Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Aretha Franklin cancels Chicago Symphony Orchestra fundraiser concert

2013-05-14 06:30:00

R&B star Janelle Mon�e will step in for an ailing Aretha Franklin at an upcoming concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Franklin was under doctor’s orders to withdraw from the May 20 “Corporate Night” fundraiser, according to the...

Janos Starker dies at 88; renowned cellist won a Grammy in 1997

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, died Sunday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 88 and had been in declining health. Since 1958, Starker had been a professor at the Indiana...

Janos Starker, world-famous cellist, dies at 88

2013-04-28 17:43:00

Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, has died. He was 88. Starker, who died Sunday in Bloomington, Ind., had been in terminal care for the last few weeks, according to reports from wire...

San Francisco Symphony musicians go out on strike

2013-03-13 16:14:25

Restless in Seattle, musicians approve strike authorization

2012-10-16 07:00:00

More musicians are in the midst of a labor dispute and a strike is threatened, this time in Seattle. The union that represents the musicians of the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera is playing hardball after the management of both groups proposed on...

Chicago Symphony reaches tentative agreement to end strike

2012-09-25 06:15:00

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra said late Monday that it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing its musicians. The agreement would end a strike that began Saturday. Orchestra leaders said that�ratification of the new contract is...

Striking musicians walk out on Chicago Symphony Orchestra

2012-09-24 07:00:00

The start of a new season is usually a celebratory time for an orchestra. But for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the past few days have been a major headache for management and ticket holders. Musicians with the orchestra have been on strike since...

John Williams and Steven Spielberg mark 40 years of collaboration

2012-01-08 00:00:00

The quietest room in Hollywood may be the office where John Williams composes. In a bungalow on the Universal Studios lot, steps from the production company of his most frequent collaborator, director Steven Spielberg, Williams works alone at a 90-year-...

Music review: Premiere of Shostakovich's long-lost 'Orango'

2011-12-03 16:32:56

Music review: Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony at Segerstrom Hall

2012-02-18 16:33:51

The 5 Browns' sibling wizardry

2011-07-16 00:00:00

For the 5 Browns, a quintet of sibling piano virtuosos who will play Mozart, Saint-Sa�ns and Mussorgsky in Irvine, classical music skill is all in the family. Many parents dream of their children mastering a serious instrument — middle-class...

Monster Mash: Say goodbye to 'Surfing Madonna'; NEA honors 18; 'The Honeymooners' as a musical

2011-06-24 16:33:03

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra makes its initial appearance on the Swift Bridge band shell at the Century of Progress International Exposition, the World's Fair, in 1934.

2013-05-16 15:06:32

Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday at the Symphony Center in Chicago.

2013-05-03 10:28:00

Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Symphony Center in Chicago.

2013-05-02 00:00:00