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Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director Chicago Symphony Orchestra

From start to finish, this season includes music of personal significance. When I first led the CSO, at the Ravinia Festival in 1973, it was in Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition, a work we revisit this October. At that first con cert, the Orchestra made a profound impression on me, as I realized it was an ensemble without limits. I am grateful to the musicians of all the orches tras that I have conducted around the world, but the CSO is truly unique and continues to amaze me. The way the musicians have responded to my musi cal ideas and sense of family that we immediately created together is what inspired me to accept this prestigious commitment. We love each other very much, and the years have gone by very, very fast.

We close the season with Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, which I have often compared to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel—not only for its monumentality but also as a symbol of our humanity approaching the divine. Perhaps it is more than a coincidence that my first score to Missa solemnis is dated 1973, the same year I was introduced to this great orchestra.

I look forward to all the music we will make together and to feeling your presence at concerts throughout the season.

Welcome to Symphony Center, home of the great Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As one who has advo cated for the preservation of culture and championed music as a universal language all my life, nothing pleases me more than to see you at concerts before this orchestra that has given beauty and cultural enrichment to generations.

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It is our pleasure to welcome you to Symphony Center for the opening weeks of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 132nd season.Thisseason pays tribute to Riccardo Muti as we cele brate his artistry, which has profoundly moved audiences during his past twelve seasons as music director. During the week of concerts, Muti conducts the U.S. premiere of a rediscovered work by composer Samuel ColeridgeTaylor and marks his 500th concert with the CSO since his debut at the Ravinia Festival in 1973. The following week, Maestro Muti and the CSO mark seventy years since the death of Sergei Prokofiev, a composer who has a special history with the Orchestra, in performances of his Symphony no. 5. For his third subscription program, Muti conducts Franck’s Le chasseur maudit and Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition, which he conducted on his debut concert with the CSO. Yefim Bronfman joins Muti and the CSO during the opening concerts and Symphony Ball, perform ing as soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto no. 1 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 22, respectively.Thisfall,theCSO is joined by esteemed guest conductors including Constantine Kitsopoulos, Christian Thielemann, Xian Zhang, Edward Gardner, Harry Bicket, and Manfred Honeck. Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, pianist Simon Trpčeski, and cellist Gautier Capuçon are featured soloists. In October, there are four performances of the 1984 Academy Award–winning film Amadeus with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and we are pleased to welcome the Joffrey Ballet to Orchestra Hall for three performances, including the world premieres of two ballets. In addition, the CSO returns to Wheaton College in November. Marking both the start of the twenty-fifth season of CSO MusicNOW and its return to Symphony Center, Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery and musicians from the CSO perform two concerts of contemporary works this fall.

The Symphony Center Presents season opens its Jazz series with pianist and composer Chucho Valdés in La Creación (The Creation), an SCP co-commission for big band, Afro-Cuban percussion, and vocals. Next, violinist Midori and pia nist Jean-Yves Thibaudet perform a duo recital to begin the SCP Chamber Music series, while David Fray launches the SCP Piano series with works by Schubert and Liszt. A highlight of the season is the return of the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, for its first appearance in Chicago since 2009.

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“ The Muti/CSO partnership has certainly blossomed over time, but an extraordinary magical musical connection was obvious on day one.”

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BY TODD ROSENBERG

What is it like to be conducted by Riccardo Muti? To answer this, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra would argue they have the best seat in the house.

“Like no other conductor I’ve worked with, Maestro Muti has an incredible ability to show us with his conducting exactly what we need when we need it. He doesn’t waste gestures when we’re in a groove, but we can always count on his help through difficult transitions or while performing unfamiliar pieces.”

As part of an ongoing series, CSO musicians reflect on the artistry, experience, and myriad qualities Riccardo Muti has contributed since becoming music director in 2010. Here, musicians share insights on aspects of their unique artistic partnership with the maestro and his remarkable style of leadership on and off the podium.

Daniel Gingrich Associate Principal Horn

from top: Riccardo Muti smiles toward the Orchestra from the side of the Armour Stage, January 10, 2022. Muti leads the CSO in rehearsal, November 15, 2019.

opposite page, from top: Maestro Muti invites the woodwind section to take a bow, September 30, 2021. Muti with Wendy Koons Meir’s daughters at a rehearsal at the Musikverein in Vienna during the fall of 2014 European Tour

Susan Synnestvedt Violin

“Maestro Muti tenaciously insists on constantly deepening our dedication to artistic discipline and refinement. Dolce, cantabile, and sostenuto are integral elements of a truly great ensemble that keep the CSO in the vanguard of the world’s elite symphony orchestras.”

Wendy Koons Meir Violin

“Maestro Muti is the most trusted conductor that we collaborate with because he is always prepared, knowing what he is asking us to do, and how to gesture to get the desired outcome. He also expects the best of us in rehearsal and concert.”

Michael Mulcahy Trombone

Mark Ridenour Assistant Principal Trumpet

“As a member of the CSO woodwind section, I want to shed light on a wonderful fact. Maestro Muti has appointed many of us—all of the principal winds as well as section members— and because of his love and commitment to the ever-growing talent of this orchestra, he leaves us with a great sense of pride as we will always strive to be one of the greatest orchestras in the world. His trust in us speaks volumes to his legacy and his incredible dedication to choosing great musicians to carry the torch for generations to come.”

“ We are very sensitive to his gestures and facial expressions. From the moment he walks onto the podium, we have a sense of how the performance might go, but with us, he always becomes calm, content, and energetic. His mood gets lighter during the concert, although he’s tough when he hears or sees something that should not happen. We like to please his good taste.”

Stephen Williamson Principal Clarinet

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“Maestro Muti‘s consistent drive for excellence and the highest standard of music coincide with generosity, humanity,hisand true love and care for the members of the Chicago Symphony and their families. One of the things that has impressed me about Maestro Muti beyond his capabilities and expertise on the podium is his kindness and compassion as a human being and family man. From the time he started and his wife Cristina bounced my eighteenmonth-old on her lap, he has consistently inquired, ‘How are the bambini?,’ wanting to know if they’re coming to concerts and for them to come and say, ‘hello.’ ”

Mihaela Ionescu Violin

Lynne Turner Harp

Muti leads the Chicago Symphony and Civic orchestras in rehearsal on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park, September 20, 2018.

“He genuinely cares about doing justice to this music, getting to the depth of it rather than just an on-the-surface, generic interpretation. That is really inspiring to see and to be a part of.”

Stephen Lester Bass

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Keith Buncke Principal Bassoon

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“His unique personality has been the perfect match, in addition to his exquisite conducting and inspirational leadership of one of the most iconic orchestras in the world. I feel extremely lucky to be able to share the stage with him and to learn from his unique spirit. Without any doubt, he will always be ‘The Maestro’ for me.”

Esteban Batallán Principal Trumpet The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor

“I joined the Chicago Symphony in 1962 and have had the immense honor and privilege of performing under some of the world’s most brilliant and acclaimed conductors. It is my humble opinion that Maestro Muti is ‘NONPAREIL.’ Maestro Muti’s extraordinary combination of musicianship, humanity, and artistic vision makes every concert he conducts a truly remarkable occasion. He has taken the Orchestra to new heights and has given the city of Chicago an invaluable gift.”

“Maestro Muti has come to enjoy friendships with each member of the Orchestra. These are friendships based on the joy of making music together. We collaborate with him in the most collegial manner. He loves being with all musicians, sharing stories and experiences that enhance our relationship to him.”

“Maestro Muti quickly realized that his musicians not only understood him but also greatly appreciated his musicianship, and hence were open to his leadership. This has resulted in growth in the performance level of the Orchestra. Now we can quickly understand the musical language of composers from Mozart to Verdi to Varèse.”

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RICCARDO MUTI Zell Music Director

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ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SECOND SEASON CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Riccardo Muti Conductor Yefim Bronfman Piano

Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 7:30 Friday, September 23, 2022, at 1:30 Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at 7:30

coleridge-taylor Solemn Prelude

United States premiere

brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 Rondo:AdagioMaestosoAllegro non troppo

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Andante sostenuto—Allegro vivo Andantino marziale, quasi moderato Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace Finale: Moderato assai

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tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17

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Born August 15, 1875; Holborn, London, England Died September 1, 1912; Croydon, Surrey, England

two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, two trombones and bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings

Solemn Prelude

composed 1899

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The Solemn Prelude that is receiving its U.S. premiere this week in Orchestra Hall is not the first work by Coleridge-Taylor

above: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, photo ca. 1893

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first performance September 13, 1899; Worcester, England

When Theodore Thomas founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1891, he was widely known as America’s great program-maker, a conductor with a particular flair for putting on concerts that mixed the classics and popular favorites with unknown works by interesting new composers. As a result, Chicago became one of the first American cities to hear the music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The week before the Orchestra’s performance of the big tenor aria from Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast, in January 1900, the Chicago Tribune reported that “Mr. Coleridge-Taylor is a young negro composer residing in England, who has claimed the attention, first, of British musicians, and, latterly, of the musical world at large, by reason of his extraordinary gifts as a composer.” Samuel’s parents were a white Englishwoman and a medical student from Sierra Leone who met in London. As the paper pointed out, Samuel had already produced a long list of works, including a clarinet quintet that was introduced to Germany by the great violinist Joseph Joachim—the man who premiered Brahms’s Violin Concerto. Coleridge-Taylor was just twenty-five years old. Thomas programmed the aria from Coleridge-Taylor’s Hiawatha cantata, a rhapsodic setting of poetry by Longfellow—it was for many years in the repertoire of every tenor—in the Orchestra’s ninth season. The Boston Symphony Orchestra would introduce Coleridge-Taylor to its audiences with the aria two years later, and the New York Philharmonic, again with the same music, in 1912. Four months after the Chicago premiere, the Tribune ran a dispatch from its London correspondent, reporting on the first performance there of the complete Hiawatha cantata, calling it “the musical sensation of the London season.” The paper said that the composer had married an Englishwoman and become the father of a son. “He has followed Wagner’s example of naming his first born after one of his heroes, and the boy will go through life to the name of Hiawatha Coleridge-Taylor.” A photo of the composer was headed “New Idol of London Music World.”

Too young to die: his great simplicity, his happy courage in an alien world, his gentle ness, made all that knew him love him.

