Articles tagged with: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Finnish conductor answers every question in CSO debut
![Finnish conductor answers every question in CSO debut Musgrave Bloom and Malkki](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Musgrave-Bloom-and-Malkki-570x631.png)
Susanna Mälkki, the 42-year-old music director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris, made her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 13 with a program of Charles Ives and Richard Strauss that, in every way, placed her among the most important conductors of her generation.
With new honors falling like autumn leaves, Riccardo Muti reflects on the conductor’s art
![With new honors falling like autumn leaves, Riccardo Muti reflects on the conductor’s art Arturo-Toscanini](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Arturo-Toscanini-125x125.jpg)
In Part 2 of an interview with Chicago On the Aisle, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s music director extols Italian training, calls Toscanini his hero and admits impatience with routine effort – and prima donnas.
Riccardo Muti unearths gem in Mahler tribute
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Mahler conducted the world premiere of Busoni’s “Berceuse élégiaque” at the last public performance of his life, with the New York Philharmonic in 1911. At the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s re-creation of the event, the nine incredible minutes of the “Berceuse” alone are sufficient reason to attend.
Sidestepping Mahler, Muti points toward Bruckner and plans that will stretch the CSO
![Sidestepping Mahler, Muti points toward Bruckner and plans that will stretch the CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2011 European Tour](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Muti-rehearsing-Featured-image-credit-Todd-Rosenberg-crop-125x125.jpg)
In an exclusive interview with Chicago On the Aisle, Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti explains his limited enthusiasm for Mahler and reflects on a lifelong struggle with the immensity of Beethoven.
CSO marks Liszt bicentenary with an epic and a romp
![CSO marks Liszt bicentenary with an epic and a romp Riccardo Muti, music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Muti-125x125.jpg)
Celebrating the bicentenary of Liszt’s birth, music director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra forged a sublime performance of Liszt’s epic “Faust Symphony.”