In April, violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery was named the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new Mead Composer-in-Residence. Montgomery will split her time between New York and Chicago throughout her residency, which started July 1 and runs through June 30, 2024. She gave this interview while in town to prepare for the first concert of the CSO’s […]
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CSO takes a coronavirus cut
Chicago Symphony Orchestra institutes across the board cuts in musicians and staff salaries.
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CSO negotiations resume, free concerts continue
The entire orchestra will play together in Woodlawn.
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CSO strike update: amid sour notes, another free public concert
As their strike grows increasingly discordant, CSO musicians make music.
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CSO musicians strike to retain their pensions
Symphony Center is silent as the orchestra hits the street.
Posted inMusic
Katinka Kleijn and Lia Kohl play with 30 cellos in a swimming pool
Katinka Kleijn and Lia Kohl play with 30 cellos in a swimming pool, the rejuvenated Skin Graft Records drops a Chicago vs. New York compilation, and more.
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Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon
Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
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Tesori: A treasure indeed
An excellent casual-Italian restaurant has come to a prime Loop location inside Symphony Center.
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In Rotation: MC Zulu on Major Lazer
Current obsessions of DJ and producer Searchl1te and global-bass reggae artist MC Zulu
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Maestro Muti returns to talk up CSO’s next season
Riccardo Muti is back, touting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s next season.
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In Rotation: CSO violinist Blair Milton on Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Current musical obsessions of CSO violinist Blair Milton, and violinist Barbara Queen
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CSO and its musicians are back at the negotiating table
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its musicians are back at the negotiating table
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CSO scraps public concerts during G8/NATO
No public CSO concerts during G8/NATO meetings
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The List: April 1-7, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Xiu Xiu, High on Fire, Small Black, Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda, Little Women, Titus Andronicus, and more