The Solemn Prelude is a confident and master ful work, promising a long, rich composing life. But that was not to be. In 1912, Coleridge-Taylor composed a violin concerto for Maud Powell, the Illinois native who had made her debut under Theodore Thomas in 1885 and played with him and the Chicago Orchestra at the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. It turned out to be his last major score. He died of pneumonia three months after the premiere, at the age of thirty-seven—scarcely older than Mozart at the

time of his premature death. It is impossible to know how Coleridge-Taylor’s flourishing career might have continued. He was buried in Brandon Hill Cemetery in London. Four measures from Hiawatha are inscribed on his tombstone, along with a tribute from his close friend, the poet Alfred Noyes:

to be introduced to this country by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. On February 13, 1903, Thomas and the Orchestra gave the U.S. pre miere of Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade, which had been commissioned for London’s Three Choirs Festival at the recommendation of Edward Elgar, who was forced to decline the offer: “I wish, wish, wish you would ask ColeridgeTaylor to do it. He still wants recognition, and he is far and away the cleverest fellow going amongst the young men.” He had been intro duced to Coleridge-Taylor by the celebrated publisher August Jaeger—the “Nimrod” of Elgar’s Enigma Variations. (The Orchestra per formed the Ballade again in November 2021 and August 2022.)

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A footnote on the composer and America. Coleridge-Taylor did not visit Chicago when he came to the United States in 1904, but he enjoyed great success on his first American venture. He had been warned that he might encounter discrimination. “I can assure you that no one will be able to stop me from paying you my long deferred visit,” he wrote to his spon sor. “As for prejudice, I am well prepared for it. Surely that which you and many others have lived in for so many years will not quite kill me. . . . I am a great believer in my race, and I never lose an opportunity of letting my white friends here know it.” Coleridge-Taylor was treated like vis iting royalty in America—President Theodore Roosevelt invited him to the White House—and he returned to this country in 1906 and 1910. He quickly became a staple of American culture. A group of Black singers in Washington, D.C., founded the Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society. Public schools in Baltimore and Louisville were named for him.

Like the Ballade, the Solemn Prelude was commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival. The composer led the first performance, in 1899, a year after the Ballade; Elgar conducted his Enigma Variations on the same program. A piano reduction of the Solemn Prelude was published at that time, but a full score was never printed, and the orchestral materials were lost. The work was forgotten. But then recent detective work by the festival confirmed that the composer’s manuscript was housed in the British Library in London. Faber Music prepared an edition of the work based on the manuscript, and the Solemn Prelude was revived at the Three Choirs Festival in July 2021, on a program with Elgar’s Enigma Variations—a second performance one hundred twenty-two years after the first.

A second footnote, on the passing down of names and traditions. Just as Samuel was named after the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, his own name was the source for ColeridgeTaylor Perkinson, the composer, conductor, and pianist who was born in New York City in 1932, and eventually moved to Chicago, where he was the artistic director of the performance pro gram at the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College until his death in 2004.

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first performances March 30, 1858; Hanover, Germany. The composer as soloist (private) January 22, 1859; Hanover, Germany. The composer as soloist (public)

This would have been an even more difficult time for Clara if Brahms hadn’t returned to Düsseldorf to be with her. We don’t know for certain what transpired over these months. Brahms

When Johannes Brahms was twenty years old, he summoned the courage to present himself at the home of Robert and Clara Schumann, the first couple of music. To his relief, the Schumanns were the perfect hosts, and Robert was genuinely over whelmed once this odd young man—shy, boyish, and nearsighted—sat down at their piano to play his own music.

In 1853, Robert and Clara were happily married, the proud parents of six young children (a seventh would arrive the fol lowing year), and celebrated musicians. Robert was one of the leading composers of the day, although he was destined to write no more important music. Clara somehow found time to maintain her reputation as a profound and thoughtful pianist while raising the children, and, despite social convention, to compose as well. But in February 1854, Robert suddenly began to suffer miserably from syphilis. Pain alternated with delirium, and he frequently experienced auditory and visual hallucina tions. On February 27, while Clara was out running errands, he left the house and threw himself off a bridge into the Rhine. He was rescued by fishermen and taken home, but within the week he was admitted to the asylum in nearby Endenich, where he would die two and a half years later.

above: Johannes Brahms, photographed by Ludwig Angerer (1827–1879), ca. 1870s

first cso performances March 2 and 3, 1900, Auditorium Leopold GodowskyTheatre.as soloist, Theodore Thomas conducting July 31, 1945, Ravinia Festival. Leon Fleisher as Leonard Bernsteinsoloist,conducting most recent cso performances November 16, 17, 18, and 21, 2017, Orchestra Hall. Kirill Gerstein as soloist, Riccardo Muti conducting August 1, 2019, Ravinia Festival. Yefim Bronfman as soloist, Rafael Payare conducting

cso recordings 1954. Artur Rubinstein as soloist, Fritz Reiner conducting. RCA 1979. Lazar Berman as soloist, Erich Leinsdorf conducting. CBS 1983. Emanuel Ax as soloist, James Levine conducting. RCA

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Born May 7, 1833; Hamburg, Germany Died April 3, 1897; Vienna, Austria

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

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composed 1854–58

Schumann was so deeply moved that he came out of retire ment as a critic to introduce Brahms to the music world. “Even outwardly,” Schumann writes of that afternoon in September 1853, “he bore the marks proclaiming, ‘This is a chosen one.’ ” Clara also was impressed, although perhaps it was something else about this delicate man with the flowing blond hair and poetic eyes that caught her attention. Within months, she and Brahms would play duets at that same keyboard, cautiously launching, then more deeply cementing, a relationship that sometimes dared to be more than friendship.

instrumentation solo piano, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, strings performanceapproximate time 48 minutes

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What all this had to do with Brahms’s music was not clear at first. In 1853, when he visited the Schumanns, he had nothing but chamber music and piano pieces to his credit, and during the next four years he didn’t venture into other genres. But Brahms was struggling with the urge to say something grand and important, and he secretly was itching to command the rich resources of a full orchestra. In March 1854, Brahms heard Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the first time, and the impact of that still-revolutionary-sounding music threw him off track. It would be twenty-two years before he would complete a symphony of his own, although more and more that was what he most wanted to do.

Brahms’s first major orchestral work. (The two serenades, which date from the same time, are sketches in comparison.) The Hanover premiere, on January 22, 1859, with the composer at the piano, was well received, but the performance in Leipzig a few days later was a disaster. Brahms took it in stride: “I think it’s the best thing that could happen to one—it forces you to collect your thoughts and it raises your courage. After all, I’m still trying and groping.”

One of the pieces that Brahms and Clara played together during these months of uncer tainty was a big sonata for two pianos that he had begun as early as the spring of 1854, shortly after Robert was institutionalized. This music would take nearly four years to find its ideal form; at times Brahms believed his sonata was becoming a symphony, despite the intimidating shadow of Beethoven, and at others, a concerto in Beethoven’s key of D minor. By now, as he admitted to Clara and wrote to his friend, the celebrated violinist Joseph Joachim, he realized that he needed more than two pianos to satisfy his musical impulses. Brahms continued to strug gle with his sonata—parts of it were scored for full orchestra and sent to Joachim for his verdict. One movement was eventually discarded and ended up, considerably reworked, in the German Requiem. In 1857, he wrote to Joachim, “I have no judgment about this piece anymore, nor any control over it.”

went to visit Robert in the asylum periodi cally, but Clara was not allowed to see him. On Robert’s birthday in 1856, Brahms found him making alphabetical lists of towns and countries. Finally, on July 17, Clara went along with Brahms and, for the first time in more than two years, saw the sad spectacle of her husband. Two days later, Robert Schumann died.

rahms begins with a menacing timpani roll and a fierce unison theme. There is not only drama in this opening, but also ambiguity, for over the first low D, the strings suggest not D minor, but B-flat major. It will take several pages before Brahms (already a master of long-range planning) unequivocally establishes D minor as the concerto’s presiding tonality. He marks each of the crucial moments in the sonata-form design with something unexpected, so that we not only take notice, but stop and think. For example, the soloist does not begin with the powerful first theme, but instead enters alone, commanding our attention with quiet and eloquent new music. (It is, in fact, not new, but a transformation of the immediately preceding orchestral music.) And when the pianist arrives at F major—the movement’s primary harmonic destination—Brahms introduces a majestic, very expansive, truly new theme that he has been saving just for the occasion. (Joachim, who once suggested that Brahms compose a theme that was “appropriately magnificent . . . commensu rately elevated and beautiful” at this point, must have been particularly pleased.)

The biggest surprise comes at the most dramatic moment in any sonata-form move ment, the start of the recapitulation, when the

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What finally emerged from the doubt and difficulty was a big piano concerto in D minor,

The concerto, however, was a mature and fully finished work even then, and although Brahms talked about reworking its structure, in the end he only touched up some details. It is a powerful and dramatic score, and it bears the imprint of Brahms’s grief over Robert Schumann’s break down and death, as well as the conflict and the passion of his growing relationship with Clara.

The brief cadenza is all the more captivating for being soft and slow.

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17

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This is the Tchaikovsky symphony that Stravinsky loved. Throughout his long life he could never forget the only time he caught a glimpse of the famous Tchaikovsky. He was attending a performance at Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre in 1893 (Stravinsky was just eleven years old at the time). “I looked and saw a man with white hair, large shoulders, a corpulent back,” he later recalled, “and this image has remained in the retina of my memory all my life.” Tchaikovsky died within two weeks, shortly after the premiere of his sixth symphony, the Pathetique.

above: Pyotr Tchaikovsky, photo by Alfred Lorens (1830–1896), 1874

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even aggressive, never resorts to sheer display. (As American pianist William Mason commented after watching Brahms perform, “It was the playing of a composer, not that of a virtuoso.”)

The entire rondo is carried by the immense energy of its main theme, although near the end Brahms makes room for more than one cadenza, followed by what Joachim called “the solemn reawakening toward a majestic close.”

Joachim enjoyed the “pithy bold spirit of the first theme” of the finale and admired the subse quent “intimate and soft B-flat major passage.”

Born May 7, 1840; Votkinsk, Russia

opening music and the main key are reunited. Here Brahms disrupts our expectations by following the fierce timpani roll on D with the piano entering emphatically in E major, as if the soloist’s hands simply landed on the wrong keys. Although this large movement was often shaped by the rhetoric and demeanor of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, each masterstroke here is entirely Brahms’s own.

