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.

This year’s Grammys, the 65th annual ceremony, takes place on Sunday, February 5.

“The word ‘collaboration’ is an umbrella term, really. One doesn’t just get up on stage and ‘jam’ with an orchestra the way you might with a guitarist or someone else.”