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CSO’s 90th Ravinia Residency Anchors 2026 Season

The Ravinia Festival’s 2026 season coincides with several milestones, including the 90th anniversary of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s summer residency.

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WFMTJune 4, 2025

Announcing: WFMT’s Live Grant Park Music Festival 2025 Concerts

Keegan MorrisJune 3, 2025

CSO Names New Chorus Director

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Keegan MorrisJune 3, 2025

New Releases Jun. 3: Organ, Mandolin, Hungarian Sounds, Tchaikovsky

Yanguan Sets Guinness World Record for “Most People Drumming Together to Greet the Tide”

Associated PressSeptember 4, 2025

On the morning of August 26, at the Tide-Watching Resort Park in Yanguan Ancient City, a large number of participants gathered to play African drums as they welcomed the surging Qiantang River tide.

New Releases Sept. 2: Ancient Letters and Songs

Adela SkowronskiSeptember 3, 2025

A through line of native roots weaves through many of this week's releases, from African instruments in Latin America, to works inspired by 1,700 year-old letters from the Silk Road. Plus, the long-awaited debut concerto by Abel Selaocoe.

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New Releases May 27: Harp, Oboe, Rachmaninoff

Keegan MorrisMay 27, 2025

Releases this week cast light on an unheralded English woman composer (Madeleine Dring) in works for oboe, selections for harp by Marcel Tournier, plus a tribute to a great 20th century singer, mixed cello repertoire, and albums exploring the musical ranges of Rachmaninoff and Mendelssohn.