Died November 6, 1893; Saint Petersburg, Russia

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But it was not the Pathetique or the Fourth and Fifth symphonies—the great, popular classics of Tchaikovsky’s maturity—but Tchaikovsky’s early works that Stravinsky would always admire and love—the scores that were steeped in the sounds

chaikovsky’s Second Symphony comes from very early in his career—he was in his early thirties when he began it—before his language grew more European in outlook, and it is the one most thoroughly saturated by traditional musical folklore. Tchaikovsky takes much of his most prominent melodic material from three folk songs from Ukraine. No other work by Tchaikovsky found such favor with the

The glorious, rapt Adagio has been interpreted as either a homage to Robert or an ode to Clara, but in some sense, it is both, with music being every bit as complicated as life. The piano line, by turns meditative, rhapsodic, impassioned, and

and styles of Tchaikovsky’s upbringing and in the great musical traditions of their shared home land. It was Tchaikovsky’s youthful Second and Third symphonies, not the later, more cosmo politan scores, that Stravinsky often conducted during his career. (After he settled in Los Angeles in 1940, he led the little-known Symphony no. 2 at the Hollywood Bowl, normally a haven of sym phonic warhorses.) These were the pieces he was most attached to—the music he felt reflected the true Tchaikovsky.

Revised version: February 12, 1881; Saint Petersburg, Russia

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First version: February 7, 1873; Moscow, Russia

first cso performances February 14 and 15, 1902, Auditorium Theatre. Theodore Thomas conducting June 26, 1965, Ravinia Festival. André Previn conducting

instrumentation two flutes with piccolo, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings

composed 1872–73, revised 1879–80

Kuchka—the “handful” of composers who met regularly in Saint Petersburg to foster their devotion to a distinctly Russian musi cal art: Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin. Tchaikovsky’s relationship with the members of the Russian Five, as they became known, was always cautious and complicated, but with his Second Symphony he found that his objectives perfectly dovetailed with theirs. “I played the finale at a soiree at RimskyKorsakov’s,” Tchaikovsky wrote of his Christmastime visit to Saint Petersburg in 1872. “The entire company almost tore me to pieces in their enthusiasm—and Madame Rimsky-Korsakov begged me in tears to let her arrange it for piano duet.” Tchaikovsky had finished work on the symphony only weeks earlier. “I think this is my best work with respect to perfection of form, a quality in which I have not shined before,” he wrote to his brother Modest that November.

Theperformed.)openingmovement we know today—by far the most radically reworked of the four movements—is essentially a new piece, and the product of a more mature and seasoned com poser (in the meantime, Tchaikovsky had written Swan Lake, the First Piano Concerto, Eugene Onegin, the Violin Concerto, and both a third and fourth symphony). It is considerably shorter (368 measures instead of 486); Tchaikovsky himself

first performance

most recent cso performances July 19, 1973, Ravinia Festival. Sergiu Comissiona conducting March 5, 6, and 7, 2015, Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti conducting

cso recording 1984. Claudio Abbado conducting. CBS

“To tell the truth,” Tchaikovsky wrote after the premiere, “I’m not completely satisfied with the first three movements, but ‘The Crane’ itself [the finale, named after the Ukrainian folk tune] hasn’t come out so badly.” Seven years later, Tchaikovsky retrieved the manuscript from his publisher and began revi sions. In January 1880, he itemized his work: he had completely recomposed the first movement, leaving only the introduc tion and coda untouched; rescored the second movement; altered the third; and shortened and reorchestrated the finale. When he was done, he destroyed the original. (It was recon structed after his death from the orchestral parts, but has rarely been

Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony was a great public success at its Moscow premiere in February 1873. Tchaikovsky wrote to his father that he was called to the stage several times. Plans were underway, he said, for a second performance to be given in Moscow that spring. He also could not resist boasting that he had received a sizeable honorarium and that a collection was under way to present him with a gift at the next perfor mance. When the symphony was repeated in April, Tchaikovsky was crowned with a laurel wreath and given a silver cup. In the meantime, the symphony was successfully introduced in Saint Petersburg as well. And it was played yet again in Moscow at the end of the season.

opposite page: Tchaikovsky with the Davydov family at Kamenka, the estate of his sister Aleksandra and her husband Lev, ca. 1875. Found in the collection of the State Tchaikovsky Memorial Museum, Klin, Russia. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The grand opening of Tchaikovsky’s finale anticipates the majestic Promenade and Great

The second movement offers a new home for the wedding march from act 3 of his ill-fated, unpublished opera Undine. It is not a true slow movement, in the traditional sense of that des ignation, but a character piece of unexpected lightness and grace. The middle section quotes another Ukrainian folk tune. Tchaikovsky’s own theme, like so many of his, is both simple and memorable. “The fact is that he was a creator of melody, which is an extremely rare and precious gift,” Stravinsky wrote.

Gate of Kiev in Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition by two years. The entire movement is dominated by the folk song “The Crane,” which is suggested in the big chords of the introduc tion and then races through the ensuing Allegro like wildfire. After the premiere, Tchaikovsky claimed that his version of the tune—not quite the standard textbook melody—was the one he learned from Piotr Gerasimovich, the aging butler at Kamenka, his sister’s family estate, who persisted in humming the song in his ear as he worked on the finale.

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A footnote about subtitles. Shortly after Tchaikovsky’s death, the critic Nikolai Kashkin gave this symphony the Little Russian nickname by which it was once known. “Little Russia” was then a common name for Ukraine, the smaller, less populated land that provided Tchaikovsky with a rich harvest of thematic material.

The scherzo is one of Tchaikovsky’s most delightful inventions, harmonically bold and rhythmically driven, yet inventive and playful at every turn. The spunky trio, with its folksy character, jumps from the prevailing three beats in each measure to two. The coda conflates ele ments of both scherzo and trio.

Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.

used the word com pression to describe his working process, which went so smoothly that he wrote to Nadezhda von Meck, his new patron, that he had redone half the move ment by lunchtime the very first day. The slow introduction, with its solo horn playing the folk-song mel ody, “Down by Mother Volga,” and the coda, based on the same tune and leading the move ment to an unexpectedly quiet ending, are nearly all that remain unaltered from Tchaikovsky’s original manuscript.

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profiles

Riccardo Muti Conductor

Born in Naples, Riccardo Muti studied piano under Vincenzo Vitale at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella, graduating with distinction. He subsequently received a diploma in compo sition and conducting from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under the guidance of Bruno Bettinelli and Antonino Votto.

From 1986 to 2005, he was music director of Teatro alla Scala, and during that time, he directed major projects such as the three

Mozart/Da Ponte operas and Wagner’s Ring cycle in addition to his exceptional contribu tions to the Verdi repertoire. His tenure as music director of Teatro alla Scala, the longest in its history, culminated in the triumphant reopen ing of the restored opera house on December 7, 2004, with Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta.

Over the course of his extraordinary career, Riccardo Muti has conducted the most import ant orchestras in the world: from the Berlin Philharmonic to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and from the New York Philharmonic to the Orchestre National de France; as well as the Vienna Philharmonic, an orchestra to which he is linked by particularly close and important ties, and with which he has appeared at the Salzburg Festival since 1971. When Muti was invited to lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s 150th-anniversary concert, the orchestra pre sented him with the Golden Ring, a special sign of esteem and affection, awarded only to a few select conductors. In 2021, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the New Year’s Concert for the sixth time.

Riccardo Muti is one of the world’s preeminent conduc tors. In 2010, he became the tenth music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Muti’s leadership has been distinguished by the strength of his artistic partnership with the Orchestra; his dedication to performing great works of the past and present, including thirteen world premieres to date; the enthusiastic reception he and the CSO have received on national and international tours; and eight recordings on the CSO Resound label, with three Grammy awards among them. In addition, his contributions to the cultural life of Chicago— with performances throughout its many neigh borhoods and at Orchestra Hall—have made a lasting impact on the city.

Muti has received numerous international honors over the course of his career. He is Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Italian Republic and a recipient of the German Verdienstkreuz. He received the decoration of Officer of the Legion of Honor from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He was made an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. The Salzburg Mozarteum awarded him its silver medal for his contribution to Mozart’s music, and in Vienna, he was elected an honorary member of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna Hofmusikkapelle, and Vienna State Opera. The State of Israel has hon ored him with the Wolf Prize in the arts. In July 2018, President Petro Poroshenko presented Muti with the State Award of Ukraine during the Roads of Friendship concert at the Ravenna Festival in Italy following earlier performances in Kiev. In October 2018, Muti received the prestigious Praemium Imperiale for Music of the Japan Arts Association in Tokyo.

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He first came to the attention of critics and the public in 1967, when he won the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition, by unanimous vote of the jury, in Milan. In 1968, he became principal conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, a position he held until 1980. In 1971, Muti was invited by Herbert von Karajan to conduct at the Salzburg Festival, the first of many occasions, which led to a celebration of fifty years of artistic collaboration with the Austrian festival in 2020. During the 1970s, Muti was chief conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra (1972–1982), succeeding Otto Klemperer. From 1980 to 1992, he inherited the position of music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra from Eugene Ormandy.

Passionate about teaching young musi cians, Muti founded the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra in 2004 and the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy in 2015. The purpose of the Italian Opera Academy—which takes place in Italy, as well as in Japan since 2019 as part of a multi-year collaboration with the Tokyo Spring Festival—is to pass on Muti’s expertise to young musicians and to foster a better understanding of the complex journey to the realization of an opera. Through Le vie dell’Amicizia (The Roads of Friendship), a project of the Ravenna Festival in Italy, he has conducted in many of the world’s most troubled areas in order to bring attention to civic and social issues. The label RMMUSIC is responsible for Riccardo Muti’s recordings.

These performances—part of the Roads of Friendship, an annual project of the Ravenna Festival that has brought the healing power of music to symbolic locations every year since 1997—were dedicated to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the city of Mary, and the victims of all wars. The concert in Loreto began with a special greeting sent by Pope Francis followed by a speech from Yaroslav Melnyk, the Ukrainian ambassador to the Italian Republic, who presented Muti with an award as a foreign member of the Ukrainian National Academy of the Arts.

Following these concerts, Muti and the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra launched a five-concert tour that began at Slovenia’s Ljubljana Festival. On July 25, between concerts in Bari and Ravello, he received the 2022 Premio Segreti d’Autore (Author’s Secrets Prize) in honor of his commitment to young musicians.

