Beethoven’s Fidelio

Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny, with Susanna Mälkki conducting.

Live Results: Grammy Winners 2025

Sunday, February 2, 2025, is the year’s biggest night for music. Peruse the classical, jazz, contemporary, folk, screen, and stage nominees, and see the winners as they’re announced!

Grammy Nominees 2025

Dive in to the classical, jazz, contemporary, folk, screen, and stage nominees!

Klaus Mäkelä: Wunderkind Conductor Career Timeline (so far)

Klaus Mäkelä, CSO music director designate, is just 28 and is one of the world’s most respected conductors. Here’s his career in a timeline.

Leif Segerstam, Conductor Who Wrote Over 350 Symphonies, Dies, 80

Segerstam served as artistic director of Stockholm’s Royal Opera and chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, among other ensembles.

Mälkki Conducts Brahms

With pianist Daniil Trifonov, “without question the most astounding pianist of our age.”

Met Opera Announces ’24–25 Season

Four contemporary operas have their Met premieres.

Mälkki & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

An all-Finnish program.

Prominent Finnish Composer Kaija Saariaho Has Died, Aged 70

Saariaho’s compositions melded live performance and electronics, winning recognition and securing commissions from numerous leading organizations.

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.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces ’19-20 Season

It will mark Muti’s tenth-anniversary season as music director as well as the 250th birthday of Beethoven. Muti conducts all of Beethoven’s symphonies over the course of the season, culminating in the triumphant Symphony No. 9 in June 2020.

Ravinia Festival Shares Schedule for Summer ’17

This summer’s festival is anchored by the eighty-second annual residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.