Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Let music astound you at Symphony Center! The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2025/26 Season awaits. View the calendar and subscribe today at cso.org/subscribe

Watch as CSO Assistant Principal Timpani and Percussion Vadim Karpinos demonstrates his virtuosic, nuanced and thoughtful playing in Dvořák’s Carnival Overture in this new Orchestral Excerpt Insight. “Compete with yourself,” he says of his process. youtube.com/watch?v=YJ1x9k…

This week on #CSOradio: Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva debuts with the CSO, performing Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, conducted by @tsokhiev. Tune in tonight on @WFMTclassical! Listen on demand starting tomorrow on Experience CSO. wfmt.com/2025/06/29/sok…

This week on #CSOradio: Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti leads Kraft’s Timpani Concerto No. 1, featuring Principal Timpani David Herbert, and bookended with works by Mozart and Respighi. Tune in tonight on @WFMTclassical! wfmt.com/2025/06/22/mut…

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has announced the 2025/26 Season of the CSO Chamber Music Series. Explore the season now, which takes place at Symphony Center and at several community venues throughout Chicago. cso.org/experience/art…

This week on #CSOradio: Hear two Grammy Award-winning recordings of Sir Georg Solti and the CSO: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Liszt’s A Faust Symphony with Siegfried Jerusalem and the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Tune in tonight on @WFTMClassical!

This week on #CSOradio: Hear the early masterpieces of legendary composers: Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto, Strauss' First Horn Concerto and more. Tune in tonight on @WFTMClassical! wfmt.com/2025/07/13/com…

The CSO kicks off its 89th season at the @RaviniaFestival today! Can't make it to the CSO's opening night with Chief Conductor @marinalsop and pianist @Bruceliupiano? Catch the live broadcast of the full performance on @WFMTclassical at 7:30 p.m., streaming online or at 98.7 FM.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra family mourns the loss of Fox Fehling, who served as a member of the violin section from 1979 until 2022. cso.org/experience/art…

Happy 165th birthday, Gustav Mahler! Explore a photo gallery that illustrates the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s long history of performing and recording Mahler’s symphonies — including the U.S. premiere of his Seventh under Frederick Stock in 1921. cso.org/experience/art…

This week on #CSOradio: Hear @esapekkasalonen lead the CSO in his own composition, Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra, featuring soloist Iveta Apkalna, along with selections by Bartók and R. Strauss. Tune in tonight on @WFMTclassical! wfmt.com/2025/07/06/sal…

This Independence Day, revisit a video playlist of patriotic marches written by “The March King” himself, American composer John Philip Sousa — including “Semper Fidelis,” “The Liberty Bell” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” cso.org/experience/art…

The crossroads of Adams Street and Michigan Avenue — just north of Symphony Center — marks the eastern terminus of the historic Route 66. Enjoy a playlist of CSO recordings inspired by this cross-country thoroughfare, which spans from Chicago to L.A. cso.org/experience/pla…

As we join the nation in celebrating Disability Pride Month this July, we take the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of several artists and composers both past and present who have enjoyed fame and success. cso.org/experience/art…

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra family remembers acclaimed composer Lalo Schifrin, who died yesterday at the age of 93. Most recently, the Orchestra performed his Tuba Concerto — composed for CSO principal tuba Gene Pokorny — in concerts June 15-17, 2023. cso.org/experience/art…

Mezzo-soprano and 2025/26 CSO Artist-in-Residence @JoyceDiDonato invites audiences to kick off the new season in style as she joins Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the CSO for a celebratory performance in Orchestra Hall on September 20. Explore ticket options: cso.org/performances/2…

“This was one of those rare, transcendent concerts that stays with you, echoing in your ears and lingering in your memory,” wrote Kyle MacMillan of Thursday night’s performance of Verdi Requiem with the CSO and Chorus, under the baton of Riccardo Muti. chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025/0…

In celebration of the Juneteenth holiday, enjoy a CSO recording of Hymn for Everyone by Jessie Montgomery — former CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence and a Black American composer making waves in classical music today. classical.music.apple.com/us/recording/j…

The @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra family mourns the loss of Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel, a frequent and favorite performer over the course of four decades. @RaviniaFestival @CarnegieHall cso.org/experience/art…