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Summer Concerts and Special Honors

Muti’s highly anticipated annual concerts at the Salzburg Festival with the Vienna Philharmonic, August 14–16, opened with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6 followed by Liszt’s From the Cradle to the Grave and Boito’s Prologue to Mefistofele. The headlines in the Salzburger Nachtrichten described Muti’s concerts as “a bedrock of the Salzburg summer and indispensable, too.”

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In September 2010, Riccardo Muti became music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was named 2010 Musician of the Year by Musical America. In 2011, Muti was selected as the recipient of the coveted Birgit Nilsson Prize. In 2011, he received the Opera News Award in New York City and Spain’s presti gious Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. That summer, he was named an honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic and honorary director for life of the Rome Opera. In May 2012, he was awarded the highest papal honor: the Knight of the Grand Cross First Class of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI. In 2016, he was honored by the Japanese govern ment with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star. On August 15, 2021, Muti received the Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, the highest possible civilian honor from the Austrian government.

Photo by © Marco Borelli

On Tuesday, August 30, on the island of Capri, Muti received the Twenty-seventh Faraglioni Prize for his lifelong contributions to music and culture. Presented by the mayor of Capri, the distinguished Faraglioni Prize is a silver sculpture depicting the famous coastal rock formations on the island’s southern coast. For further details on Riccardo Muti’s summer activities, please visit cso.org/experience.

On July 11 and 14, Riccardo Muti conducted concerts at two of Europe’s most significant holy sites, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France and the Basilica of the Holy House of Loreto in Italy, places of pilgrimage for millions each year seeking healing at shrines to the Virgin Mary.

Now available on DVD are his perfor mances of Liszt’s Piano Concerto no. 2 with the Vienna Philharmonic and Welser-Möst from Schönbrunn Palace, 2010, on Deutsche Grammophon; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 5 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Nelsons from the 2011 Lucerne Festival; Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 3 with the Berlin Philharmonic and Rattle on the EuroArts label; and Brahms’s two concertos with the Cleveland Orchestra and Welser-Möst (2015).

August 9, 1984, Ravinia Festival. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 3, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting November 21, 22, and 23, 1985, Orchestra Hall. Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 2, Neeme Järvi conducting

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Following summer festival appearances in Verbier and Salzburg and on tour with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, his 2022–23 season includes returns to the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra; and to the Pittsburgh, Houston, New World, Pacific, Madison, New Jersey, Toronto, and Montreal symphony orchestras. In Europe, he tours with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and is heard with the Berlin Philharmonic and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Munich) in addition to the Bamberg, Dresden Staatskapelle, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and Zurich Opera orchestras.

Anne-Sophie Mutter, and Emmanuel Pahud, amongWidelyothers.praised for his recordings, Bronfman has been nominated for six Grammy awards, winning in 1997 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen for their recording of Bartók’s three piano concertos. His prolific discography also includes also his most recent releases, Magnus Lindberg’s Grammynominated (2014) Piano Concerto no. 2, commis sioned for him and performed with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert on the Da Capo label; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto no. 1 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony under Mariss Jansons; a recital disc, Perspectives, complementing Bronfman’s designation as a Carnegie Hall “Perspectives” artist for the 2007–08 season; and Beethoven’s five piano concertos and Triple Concerto with violinist Gil Shaham, cellist Truls Mørk, and the TonhalleOrchester Zürich under Zinman for the Arte Nova/BMG label.

Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union in 1973, Yefim Bronfman immigrated to Israel, where he was a student of Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at the Juilliard School, Marlboro School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music under Rudolf Firkušný, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, he was further honored with the Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance from Northwestern University in 2010 and an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music in 2015.

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Yefim Bronfman Piano

February 16, 17, and 18, 2017, Orchestra Hall. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4, Riccardo Muti conducting August 1, 2019, Ravinia Festival. Brahms’s Piano Concerto no. 1, Rafael Payare conducting

Internationally recognized as one of today’s most acclaimed and admired pianists, Yefim Bronfman stands among a handful of artists regularly sought by festivals, orchestras, conductors, and recital series.

Bronfman works regularly with an illustri ous group of conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov, Christoph von Dohnányi, Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Jurowski, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Franz Welser-Möst, and David Zinman. Always keen to explore chamber music repertoire, he has collaborated with such partners as Pinchas Zukerman, Martha Argerich,

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful to United Airlines for its generous support as the Official Airline of the CSO.

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Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s independent recording label, include the Grammy Award–winning release of Verdi’s Requiem led by Riccardo Muti. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have earned sixty-three Grammy awards from the Recording Academy.

Daniel Barenboim was named music director des ignate in January 1989, and he became the Orchestra’s ninth music director in September 1991, a position he held until June 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, highly praised operatic productions at Orchestra Hall, numerous appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, twenty-one interna tional tours, and the appointment of Duain Wolfe as the Chorus’s second director.

Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. Dynamic and innovative, the Stock years saw the founding of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the first training orchestra in the United States affiliated with a major symphony orchestra, in 1919. Stock also established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popularThreeconcerts.eminent conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947, Artur Rodzinski assumed the post in 1947–48, and Rafael Kubelík led the ensemble for three seasons from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are still considered performance hallmarks. It was Reiner who invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For the five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the world’s leading orchestras, and in September 2010, renowned Italian conduc tor Riccardo Muti became its tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra has deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nur tured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists.

the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra for several weeks each season until his death in September 1997.

The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since.

Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. His arrival launched one of the most successful musical partner ships of our time, and the CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction, along with numerous award-winning recordings. Solti then held

Pierre Boulez’s long-standing relationship with the Orchestra led to his appointment as principal guest conductor in 1995. He was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. Only two others have served as principal guest conductors: Carlo Maria Giulini, who appeared in Chicago regularly in the late 1950s, was named to the post in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma served as the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant from 2010 to 2019. Hilary Hahn became the CSO’s first Artist-in-Residence in 2021, a role that brings her to Chicago for multiple residencies eachJessieseason.Montgomery was appointed Mead Composer-in-Residence in 2021. She follows ten highly regarded composers in this role, including John Corigliano and Shulamit Ran—both winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In addition to composing works for the CSO, Montgomery curates the contem porary MusicNOW series.

The history of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, then the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra here. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra with performance capabilities of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905—just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s per manent home designed by Daniel Burnham.

The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair

flutes

David Cooper Principal Daniel Gingrich Associate Principal James Smelser David Griffin Oto SusannaCarrilloGaunt

The Joseph A. and Cecile Renaud Gorno Chair Loren BrantGaryDavidKatinkaDanielRichardBrownHirschlKatzKleijnSandersStuckaTaylor

David Taylor Assistant Concertmaster*

Jessie Montgomery Mead Composer-in-Residence

The Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Chair

Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson Principal

Karen Basrak

bass trombone Charles Vernon

John Sharp Principal The Eloise W. Martin Chair

Kenneth Olsen Assistant Principal The Adele Gidwitz Chair

Diane MaxLawrenceMuesNeumanRaimi

Jay Friedman Principal The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair Michael Mulcahy Charles Vernon

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librarians Peter Conover Principal Carole Keller Mark Swanson

timpani David Herbert Principal The Clinton Family Fund Chair Vadim Karpinos Assistant Principal percussion Cynthia Yeh Principal Patricia Dash Vadim Karpinos James Ross

The Paul Hindemith Principal Viola Chair, anonymousendowed by anbenefactor

Gene Pokorny Principal The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, by ChristineendowedQuerfeld

english horn Scott Hostetler

Keith Buncke Principal William Buchman Assistant Principal Miles Maner

basses

harp

trumpets

The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair

Li-Kuo Chang

Yuan-Qing Yu Assistant Concertmaster* So AlisonCorneliusYoung BaeChiuDalton §

* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave

Alexander Hanna Principal The David and Mary Winton Green Principal Bass Chair Daniel Armstrong Daniel RobertCarsonKassinger ‡

clarinets

Jennifer Gunn

Mark Ridenour Assistant Principal John Hagstrom The Pritzker Military Museum & Library Chair Tage Larsen

oboes

Catherine Brubaker

Hilary Hahn Artist-in-Residence

Baird Dodge Principal Lei Hou Ni HermineMei Gagné

Lynne Turner

Mark BradleyStephenKraemerLesterOpland

Esteban Batallán Principal The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, anonymousendowed by anbenefactor

Acting Principal ‡

William Welter Principal The Nancy and Larry Fuller Principal Oboe Chair Lora ScottSchaeferHostetler

Riccardo Muti Zell Music Director

The Louis C. Sudler Chair, anonymousendowed by anbenefactor

piccolo

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Joyce FlorenceRonaldNancyNohParkSatkiewiczSchwartz

contrabassoon Miles Maner horns

Stephanie Jeong

Stephen Williamson Principal John Bruce Yeh Assistant Principal Gregory Smith

trombones

orchestra personnel John Deverman Director Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO and Orchestra PersonnelAuditions

Associate Concertmaster

violins

Rachel AikoWendyMelanieSylviaMihaelaGoldsteinIonescuKim KilcullenKupchynskyKoons MeirNoda §

Gina Rong-YanSusanSandoBlairSimonMatousQingRussellKozueDiBelloFunakoshiHershowHouMichalMichalMiltonShiaSynnestvedtTang

Beatrice Chen Youming Chen Sunghee Choi Wei-Ting Kuo Danny WeijingLaiMichal

cellos

bassoons

violas

tuba

The Louise H. Benton Wagner and Gilchrist Foundation chairs currently are unoccupied. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.

e-flat clarinet John Bruce Yeh

‡

Robert Chen Concertmaster

cso fellow Gabriela Lara

stage technicians Christopher Lewis Stage Manager Blair Carlson Paul ToddPeterRyanRamonChristopherEchevarriaHartgeLandrySnick

The Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Principal Flute Chair Emma JenniferGersteinGunn

The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, which celebrated its 125th anni versary in the 2019–20 season.

