Featured Performers

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Riccardo Muti, Music Director Emeritus for Life

Program

• Johann STRAUSS, JR.: Overture to The Gypsy Baron

• HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler
• STRAVINSKY: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
• RAVEL: Boléro

Pre-concert lecture at 7pm by Suraj Partha

Following a sold-out performance in 2023, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns with the illustrious Maestro Riccardo Muti, bringing the sweeping romance of The Gypsy Baron to the dramatic power of Hindemith's Mathis der Maler, and the rhythmic intensity of Ravel's beloved, Spanish-inspired ballet Boléro.

Video credit: special thanks to riccardomutimusic.com 

[The Chicago Symphony Orchestra] is an orchestra which has an enormous appetite for perfection and for brilliance of sound.

Klaus Mäkelä (to NPR)

Sponsors

sponsored by the Donna L. Kendall Foundation

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s U.S. Tour is generously sponsored by Zell Family Foundation

Concert Sponsor: Doctor Bob and Mao Shillman