The Latest Breaking News from Riccardo Muti

At 18, Skokie oboist Zach Allen is pushing past a stroke and on, he hopes, to a big career

The Niles West High School senior has played Carnegie Hall and some of Europe’s great concert venues. But his biggest accomplishment is playing at all after his stroke in July.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022

CSO, Muti combine for robust performance of Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5

It is a mighty work that requires a mighty performance, and it got that Thursday evening, the kind that is only possible when a top-level conductor and top-level orchestra are completely in sync.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 30, 2022

Riccardo Muti, CSO, Bronfman combine for marvelous program of late 19th-century works

Thursday night’s concert also signaled the beginning of Riccardo Muti’s 13th and final season as music director.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2022

Lina Gonzalez-Granados returns to CSO podium with top-notch Beethoven program

For the second time this spring, Gonzalez-Granados took the CSO podium as a last-minute replacement for Riccardo Muti, the orchestra’s music director sidelined by a positive COVID-19 test.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 17, 2022

Riccardo Muti to miss concerts due to COVID; second time virus has sidelined CSO maestro

Muti tested positive for the virus in April, which forced him to miss five performances.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2022

Summer Guide 2022: ‘Breaking Barriers’ at Ravinia, Grant Park Music Festival among classical music highlights

The works of Verdi, Haydn, Mozart, and “Rush Hour Concerts” are sure to entertain classical music fans in the months ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2022

Florence Price symphony receives breathtaking Symphony Center debut with CSO, Riccardo Muti

Put simply, this musical thunderclap from the past was a triumph. A cut to his finger early in the concert forced Muti to lead the orchestra sans baton.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022

Riccardo Muti returns to lead CSO in stellar performance of Montgomery commission, Beethoven No. 6

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Thursday night presented the first of three commissioned works by Jessie Montgomery, who began her three-year tenure as composer-in-residence in July.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 29, 2022

Afternoon Edition: April 8, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2022

González-Granados makes history with CSO; Andsnes superb in Mozart concertos

With Riccardo Muti forced to withdraw from this weekend’s series of concerts, Lina González-Granados became the first Latina to conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 8, 2022