Happy National Radio Day! Nearly a century after its first broadcast, the CSO can be heard in more than 480 radio markets across the United States. Learn more about the multi-pronged production effort that goes into preparing each CSOradio broadcast. cso.org/experience/art…

The CSO Latino Alliance celebrates its 11th season of connecting the Orchestra with Chicago’s diverse community by highlighting Latino composers, conductors and artists. Explore its recently unveiled 2024/25 season of events. cso.org/experience/art…

The Negaunee Music Institute is now accepting applications to join the Young Composers Initiative for the 2024/25 Season. Led by former CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, the YCI empowers Chicago youth to create chamber music. Learn more at cso.org/yci.

Explore CSO Preferred Services supervisor Nicholas Bryan’s top concert picks for the upcoming season — from piano masterworks to a classic film and everything in between. Take his suggestions or choose your own 3+ favorites to subscribe and save! cso.org/experience/art…

Happy birthday to legendary American composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein! Enjoy a performance excerpt of his Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, recorded by the CSO and conductor Rafael Payare in January 2018. Leonard Bernstein youtube.com/watch?v=dwlnyM…

This week on #CSOradio: Join a celebration of Margaret Hillis — the first woman to conduct the CSO and founding director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus from 1957 to 1994. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen tomorrow on Experience CSO. wfmt.com/2024/08/25/cel…

On this day in 1939, MGM classic The Wizard of Oz received its official release in the United States. Celebrate the film’s 85th anniversary this year with the CSO in three live-to-picture performances of the cherished score on Nov. 29–Dec. 1 → cso.org/ps/24665

From massive Mahler symphonies to the return of Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä, here are Patron Services supervisor Justin Corp’s top concert selections for the approaching 2024/25 season. Curate your own top picks with a CYO package today! cso.org/experience/art…

The @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra family wishes a very happy eightieth birthday to American conductor Leonard Slatkin! Ravinia Festival ® cso.org/experience/art…

Join us for the 2024/25 Season of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - where sound meets stage meets soul. Explore the calendar and get tickets today at cso.org

This week on #CSOradio: We pay tribute to 小澤征爾 Seiji Ozawa, the first music director of the Ravinia Festival ®. This broadcast includes works by Beethoven, Borodin, Schoenberg and Bartók. Tune in tonight on WFMT! Listen tomorrow on Experience CSO. wfmt.com/2024/09/01/oza…

“I really like the way, the style, the sound and the mentality of American orchestras,” says Andrés Orozco-Estrada, who will guest conduct the CSO’s season opening concerts beginning September 19. cso.org/experience/art…

On September 26-28, the CSO and Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider take Tchaikovsky's fearless Symphony Fourth Symphony. The program also includes Vaughan Williams's Overture to The Wasps and Walton's Viola Concerto featuring soloist Antoine Tamestit. Get tickets → cso.org/ps/24517

Happy bicentennial, Anton Bruckner! Learn more about the great composer's life before celebrating him in two performances at Symphony Center this fall — the CSO in Bruckner 3 Nov. 14-16 and the newly-onsale Berliner Philharmoniker performance of Bruckner 5 on Nov. 26. youtube.com/watch?v=2Bz_Qc…

The CSO makes a thunderous return to Orchestra Hall on Sep. 19 & 20 as the 2024/25 Season begins, accompanied by violinist Benjamin Beilman and conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada in Barber’s Violin Concerto, plus several musical tales of forbidden love.

Brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen are incredibly excited to return to Chicago this Oct. 4-6 and make their debuts with the CSO — “a very, very big honor for us.” Lucas Arthur Jussen Get tickets now to hear them perform Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos → cso.org/ps/24518