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'Manfred Honeck Replaces Riccardo Muti at CSO Open Rehearsal

Chicago Symphony Orchestra's open rehearsal for invited donors, community groups and the CSO's concerts has been set for February 18-20 with frequent guest conductor Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, announced as the guest conductor. The CSO's own Music Director, Riccardo Muti, was scheduled to helm the event but had to withdraw from all February's concerts and activities in Chicago due to a recent accident and subsequent convalescence.
By Shane Jordan

  • 'Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers Makes Her Chicago Symphony Orchestra Debut with Mason Bates' Violin Concerto

    It's hard to believe that world-class violinist Anne Akiko Meyers hasn't yet played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, but she will make her much-anticipated debut at Symphony Center on April 17. She and the CSO will present the Chicago premiere of Mason Bates' Violin Concerto under the direction of Leonard Slatkin.
    By Louise Burton

  • 'Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Still to Visit Iran...a Good Idea?

    The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has announced a delay to its planned tour of Iran. However, they say, the tour will still go ahead. The United States, in common with much of Europe, has issues with Iran just now, not least because of the Iranian nuclear program (and a jingoistic film recently broadcast on Iranian state television that depicted the Iranian nuclear devastation of a U.S. and Israeli targets won't have helped matters). So, this tour looks likely to provoke controversy.
    By Christian Rockafeller
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