Cynthia Bates

Claudia Norris Kapnick

Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin

JudyDavidSharonDr.Mrs.CarolAnnaAmyRenéeLoebLoganLubinLysakowskiMacArthurDuncanMacLeanMichaelS.MalingL.ManuelA.MarshallMarth

Mrs. Jane B. Colman

Ann Pickard McDermott

Mrs. Robert A. Beatty

Dr. James L. McGee

BeLinda I. Mathie Scott McCue

Ann Mrs.TerryBlickensderferBodenSuzanneBorland

Marie Kaufman

Michael Huston

Dr. Alexia Gordon

Mrs. Lester McKeever

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dr. Kent Armbruster

Barry D. KennethKaufmanKaufman

Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs

Mrs. Nancy A. Horner

James Heckman

John Hard

Robert H. Baum

Carol JaniceHonigbergL.Honigberg

Lisa Ross Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership

Don Mrs.LaurenceJerroldZafraJeffreySheilaJonathonSunheeWilliamMariaDr.Mr.Dr.MaryBethDavidEldonDr.Dr.SanfredMr.Mrs.CarolDr.Dr.CarolSusanEmmyLeslieElizabethNancyJonathanMollyKaulKellerKemperKempfI.KeyserKieselKingKiphartKippermanJayKleimanElaineH.KlemenEvansKlenkJanetKnauffHenryL.KohnKoltunMarkKozloffMichaelKrcoKreiderKreismanKretzVinayKumarJohnLaBarberaLyndaLaneLansJ.LawlorIIILeeLeikFieldsLeiterLennardLermanLevineH.LevineBernardLeviton

Thea Flaum Hill

Elizabeth Nolan Buzard Ms. Lutgart Calcote Thomas Campbell Ms. Vera Capp Wendy Alders Cartland Mrs. William C. Childs Linton J. Childs Frank Cicero, Jr. Patricia A. Clickener Mitchell Cobey Jean M. Cocozza

Ms. Constance M. Filling Mr. Daniel Fischel Mrs. Dean Fischer Henry Fogel Mrs. John D. Foster David and Janet Fox Mr. Paul E. Freehling Mitzi MarjorieFreidheimFriedman Heyman

Joyce Greening

Gail Eisenhart Belytschko

Richard H. Helmholz

GOVERNING MEMBERS

Mrs. Arnold Horween

Dr. Edward Applebaum

Dana Green Clancy

Thomas Haynes

Mr. Verne G. Istock

Ruth Grant

Meta S. Berger

D. Theodore Berghorst

Mrs. William A. Hark

Mrs. Patricia Herrmann Heestand Dr. Scott W. Helm Marilyn. P. Helmholz

EdwardDr.RonaldGeorgeJohnsonE.JohnsonB.JohnsonPatriciaCollinsJonesT.Joyce

or more).

Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org.

Rabbi Gary S. Gerson Karen Gianfrancisco Ellen Gignilliat

chicago symphony orchestra association governing members years

Anastasia Gutting

David Arch

Patricia J. Hurley

Brian

Mrs. David P. Earle III Judge Frank H. Easterbrook Mrs. Dorne Eastwood Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Louis M. Ebling III Jon KathleenEkdahlH. Elliott Charles Emmons, Jr. Scott Enloe

Peter Barrett

Dr. Howard Halpern

Anonymous (8)

Ann Mr.PhyllisBerlinBerlinWilliamE. Bible

Jerome J. Groen Jacalyn Gronek

Mrs. Peter McKinney

Dr. James Ertle William Escamilla Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri Neil MelissaFacklerSage Fadim Jeffrey Farbman Signe HectorFergusonFerral,M.D.

Patricia M. Livingston Jane

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen

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GOVERNING MEMBERS

Ms. Cecilia Conrad Beverly Ann Conroy Jenny L. Corley

Frances G. Horwich

John D. Bramsen

Sue Mrs.BrubakerPatriciaM. Bryan Gilda RosemarieSamuelBuchbinderBuchsbaumBuntrock

GarySandraAlandAllenAllie

Freddi L. Greenberg Delta A. Greene

Kirsten Bedway

Dr. Arthur L. Herbst

Mrs. Arthur A. Billings

Lynne R. Haarlow

Anne Hokin

Barbara Ann Huyler

Dr. John P. McGee †

Mrs. Hanna H. Gray Mary L. Gray

James W. Haugh

Dr. Mary L. Houston

Mrs. Mary Anne Goldberg Anne Goldstein

Dr. Thomas H. Conner

Charles Emmons, Jr. Chair

Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Vice Chair of the Annual Fund

Jeffrey W. Hesse Konstanze L. Hickey

Janet S. Boyer

James G. Borovsky

Roberta Barron Roger Baskes

Jerry A. Goldstone

Dianne Blanco

John A. McKenna

Patrick A. Martin

Dr. Philip R. Liebson

Mrs. William Gardner Brown

Mr. James J. Glasser Madeleine Glossberg

Dr. Jerri Greer Kendall Griffith

Joan M. Hall

Dr. Dane Hassani

Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven Mr. Richard Cremieux R. Bert Crossland Rebecca E. Crown Catherine Daniels Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta Roxanne Decyk Ms. Nancy Dehmlow Mrs. Suzanne Demirjian Duane M. DesParte Janet Wood Diederichs Doug Donenfeld Mrs. William F. Dooley Sara L. Downey Ms. Ann Drake David Mr.MimiRobertDranoveDugganDugingerFrankA.Dusek, CPA

Mrs. Paul Lieberman

Michael Perlstein Immediate Past Chair

Wayne J. Holman III

Megan P. Anderson

Mary Goodkind

Mr. Agustin G. Sanz Malcolm M. Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Frank Gelber

Joel L. Handelman

Merrill and Judy Blau Vice Chairs of Member Engagement

Dr. Todd Janus

Floyd Abramson

Gregory M. Lewis

Ms. Jill Brennan

Ms. Judith Barnard

Robin Tennant Colburn Dr. Edward A. Cole

Mrs. Judy Goldberg

Dora J. Aalbregtse

Carolyn Lickerman

Mr. James Holzhauer

John Jawor Ms. Justine Jentes

Mrs. Richard C. Halpern Anne Marcus Hamada

Adam Bossov

Robert Alsaker

Fred E. Holubow

Suzanne Hoffman

Fraida

John P. Grube

Ms. Patti Acurio

Mrs. Carol K. Kaplan †

Judy Dr.MerrillBlauBlauPhyllisC. Bleck

Mrs. Lynn Gendleman Dr. Mark Gendleman

James P. Grusecki

Ms. Sarah Crane

Dr. Andrew Aronson

Edward H. Bennett III

Merrill Barnes

Mr. Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen

Mrs. Richard S. Pepper †

Mr. John H. Roberts

Ms. Emilysue Pinnell

Mr. John F. Podjasek, III Andrew StephenPortePotter

Lawrence E. Strickling Patricia Study

Shelley Ochab

Mrs. Ray S. Tittle, Jr. William R. Tobey, Jr.

Linda Simon

Carol Prins

Stephen R. Smith

Orli WilliamStaleyD. Staley Helena Stancikas Grace Stanek Ms. Denise M. Stauder Leonidas Stefanos Mrs. Richard J. Stern Liz Stiffel Mary Stowell

Dr. Michael Viglione Catherine M. Villinski

Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Edward A. Nieminen

John T. Travers

Betsey N. Pinkert

Mrs. Norman L. Olson

Mrs. Robert Szalay Mr. Gregory Taubeneck

Beth Ann Waite

James E. Thompson

Jeffrey J. Webb Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Chickie Weisbard

Charles Vincent Mr. Christian Vinyard Theodore Wachs Mark A. Wagner

VirginiaStanleyPickM.PillmanJohnsonPillman

Bonnie Perry

Mr. Timothy J. Patenode

Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.

MaijaLisaDorisMichaelDr.SheliSaulHarryKevinChaunceyRobinH.RobinsonM.RooneyJ.RoperRosenZ.RosenbergRicardoT.RosenkranzRosenthalRoskinRossRothenberg

Daniel R. Murray

James J. O’Sullivan, Jr.

James Edward McPherson

Dr. Zehava L. Noah

Bernard T. Wall

Mr. Stuart C. Nathan

Nicholas Wallace Dr. Catherine L. Webb

Robert C. Peterson

Mrs. Ralph Smykal Naomi Pollock and David Sneider Diane Ms.KathleenKimberlySnyderSnyderSolaroElysiaM.Solomon

Mr. Michael A. Perlstein

Bruce Tranen † James M. (Mack) Trapp

Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz Sandra K. Rusnak

Kenneth R. Norgan

ItalicsDeceasedindicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).

Mrs. James J. O’Connor

Martha C. Nussbaum

Joy O’Malley

Jean E. Perkins

Mr. Bruno A. Pasquinelli

Cheryl Sturm BISCO Foundation

Richard Weiss

Bruce L. Ottley

William A. Obenshain

Robert J. Patterson, Jr.

Harvey R. Plonsker

Maridee Quanbeck Mrs. Lynda Rahal Diana Mendley Rauner Susan Regenstein Mari Yamamoto Regnier Mary Thomson Renner Burton R. Rissman Charles T. Rivkin Carol Roberts

David M. Schiffman Judith Feigon Schiffman Rosa Schloss Al ChandraDr.SusanDonaldSchriesheimL.SchwartzH.SchwartzPennyBenderSebringSekhar

David Trushin Dr. David A. Turner Robert W. Turner Zalman Usiskin Mrs. James D. Vail III John Van Horn Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice William C. Vance Thomas D. Vander Veen Jennifer Vianello

Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith

Robert G. Weiss

Mara Mills Barker

Mr. Michael Payette

Dr. Marc Weissbluth Carmen Wheatcroft M.L. PeterWinburnWolf

Diane W. Smith Louise K. Smith

Mr. Gerald A. Ostermann

Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Joan DavidThronTimm

Pamela Papas

Eric Oesterle

Karen Zupko

Sue N.

William Roberts David Robin Dr. Diana

Laura Woll Dr. Hak Yui Wong

Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan Norman K. Sackar Anthony Saineghi Inez KarlaSaundersScherer

Roberta H. Rubin

Dr. Ellen Mendelson

Mr. Paul Meister

34 †GOVERNINGCSO.ORGMEMBERS

Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery

Richard W. Shepro Jessie Shih Mrs. Elizabeth Shoemaker Caroline Orzac Shoenberger Stuart Shulruff Adele Simmons

Mary Ann Smith

Courtenay R. Wood Michael H. Woolever Ms. Debbie Wright Ronald Yonover Owen Dr.DavidPriscillaYoungmanYuJ.ZampaJohnP.Zaremba

Mr. Larry Simpson Craig ValerieMiyamSirlesSlaterSlotnick

Mrs. Richard J.L. Senior Ilene W. Shaw Pam JamesSheffieldC.Sheinin, M.D.

