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Muti’s CSO directorship extended one year; Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis back on docket
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Report: Just hours ahead of Riccardo Muti’s return to Orchestra Hall for the opening concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-22 season and with it an end to the CSO’s nearly 19-month, pandemic-induced silence, the orchestra announced Sept. 23 that the 80-year-old maestro had agreed to a one-year extension as music director through June 2023. Compounding that upbeat development was the simultaneous announcement that Muti’s add-on season would include Beethoven’s epic Missa Solemnis.
Chicago Symphony details pandemic losses; broad outpouring of support helps limit toll
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Report: Cancellation of 110 events produces shortfall of $4.4 million, but 13,000 individuals join big donors in gift-giving.
By Lawrence B. Johnson
Like virtually every other performing arts organization across the country and around the world, the …
Jury led by Muti selects Colombian conductor as winner of CSO’s fourth Solti apprenticeship
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This Just In: The following is a news release written by an arts organization, submitted to and edited by Chicago On the Aisle.
Lina Gonzalez-Granados has been named the fourth Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice. As …
CSO names Esteban Batallán as first trumpet; Spanish virtuoso assumes new post Sept. 30
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This Just In: The following is a news release written by an arts organization, submitted to and edited by Chicago On the Aisle.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti has announced the appointment of Esteban …
TimeLine Theatre names architectural firm HGA to design its future Uptown home
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This Just In: The following is a news release written by an arts organization, submitted to and edited by Chicago On the Aisle.
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Minneapolis-based firm’s arts and culture studio to renovate historic building for TimeLine’s new …
Ken-David Masur named principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago for 2019-20
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This Just In: The following is a news release written by an arts organization, submitted to and edited by Chicago On the Aisle.
Masur Concerts to Include the Rescheduled Civic Centennial Celebration Benefit Concert Featuring Cellist …