Another packed summer of live music awaits.

Italian conductor Guido Cantelli — Toscanini’s appointed “spiritual heir” — leads works by Brahms, Debussy, and Tchaikovsky.

The musical celebration of our new hall continues with a US Premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw.

Introductions welcomes a return guest for a full clarinet recital: Louis Auxenfans of Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood.

Robert Langevin is the soloist in the Celtic-influenced Flute Concerto by Christopher Rouse. We’ll also hear works by Copland and Ravel including the Boléro, all conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

David Afkham returns to the CSO podium to lead Debussy, Ravel, and Shostakovich.

Lost in the forest, a prince encounters an ethereal beauty with a mysterious past (and lush locks that would make Rapunzel envious).

Music director Ken-David Masur leads water-inspired music by Smetana, Hailstork, Takemitsu, Debussy, and David Ludwig.

Ziggy and Miles Johnston perform music on guitar by Claude Debussy, Katie Jenkins, Ken Murray, and Radames Gnattali.

Music director Jaap van Zweden conducts Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Debussy’s La Mer, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major.

Jiao Sun, a US-based pianist originally from Harbin, China, visited Chicago for a captivating recital.

Not only are these composers’ musical works an inspiration, but their words are, too! Here are some of the most beautiful insights you’ll read all day.

A preview of Song of Myself, the art song festival which begins next month.

Cellist Rainer Crosett and pianist Kuang-Hao Huang perform music by Nadia Boulanger, Manuel de Falla, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

Music by Debussy, Bartók, Haydn, and Saint-Saëns.

Two alumni of the Ravinia Steans Music Institute — Arnaud Sussmann, violin, and Michael Stephen Brown, piano — join forces for a wide-ranging program of music from the 18th century to today.

Need some music for a day at the beach? These classical plays are the perfect soundtrack as you’re catching rays.

Boulez conducts Debussy, Ravel, and Ligeti.

Kerry Frumkin welcomes flutist Kim Fleuchaus and pianist Heidi Mayer for a program that includes music by Lili Boulanger and William Grant Still.

Introductions welcomes a return guest for a full clarinet recital: Louis Auxenfans of Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood.

Music Director Jaap van Zweden conducts a gorgeous program from the orchestra’s residency at Oklahoma State University.

Pianist André Golbert plays music by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, and Claude Debussy, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

A program for Memorial Day to honor those whose lives have been forever changed by war, including songs written by composers and poets who were soldiers themselves.

The Incendio Saxophone Trio, from the Southwest Suburbs, recently won Gold in the Junior Wind Division of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the first Chicago-area group to win gold in five years.

The musical celebration of our new hall continues with a US Premiere by Pulitzer Prize–winner Caroline Shaw.