Dr. William Peruzzi

Dr. Robert Thomson

Maria Ochs

For complete donor listings, please visit the Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery at cso.org/donorgallery.

Kathleen Field Orr

David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg Richard O. Ryan

Bowman C. Lingle Trust

Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation

Walter E. Heller Foundation in memory of Alyce DeCosta

$2,500–$4,999

Geraldi Norton Foundation Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust

Crain-Maling Foundation

Sidley Austin LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

$10,000–$24,999 Anonymous (1)

Barker Welfare Foundation

$1,000–$2,499

Hunter Family Foundation

GCM GoldmanGrosvenorSachs & Co. Havi JPMorganGroupChase & Co. King & LathamSpalding&Watkins LLP

$1,000–$4,999

The Buchanan Family Foundation Darling Family Foundation Leslie Fund, Inc.

$50,000–$99,000 Anonymous (1)

Kovler Family Foundation

$100,000 AND ABOVE AllstateAbbott Insurance Company CIBC Private Wealth Citadel and Citadel Securities NorthernITW Trust

Annual Support

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OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CSO United Airlines

CorrugatedBulgariAon Supplies Company, LLC

RobertAnonymous&Isabelle Bass Foundation

Foundations and Government Agencies

MAESTRO RESIDENCY PRESENTER Bank of America

FifthExelonDeloitteThird Bank

Advanced Technology Services Archer Daniels Midland Company

Crown Family Philanthropies

Italian Village Restaurants Law Offices of Jonathan N. Sherwell Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. Mesirow Financial Segal

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

$100,000 AND ABOVE

$50,000–$99,999

The Negaunee Foundation Sargent Family Foundation TAWANI Foundation

The Allyn Foundation, Inc.

McDermott Will & Emery McKinsey & Company Oxford WinstonWalgreensUnderwritersUL,ReaderlinkBankLLCInc.Laboratories&StrawnLLP

Grant Thornton LLP

Kinder Morgan Mayer Brown LLP S&C Electric Company Fund

WeissVentasFinancial

The Brinson Foundation

Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation

$25,000–$49,999

Pritzker Traubert Foundation

Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Hoellen Family Foundation

$150,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous (2) Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund

The Hallstar Company

BurwoodBaird Fellowes,EntercomGroupChicagoInc.

Lloyd A. Fry Foundation

Roy and Irene Rettinger Foundation Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation

$10,000–$24,999

American

Corporate Partners

$5,000–$9,999

U.S. Small Business Administration Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Zell Family Foundation

$5,000–$9,999 ArentFoxAccentureSchiff LLP

Irving Harris Foundation

Abbott Fund

Music Performance Trust Fund Dr. Scholl Foundation

The Chicago Community Trust Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown

JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation

John R. Halligan Charitable Fund

VomelaViennaShureShowShetlandSaharaReaderlinkParkwayEtnyreColumbiaChapmanCentralAmstedInsuranceAgriculturalCompanyIndustriesIncorporatedBuilding&PreservationL.P.andCutlerLLPCapitalManagementInternationalElevatorsEnterprises,Inc.LimitedPartnershipServicesIncorporatedBeef

$25,000–$49,999

The Clinton Family Fund

Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation

Sally Mead Hands Foundation Illinois Arts Council Agency National Endowment for the Arts Polk Bros. Foundation

honor roll of donors

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through August 2022. To learn more, please call Bobbie Rafferty, Director, Individual Giving and Affiliated Donor Groups, at 312-294-3165.

SupremeSteinerStarshakConsulting&WinzenburgElectricCompanyLobsterandSeafood Company

Jenner & Block LLP PNC PricewaterhouseCoopersBank LLP

The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Julius N. Frankel Foundation

The George L. Shields Foundation Tully Family Foundation

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation Franklin Philanthropic Foundation William M. Hales Foundation Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation

Anonymous (2) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Kay RosemarieBucksbaumandDean L. Buntrock Jim † and Kay Mabie Estate of Gloria Miner Cathy and Bill Osborn Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell

Mrs. † William R. Jentes Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg

$20,000,000 AND ABOVE Zell Family Foundation

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Mr. & Mrs. William A. Osborn Cynthia M. Sargent Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell

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JulianAnonymousFamily Foundation

The Grainger Foundation

The Negaunee Foundation

UP TO $500,000 JeffAnonymousandKeiko Alexander Ruth and Roger Anderson Family Foundation Peter and Elise Barack Merrill and Judy Blau

Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett

$1,000,000–$2,499,999

THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Mr. &ITW

Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich M. Gross

The Julian Family Foundation Margot and Josef Lakonishok Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † The Negaunee Foundation COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG Megan(Retired)and Steve Shebik Zell Family Foundation

$100,000–$149,000 Anonymous (3)

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

This $175 million fundraising effort provides the secure footing needed to promote the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s preeminent role as a cultural icon showcasing musical brilliance, leadership, and innovation. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the generous donors who have shown tremendous support for this strategic initiative. These commitments make it possible for the CSO’s many facets to thrive today, tomorrow, and always. Contact Al Andreychuk at 312-294-3150 for more information.

$2,500,000–$4,999,999

MaryAnonymousLouise Gorno

Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz

Roderick Branch and Brant Taylor George and Minou Colis Mimi Duginger Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Alice and Richard Godfrey William A. and Anne Goldstein Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mr. Graham C. Grady John Hart and Carol Prins The Heestand Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy Ms. Geraldine Keefe Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Randall S. Kroszner and David Nelson Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Judy and Scott McCue Mr. David E. McNeel Mr. Robert Meeker James and Renée Metcalf Mr. Daniel R. Murray Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Estate of Donald Powell Andra and Irwin Press Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Thierer Family Foundation Penny and John Van Horn Craig and Bette Williams Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Wislow Estate of Rita Zralek

Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse

Sharon and Charles Angell Julie and Roger Baskes Mrs. Janet R. Bauer Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Kay RosemarieBucksbaumandDean L. Buntrock Ms. Sarah Ms. NancyCraneDehmlow

$500,000–$999,999 Patricia and Laurence Booth John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray The Davee Foundation Howard Gottlieb

$75,000–$99,999 Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab John Hart and Carol Prins Judy and Scott McCue Ms. Renee Metcalf

Estate of Esther G. Klatz

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

$10,000,000–$19,999,999

Megan and Steve Shebik Richard and Helen Thomas

James and Brenda Grusecki Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes

$50,000–$74,999 Anonymous (2)

$5,000,000–$9,999,999

Dr. Eugene F. and SallyAnn D. Fama Rhoda Lea † and Henry S. † Frank Ms. Susan Goldschmidt Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Ilene and Michael Shaw Charitable Trust Shure Charitable Trust

Walter and Kathleen Snodell Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas Terrence and Laura Truax Lisa and Paul Wiggin

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Mr. Lawrence Corry Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Douglas Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle Mr. Eric Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Pan Polly Eldringhoff La and Philip Engel William Escamilla Mr. Fred Ms. NancyEychanerFelton-Elkins and Larry Elkins

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Debra A. Cafaro

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans

John D. and Leslie Henner Burns

$25,000–$34,999 Anonymous (4) Peter and Elise Barack Patricia and Laurence Booth Robert J. Buford

Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr. Liz Ms. LiisaStiffelM. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt

Mr. & Mrs. Verne G. Istock Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow Ms. Courtney Shea

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen V. D’Amore Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson

Ms. Geraldine Keefe

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy Mr. & Mrs. James Kolar Randall S. Kroszner

Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy

$20,000–$24,999 Arnie and Ann Berlin Richard and Alice Godfrey Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman Anne and John † Kern Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Mr. Donald W. Nelson Alexandra and John Nichols LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde F. McGregor Mr. & Mrs. John Pratt Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar Marlon Smith and Dominique Brewer Dr. Stuart Sondheimer Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft Ms. Rebecca West Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation

$11,500–$14,999 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Applebaum Mrs. Gail Belytschko Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan Mr. & Mrs. Michael Madigan Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall Jim and Ginger Meyer Charles A. Moore † Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Silverstein Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson Ksenia A. and Peter Turula

Diana and Bruce Rauner Susan Regenstein

Mr. Graham C. Grady Mary Winton Green

Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Ellen and Paul Gignilliat William A. and Anne Goldstein Mary Louise Gorno

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Levy

$15,000–$19,999 Anonymous (2) Carey and Brett August Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Ann and Richard Carr Joyce Chelberg Sue and Jim Colletti Nancy and Bernard Dunkel John and Fran Edwardson Sue and Melvin Halasyamani/DavisGrayFamily

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson Ronald B. Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley Daniel R. Murray Andra and Irwin Press Dr. Mohan Rao

Michael and Linda Simon

$35,000–$49,999 Anonymous

Ms. Ann Drake

Mr. & Mrs. Neil Kawashima Ms. Donna L. Kendall

Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Holman III Mr. Joel Mrs. JanetHorowitzKanter

The King Family Foundation Dr. Lynda Lane Ms. Betsy Levin Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin Mr. Philip Lumpkin Mr. David E. McNeel

$7,500–$11,499 Anonymous (2) Ms. Patti Acurio Fraida and Bob Aland Jeff and Keiko Alexander Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Baker Peter and Betsy Barrett Mr. Lawrence Belles Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Benck Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Merrill and Judy Blau Ms. Lutgart Calcote Tom and Dianne Campbell Patricia A. Dr. ThomasDr. EdwardClickenerA.ColeandDr. ChristineA.RydelH.Conner

Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy Carol S. Sonnenschein Bill and Orli Staley Foundation Mary Stowell Thierer Family Foundation Craig and Bette Williams Susan and Bob Wislow Mr. Gifford Zimmerman

Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund

Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV Mr. Roderick Branch

The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation Ms. Britt Miller Dr. Charles Morcom

Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley Edward and Gayla Nieminen Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte Jerry Rose Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark Dr. Dusan Stefoski, M.D. and Mr. Craig Savage Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern Penny and John Van Horn Mr. & Mrs. William C. Vance Mr. Christian Vinyard Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs

Mr. & Dr. George Colis Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation Mr. Collier Hands

Marguerite DeLany Hark Pati and O.J. † Heestand Ms. Anna Hertsberg Fred and Sandra Holubow Janice L. Honigberg

Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei David and Suzanne Arch Dr. & Mrs. Kent Armbruster Mr. & Mrs. Theodore M. Asner Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes Roberta and Harold S. Barron Joseph Ms. SandraMs. BarbaraBartushBarzanskyBass

