The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the crown jewel of Ravinia's classical programming, begins its 74th annual summer residency at the festival with a concert at 8 p.m. on Monday, June 28, featuring piano virtuoso Garrick Ohlsson and conducted by Ravinia Music Director James Conlon.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the crown jewel of Ravinia's classical programming, begins its 74th annual summer residency at the festival with a concert at 8 p.m. on Monday, June 28, featuring piano virtuoso Garrick Ohlsson and conducted by Ravinia Music Director James Conlon.
Offering up greater variety, including more than 50 debuts from Sting to Wagnerian tenor John Treleaven, Ravinia Festival Chairperson Pamela B. Strobel and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2010 season, including a Chicago Symphony Orchestra residency that celebrates major anniversaries of Mahler, Chopin, Schumann, Barber, Bernstein and Copland, as well as milestone birthdays of Music Director James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach and Stephen Sondheim. The season, featuring 117 separate events, runs from June 3 through September 7.
Offering up greater variety, including more than 50 debuts from Sting to Wagnerian tenor John Treleaven, Ravinia Festival Chairperson Pamela B. Strobel and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2010 season, including a Chicago Symphony Orchestra residency that celebrates major anniversaries of Mahler, Chopin, Schumann, Barber, Bernstein and Copland, as well as milestone birthdays of Music Director James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach and Stephen Sondheim. The season, featuring 117 separate events, runs from June 3 through September 7.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Board Chair Ben Johnson announced today that the contract for Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles will be extended for one year, through the 2011-12 season. Following the end of his contract, Mr. Runnicles will continue to appear as a guest conductor with the Orchestra for two weeks annually - he currently appears four weeks each season.
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