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CSO 2023-24 Season Announced: Myriad Guest Conductors as Muti Era Closes

The season will be the first following the departure of Riccardo Muti as music director. But the maestro will be close at hand as he continues his association with the CSO.

Stephen RaskauskasJune 15, 2018

Joyce DiDonato: “Without the Arts… Children May Turn To Anger and Violence”

Associated PressJune 14, 2018

Romanian drama: the mayor, the soprano and the champion

Stephen RaskauskasJune 11, 2018

Yo-Yo Ma Performs at South Side’s St. Sabina Church to Raise Awareness About Gun Violence

John Prine Dies, Rich Warren Pays Tribute

Rich WarrenApril 8, 2020

John Prine, who began his career in Chicago, exhibited the ability to wring every possible meaning from a word to expose the joy, sorrow, frailty, and strength of the human condition.

Edgar Allan Poe, Leonard Slatkin, Vincent Price Team Up for an Orchestral Take on ‘The Raven’

Keegan MorrisApril 8, 2020

As an outsized figure in literature and poetry, Poe has inspired composers like Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Philip Glass, and composer-conductor Leonard Slatkin, who set Poe's "The Raven" to music in 1971.

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