Dr. June Koizumi

Mr. † & Mrs. † Howard Jessen

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler Stephen and Maria Lans Dr. † & Mrs. H. Leichenko Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman Mr. & Mrs. John Lillard Jim † and Kay Mabie Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Make It Better Kohn and Mitchell Family Foundation Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor Mrs. Frank Morrissey Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek Ms. Susan Norvich Ms. Martha Nussbaum

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman

Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joyce Mr. James Kastenholz and Ms. Jennifer Steans

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio Mr. James Chamberlain Chicago Human Rhythm Project Linton J. Childs Harriett and Myron Cholden Jan and Frank Cicero, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clancy John Clarke Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali Ms. Jean Cocozza Jane and John C. Colman E. and V. Combs Foundation Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy Nancy R. Corral Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux R. Bert Crossland Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris Dancing Skies Foundation Mr. & Mrs. C. Daniels Dr. & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider Janet Wood Diederichs Mr. Doug Donenfeld David and Deborah Dranove Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek Mr. & Mrs. David P. Earle III Judge Frank Easterbrook Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp Thomas Eller Michael and Kathleen Elliott Charles and Carol Emmons Scott and Lenore Enloe Dr. & Mrs. James Ertle Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D. Neil Fackler

Mr. & Mrs. Carl Gilmore Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon Ann and John Grube Lynne R. Haarlow

Merle L. Jacob

Mr. & Mrs. † Neil K. Quinn Dr. Diana RitaMr. RichardRobinRyan † and Norman Sackar Ms. Cecelia Samans Mr. Agustin G. Sanz

Mr. Duane Quaini †

Mrs. John D. Foster David and Janet Fox Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann Susan and Paul Freehling Nancy and Larry Fuller James and Rebecca Gaebe Judy and Mickey Gaynor Robert D. Gecht Sandy and Frank Gelber Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson Bernardino and Caterina Ghetti

Joan M. Mrs. RichardHall C. Halpern

Mr. † & Mrs. Joel D. Honigberg Tex and Susan Hull

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff

Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein Donald and Signe Ferguson Hector Ferral, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad Mr. & Mrs. Dean Fischer Ms. Hazel Mrs. DonnaMrs. RoslynFisherK.FlegelFleming

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Mr. † & Mrs. David Savner Karla Scherer

Cassandra L. Book Mr. & Mrs. John Borland Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky Adam Bossov Janet S. Boyer Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen Ms. Jill Brennan Ms. Dominique Brewer Mrs. Sue Brubaker Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan Butler Family Foundation Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard Ms. Vera Capp Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr Mia Celano and Noel Dunn

Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson

Dr. Edward S. Orzac Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James O’Sullivan, Jr. Pasquinelli Family Foundation Richard and Frances Penn Sue and Thomas † Pick Ms. Emilysue Pinnell D. Elizabeth Price

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty

Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson Kathleen Field Orr

$4,500–$7,499 Anonymous (14) Elaine and Floyd Abramson Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow Mr. & Mrs. Gary Allie Ms. Rene Alphonse Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker Geoffrey A. Anderson Megan P. and John L. Anderson Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews

Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr. Rosemary Framburg

Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller

Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin Mrs. Arthur A. Billings Jim † and Dianne Blanco Ann Ms. TerryBlickensderferBoden

David and Judy Schiffman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl Susan H. Schwartz David and Judith L. Sensibar The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Mr. Jack Simpson Ms. Elysia M. Solomon Cheryl Sturm Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck Ms. Carla M. Thorpe Peggy White M.L. MichaelWinburnH.and Mary K. Woolever

Paul and Robert Barker Foundation Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen Cynthia Bates and Kevin Rock Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler Meta S. and Ronald † Berger Family Foundation

Dr. Michael Krco Eldon and Patricia Kreider David and Susan Kreisman Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar Mr. John LaBarbera Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr Mr. William Lawlor, III Sheila Fields Leiter Zafra Lerman Mr. Jerrold Levine Mary and Laurence Levine Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek Mr. † & Mrs. Howard Lickerman The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Dr. Anna Lysakowski Carol MacArthur Mr. & Mrs. Duncan MacLean Eileen Madden Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Maling Sharon L. Manuel Robert † and Judy Marth Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag Igor and Olga Matlin Ann Pickard McDermott Dr. & Mrs. James McGee Dr. † & Mrs. John McGee II John and Etta McKenna Dr. & Mrs. Peter McKinney Ms. Carlette McMullan James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray † Mr. & Mrs. Paul Meister Mr. Gregory and Dr. Alice Melchor Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia DavidDr. Toni-MarieConradMontgomeryH.Moscow

Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Jo Ann and Stuart Nathan Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman David † and Dolores Nelson Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr. Dr. Zehava L. Noah Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar Mark and Gloria Nusbaum Bill and Penny Obenshain Margo and Michael Oberman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs Eric and Carolyn Oesterle Sarah and Wallace Oliver John and Joy O’Malley

Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk Mr. Thomas Kmetko Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Komarek Joseph and Judith Konen Mr. Brian Ms. LieselKosekKossmann

Scott Helm

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Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin Barry D. Kaufman

Mr. & Mrs. Don Phillips Richard Phillips Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert Mary and Joseph Plauché Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker John F. Podjasek III Charitable Fund Stephen and Ann Suker Potter Mr. John Potts and Ms. Ann Nguyen Mrs. Lynda Rahal Mary Rafferty Mary K. Ring Burton and Francine † Rissman Charles and Marilynn Rivkin Ms. Carol Roberts William and Cheryl Roberts David and Kathy Robin Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen Dr. & Mrs. Ricardo Rosenkranz Michael Rosenthal D.D. Mr. &Ms. LisaRoskinRossMrs. Frank A. Rossi

Timothy and Joyce Greening Dr. Jerri E. Greer

Mary and Michael Goodkind Dr. Alexia Gordon

† and Delta Greene

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy James and Lynne † Heckman

Mr. Dale C. Hedding

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

ROLL OF DONORS

Mr. & Ms. Alan Shoenberger Stuart and Leslie Shulruff Ms. Ann Silberman

Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields

Julia M. Simpson Mr. Larry Simpson Craig Mrs. JacksonValerieSirlesSlotnickW. Smart, Jr. Charles F. Smith

Dr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst

Mr. Joseph Doherty

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hesse Marjorie Friedman Heyman The Hickey Family Foundation Robert A. Hill and Thea Flaum Hill Dr. Richard Ms. GretchenHirschmannHoffmann and

HONOR

Larry † and Marie Kaufman Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser Mrs. Elizabeth Keyser Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel Carol Dr. JayKippermanandGeorgianna Kleiman

The Osprey Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann Ms. Lynne Ostfeld Ms. Pamela Papas Mr. Timothy J. Patenode Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Pauling II Mr. Michael Payette Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Bonnie LornaMr. RobertDr. WilliamPerryPeruzziPetersonandEllardPfaelzer, Jr.

Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon Donald J. Gralen

Ms. Kay Schichtel and Mr. Barry Lesht Mr. † & Mrs. Nathan Schloss Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz Dr. Howard Schwartz and Dr. Ruth Grant Diana and Richard Senior Dr. & Mrs. James C. Sheinin

Mr. & Mrs. James J. Glasser Judy and Bill Goldberg Lyn Goldstein

Jay † and Maija Rothenberg Ms. Roberta H. Rubin Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz Tina and Buzz Ruttenburg William † and Mary † Ryan Anthony RaymondSaineghiandInez Saunders

Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Ms. Karen Gianfrancisco

Mr. William J. Hokin † James and Eileen Holzhauer Frances and Franklin † Horwich James and Mary Houston Pamela Kelley Hull † and Roger B. Hull † Ms. Patricia Hurley Frances and Phillip Huscher Michael and Leigh Huston Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus Mr. John Ms. JustineJaworJentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna Joni and Brian Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen Jacalyn AnastasiaGronekandGary † Gutting Anne Marcus Hamada John and Sally Hard Dr. Dane Hassani James W. Haugh Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes

Hanna H. ThomasMs. FreddiGrayGreenberg

Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons

Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory Kendall Griffith

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith Naomi Pollock and David Sneider James and Diane Snyder Kimberly M. Snyder

Stefanos Roger † and Susan Stone Family Dr. FrancisFoundationH.StrausII †

$2,500–$3,499 Anonymous (6)

Dr. & Mrs. Whitney Addington Ms. Marlene Bach

Mr. † & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall Mr. Guy DeBoo and Ms. Susan Franzetti Dr. & Mrs. James L. Downey Ingrid and Richard Dubberke Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten Dr. Gail Fahey Judith E. Feldman Fidelity Charitable Gift Funds Ms. Anita D. Flournoy Dr. Robert A. Harris Ms. Dawn E. Helwig Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith Mr. Stephen Holmes Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Ian and Valerie Jacobs Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs Maryl Johnson, M.D. Dr. Patricia Collins Jones Ms. Ethelle Katz Jonathan and Nancy Lee Kemper Ms. Mary Mr. GeorgeSanfordDr. LeoBillMr. &Mr. PeterMrs.Mr. ThomasKlyasheffLadBernardLevitonLittlewoodMs. StevenMarcusMcIntoshandCatherineMiserendinoandMonicaMorgansteinMurphy

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Barber Paul Becker and Nancy Becker Marjorie Benton

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Henry and Frances Fogel Ms. Irene Fox

Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. Philip Friedmann Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III Drs. Henry and Susan Gault Ms. Barbara Gold Isabelle

Mr. PeterMerleMr. JacquesGoossenGordonGordonGotschand

Dr. Jana French Brooks and Wanza Grantier Richard † and Mary L. Gray Dr. Michael Greenwald David B. Gross and Denise C. Kozloff Mr. & Mrs. Errol Halperin Amber Halvorson Hill and Cheryl Hammock Mrs. John M. Hartigan Ms. Kyle

Mr. & Mrs. David Weber Mr. Lawrence Wechter Judge Eugene Wedoff Samuel † and Chickie Weisbard Mr. Alfred White Barbara and Steven Wolf David Woodhouse Mike Zimmerman Ms. Karen Zupko

Mr. & Mrs. † Robert L. Berner, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block Mr. Edward Boehm III Mr. & Mrs. Fred Boelter Mr. & Mrs. Fred P. Bosselman Mr. Douglas Bragan Linda S. Buckley

