Rossini writes one of his trademark crescendos, painstakingly building up texture ... When Klaus Mäkelä was announced as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s next music director last season ...

Featuring “astonishing feats of grace, beauty and power,” world-class cirque performers will be joining the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra ... balancers to the Forum building in the state ...

The Figge has become one of the premiere art institutions in the Midwest, and this installation will spread that message to ...

Roeper accepted a buyout from the Sun-Times in March 2025 after thirty-seven years. “Roeper first met Roger Ebert at the Sun-Times in the 1980s, and the two developed a friendship that led to their on ...

With its world-class cultural institutions (the Art institute of Chicago and the Chicago Symphony ... exterior of this Gold Coast gem accurately reflects what goes on inside. From the street, visitors ...

Former Jefferson Park Church To Become Pickleball Facility A permit has been secured “to convert the former St. Cornelius Church building at 5430 West ... Rutter, a former head of the Chicago Symphony ...

See photos and hear the final installment in our WBEZ audio series on Chicago’s trip to an international classical music ...

The CSO is the only American orchestra in an Amsterdam event that is like the Coachella of the classical world. What is the fuss all about?

Read this comic to learn why the festival is a big deal — like the Coachella of the classical world. The CSO is the only American orchestra at the event.

When Deborah Rutter became president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 2003, she inherited an institution with debt from a ...

At a Chicago Symphony rehearsal this week open to the press and orchestra donors, music director designate Klaus Mäkelä halted the orchestra while working on Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.

Donation Options Search Search Search Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 on Thursday night at ...