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CSO Reveals 2026-27 Season

From a new Artist-in-Residence, to the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced a characteristically impressive blend of programming.

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Adela SkowronskiAugust 5, 2025

CYSO Makes History at Lollapalooza
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Katherine BuzardAugust 5, 2025

Swan Songs: Classical Music Inspired by Swans
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Keegan MorrisAugust 5, 2025

New Releases Aug. 5: Bach, Coleridge-Taylor, Hovhaness

Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening.
Associated PressNovember 3, 2025
The healing power of song may sound intuitive given music’s deep roots in human culture. But the science of whether and how music dulls acute and chronic pain — technically called music-induced analgesia — is just catching up.

Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83
Associated PressOctober 29, 2025
A winner of two Grammy awards, the Chicago-born DeJohnette began his musical life as a classical pianist before pivoting to the drums.

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In ‘Sinners’ and his music, Buddy Guy is keeping the blues alive. It hasn’t been easy
Associated PressJuly 30, 2025
Guy's new album features Peter Frampton and the Eagles' Joe Walsh and arrives a few months after the blues legend appeared in Ryan Coogler's critically acclaimed film Sinners.
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Newberry Consort Announces 2025-26 Season, “Metamorphosis”
Keegan MorrisJuly 30, 2025
The respected Chicago early music ensemble will present four programs between October 2025 and May 2026.
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New Releases Jul. 29: Sax Phenom Jess Gillam & Shakespeare
Keegan MorrisJuly 29, 2025
A highly varied exploration of classical, folk, and contemporary in saxophonist Jess Gillam's PRISM, Vol. 2, and a survey of 16th-century music written for Shakespeare's plays.
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