk/cbso-in-the-ci… #cbsointhecity #cbso #birmingham #orchestra #freemusic

🎺A fitting tribute to @OzzyOsbourne in the station today, from the amazing @TheCBSO 🎸Playing @BlackSabbath in front of @BrummieBull was an emotional moment 👊🏼 We’re so proud to host events that celebrate this great city and its amazing people #birminghamforever

We're looking back at the past few months of joyful music-making🫶 From our jam-packed European Tour and reuniting with former Music Director Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, to celebrating our season finale with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Hisako Kawamura - it's been a blast!

Supporting the Shireland CBSO Academy is one of our most treasured parts of our work at the CBSO ❤️ Today @aborchestras announce their #AnOrchestraInEverySchool campaign - find out how you can bring live music to your local schools: tinyurl.com/AnOrchestraInE…

March: a month filled with celebration! 🌟 Kazuki Yamada won the 2025 RPS Conductor Award, Project Remix celebrated a decade of music-making and after 4 sell-out Key Stage 1 concerts, we are proud to have reached a total of 28,000 children in this year's Schools' Concerts! 🤩🫶

Let's recap February! 15,000 pupils attended our Key Stage 2 & 3 Schools' Concerts, we had another sell-out concert for the music of John Williams, plus CBSO Youth Orchestra got the chance to play side-by-side with CBSO Musicians - we've had a lot of fun this month 😄

2025 has been off to a busy start at the CBSO! From movie music presented by @PetrocTrelawny and Relaxed Concerts welcoming 15,000 pupils, to kickstarting rehearsals for @0121Legacy and even two @RoyalPhilSoc Award nominations 🤩 January has been a great first month of 2025 🥰

We are excited to announce a two-year contract extension for Music Director, Kazuki Yamada! Read more: cbso.co.uk/press/cbso-ann…

Happy Birthday Kazuki! 🥳 We wish our Music Director Kazuki Yamada a very 'Happy Birthday' from all of us at the CBSO - we hope your day is as joyful as it is to work with you 🌟 #cbso #birmingham #KazukiYamada

I'll be back with the @TheCBSO this Thursday with Mendelssohn's 1st concerto. Here's a clip from @CarnegieHall back in 2022. I'll be bringing this also to Paris at @OrchambreParis on 7th February.

Year 6 have ventured over the rainbow this morning with @TheCBSO during an online relaxed performance #OLOLMusic #OLOLEnglish

2024 Highlights: CBSO edition ✨️ What a year it's been! Thank you to everyone who's supported the CBSO this past year ❤️ We can't wait to bring you even more joy in 2025 😄 You are listening to: Orchestral Qawwali Live at Birmingham Symphony Hall #2024recap #cbso #birmingham

When @TheCBSO and @ikongallery join forces you know it's gonna be good ikon-gallery.org/event/cbso-exp…

After 8 impactful years with NCO, much-loved @Cath_Arlidge will be moving on to new adventures @TheCBSO Cath has NCO’s heartfelt congratulations - we will miss her very much. For the full update, visit our website nco.org.uk/news/2024-12-1… #NCOMusicMatters #youthorchestra

We're delighted to announce that Catherine Arlidge MBE has been appointed as our new Director of Artistic Planning. Read more: cbso.co.uk/stories/the-cb…

No plans this week? Check out our top picks of things to do in the region from 16-21 December! 🎄 🌟 Winter Funland at @thenec 🌟 Alice in Wonderland at the @albanytheatre 🌟 @TheCBSO Christmas Party at Symphony Hall More inspiration 👉 bit.ly/3O59zKb

Kazuki Yamada led audiences on an emotional journey in last night's concert at Symphony Hall 🎶 Our leader Eugene Tzikindelean dazzled in Elgar's moving Violin Concerto, followed by a powerful performance of Walton's Symphony No.2. #cbso #orchestra #elgar #walton

Roundhouse Birmingham, @TheCBSO and @canalrivertrust held a unique celebration of light, music and heritage in the heart of Birmingham.⭐✨ Our cobbled courtyard was filled with light, lanterns and music - what a day! #SeeTheCityDifferently #Birmingham 📸 Photos: Pete Medlicott

We've just launched our biggest (and easiest) giveaway ever on both Instagram and Facebook... The ultimate Reset & Refresh Giveaway offers two extremely lucky people the chance to win all of this ⬇️ ❄️ One-night stay with breakfast at @HGIBirminghamBP ❄️ Relaxing treatment at…