Articles tagged with: Pierre Boulez
Muti, CSO extend his directorship to 2019-20; next season accents French, Russian music
![Muti, CSO extend his directorship to 2019-20; next season accents French, Russian music Vienna's Musikverein at night (Wiki Commons)](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Viennas-Musikverein-at-night-Wiki-Commons-400x300.jpg)
Report: Riccardo Muti has agreed to a five-year extension of his contract as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through the 2019-20 season, the orchestra announced Monday. Word of the new pact, concluded only Monday morning, came unexpectedly at a press conference to announce the CSO’s season plans for 2014-15, the final year on Muti’s current agreement. The 72-year-old Italian maestro expressed delight at the extension, noting with a wry grin that at its conclusion he will not yet be 80. “The older I get, the more homesick I feel,” he said, “but these musicians and the city of Chicago have made me feel like this is my second home.”
CSO, Muti plan tributes to Verdi and Schubert in 2013-14 season, with two world premieres
![CSO, Muti plan tributes to Verdi and Schubert in 2013-14 season, with two world premieres Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti takes a bow with the CSO credit Todd Rosenberg](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Chicago-Symphony-music-director-Riccardo-Muti-and-musicians-of-the-CSO-credit-Todd_Rosenberg-125x125.jpg)
Report: We offer our hot picks.
Chicago Symphony’s 2012-13 plans highlight Wagner, Stravinsky and waterway themes
![Chicago Symphony’s 2012-13 plans highlight Wagner, Stravinsky and waterway themes Riccardo Muti Orchestra Hall credit Todd Rosenberg](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Riccardo-Muti-Orchestra-Hall-credit-Todd-Rosenberg-125x125.jpg)
Complete season highlights, details.