Mr. &Mr. &Mr. WayneMr. &Ms. LiliaAnneMr. AlfredPeterMs. JoannMr. HarryJamesMs. LeighHarveyAnnHermanandMeganHinchsliffHundermanandMs. DeborahSlatonJoyceKeehnKelleyG.KimballandPeterSternKiselevMrs. LeRoyKlemtKoepkeMrs. NormanKoglinMrs. HowardLandon

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

Mr. & Mrs. John Butler

Mary Ann Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Baird

David and Eileen Zampa Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba Gerald Zimmerman and Margarete Gross $3,500–$4,499 Anonymous PrueMr. &Ms. DorisMs. Rochelle(2)AllenAngellMrs. EdgarBachrachandFrankBeidler Mr. Ken Belcher Mr. Virgil Mr. RobertBogertClatanoff

Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Mrs. Linda Spain Robert and Emily Spoerri Helena Mr. &Ms. DeniseStancikasStauderMrs. Leonidas

Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong Ms. Minsook Suh Mr. & Mrs. Robert Szalay Mr. James Thompson Joan and Michael Thron David and Beth Timm Ray † and Mary Ann Tittle Bill and Anne Tobey Bruce † and Jan Tranen James M. and Carol Trapp John T. and Carrie M. Travers Joan and David Trushin Dr. & Mrs. David Turner Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner Mrs. Elizabeth Twede Henry and Janet Underwood Zalman and Karen Usiskin Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice Mr. David J. Varnerin Ms. Jennifer Vianello Mr. † & Mrs. Vincent Villinski Ms. Raita Vilnins Charles Vincent

Robert D. SandraMs. PatriciaMs. PaulaMimiJanetMr. &Mr. StephenMr. &MaryMr. &Ms. JuliMr. ThomasMs. MelindaMs. MargaretCaroneChaplanCheungClewettCrabtreeMrs. DwightDeckerDedinskyandWilliamCarlisleHerbertMrs. JamesW.DeYoungDissetteMrs. OttoDoeringIIIDuffyDugingerElliottEricksonE.Fienberg

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall Nicholas and Jessica Wallace Dr. Catherine L. Webb Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss Marc Weissbluth in memory of Linda Weissbluth Ms. Caroline Wettersten Peter and Marlee Wolf Ms. Lois Wolff Michael † and Laura Woll Dr. Hak CourtenayWongR. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr. Ms. Debbie Wright Dr. Nanajan Yakoub Mari Yamamoto Regnier Paul and Mary Yovovich In memory of Anthony C. Yu Mr. Laird Zacheis and Ms. Sunhee Lee

Mr. Bruce Ottley Shirley and John † Schlossman Dr. John Schneider Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil In Memory of Timothy Soleiman Joel and Beth Spenadel Mr. Michael Sprinker Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Stenhouse Ms. Sara Szold

Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl

The Acorn Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward Abby and Glen Weisberg Mr. Kenneth Witkowski Sarah R. Wolff and Joel L. Handelman Mr. & Mrs. John Wulfers Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Ms. CamilleShulkinZientek

Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin Nancy and Bernard Dunkel Ms. Nancy Felton-Elkins and Larry Elkins Mr. & Mrs. Robert Geraghty Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Halasyamani/Davis Family Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Drs. Robert and Marsha Mrtek Ms. Susan Norvich

$15,000–$19,999

Lynn B. Singer

Larry and Donna Mayer

Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel

Sharon and Lee Oberlander

$35,000–$49,999 Kinder BowmanMorganC.Lingle Trust National Endowment for the Arts

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr.

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The James and Madeleine McMullan Family Foundation

Mr. Arne Olson

Shea

Ms. Marilyn Mccoy

The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.

$7,500–$11,499 Anonymous

Nancy A. Abshire Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans Jim and Ginger Meyer Ksenia A. and Peter Turula Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs

Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards Mrs. Enid Rieser

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass

Mr. & Mr. C. Daniel Simpson

Mr. CarlMs. ClarettaMehtaMeierandMaria Moore

Mrs. Diane W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. George Spindler Ms. Corinne Steede Laurence and Caryn Straus Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr. Barry and Winnifred Sullivan Mr. Jerome Taxy Mr. Peter Vale Robert J. Walker Ms. Joni Wall

Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez

Noteable Notes Music Academy/ Wheaton, IL Mrs. Janis Notz

Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig Ms. Marcia Schneider Gerald and Barbara Schultz Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Joan and George Segal Ms. Gail

The Buchanan Family Foundation Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund Sue and Jim Colletti Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Mary Winton Green Illinois Arts Council Agency

Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard Ms. Constance Rajala Ms. Ginevra R. Ralph

Jack and Barbara Simon

Negaunee Music Institute at the Symphony OrchestraChicago

The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Mr. Philip Lumpkin Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt Lisa and Paul Wiggin

ROLL OF DONORS

John Mugge

Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan Bettylu and Paul Saltzman

$20,000–$24,999

Jerry and Carole Ringer Thomas Roberts and Teresa Grosch Mr. & Mrs. Richard Rosenberg

Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Judy and Scott McCue Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal † Polk Bros. Foundation Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation Shure Charitable Trust Michael and Linda Simon Mr. Irving Stenn, Jr.

Allstate Insurance Company The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation $75,000–$99,999 John Hart and Carol Prins Megan and Steve Shebik

Mr. TimothyMs. BarbaraMs. JeanSherryMrs. GabrielleRobertDr. &Dr. &Mr. PhilipMr. JonathonLaurieLeikLesserMrs. StuartLevinMrs. RobertLevy†andJoanLipsigLongandMelLopataLorenzenMalottMarshall

$150,000 AND ABOVE The Julian Family Foundation The Negaunee Foundation

Anonymous Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family CharlesPNC and M. R. Shapiro Foundation

Adele Mayer

$25,000–$34,999 Anonymous Abbott Fund Barker Welfare Foundation Crain-Maling Foundation

Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz Mr. Lawrence Belles Mr. Lawrence Corry Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan

Roxy and Richard † Pepper Kingsley Perkins †

Mother Richard McDonough Mr. Zarin

MaryMrs. PhyllisDr. LemuelMr. JamesSeidelSelsorShafferShafronandCharlesM.

Mr. Jeffrey Rappin Dr. & Mrs. Pradeep Rattan Dr. Hilda Richards

Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Smies

The Negaunee Music Institute connects individuals and communities to the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The following donors are gratefully acknowledged for making a gift in support of these educational and engagement programs. To make a gift or learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-294-3156.

$11,500–$14,999

$100,000–$149,999

$50,000–$74,999

Ms. Leah

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Perman Dr. Joe Piszczor

HONOR

Carolyn M. Short Margaret and Alan Silberman

$2,500–$3,499

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Margo and Michael Oberman Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation David and Judith L. Sensibar Margaret and Alan Silberman Mr. Larry Simpson

$3,500–$4,499

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Bible Elk Grove Graphics Charles and Carol Emmons Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of the Civic horn section Mrs. Roslyn K. Flegel Camillo and Arlene Ghiron Amber Halvorson James and Megan Hinchsliff Ms. Sharon Flynn Hollander Michael and Leigh Huston Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Moffat

Toyota Endowed Fund

CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIPS

Thirteen Civic members participate in the Civic Fellowship program, a rigorous artistic and professional development curriculum that sup plements their membership in the full orchestra. Major funding for this program is generously provided by

Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray Ann and Richard Carr Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation Italian Village Restaurants

Frank Family Fund Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund

D. Elizabeth Price

$1,000–$1,499 Anonymous (3) David and Suzanne Arch Jon W. and Diane Balke Mr. & Mrs. John Barnes Marjorie Benton Ann Blickensderfer Mr. Thomas Bookey Mr. James Mr. LeeMs. DanoldaMr. DonaldBorkmanBousemanBrennanM.BrownandMs. Pixie

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Morales Mrs. Mary Louise Morrison Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr. Mr. George Murphy Ms. Joan Pantsios Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Pauling II Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler

and Rama Kumanduri Mr. Nicholas Russell Gerald and Barbara Schultz

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott Jane A. Dr. SabineRichardShapiroSikesSobek

Anonymous (3) Cyrus H. Adams Memorial Youth Concert Fund

$1,500–$2,499 Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Richard J. Abram and Paul Chandler Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara

Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro Ms. Salme Steinberg Sharon IreneWilliamMs. ZitaMr. &Ms. JoanneMs. JoanneSwansonTaraziC.TremulisMs. TerrenceWalshWheelerZengZiayaandPaulChaitkin

Newman

Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho Dr. Nanajan Yakoub

Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel Dr. Ronald L. Hullinger Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino

Ms. Jeanne Busch Robert and Darden Carr Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr Mr. Rowland Chang Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes Mr. & Mrs. Bill Cottle In memory of Ira G. Woll Constance Cwiok Mr. Adam Davis Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dulski Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng Judith E. Feldman Ms. Lola Flamm David and Janet Fox Arthur L. Frank, M.D. Mr. Robert Frisch Peter Gallanis Mr. & Mrs. John Hales Dr. Robert A. Harris Dr. & Mrs. Jerome Hoeksema Mr. Matt Mr. RandolphJamesT. Kohler Mr. Steven Kukalis Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Levin Diane and William F. Lloyd Mr. † & Mrs. Gerald F. Loftus Sharon L. Manuel

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Quinlan & Fabish Susan ChristinaMaryDr. HildaRabeRichardsK.RingRomero

Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends Shebik Community Engagement Programs Fund

The Wallace Foundation Zell Family Foundation

$4,500–$7,499

Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker Ms. Paula Elliott Brooks and Wanza Grantier William B. DavidMr. ZarinMrs. GabrielleHinchliffLongMehta†andDolores

Mary Winton Green William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund for Community Engagement Richard A. Heise

Bob and Marian Kurz Dr. Herbert and Francine Lippitz Ms. Molly Martin Adele Mrs. FrankMayerMorrissey

Joseph Bartush John D. and Leslie Henner Burns

Robert E. † and Cynthia M. Sargent Carol S. Sonnenschein

Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust The Malott Family School Concerts Fund The Eloise W. Martin Endowed Fund in support of the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Negaunee Foundation

Nelson

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

Peter Paul Herbert Endowment Fund Julian Family Foundation Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Stan Jakopin Dr. June Dr. SchollKoizumiFoundation

ENDOWED FUNDS

Mr. CarrollMs. MarleneJones-AmreinBachBarnes

Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund TheCNADavee Foundation

Mr. DouglasMs. SandraAnonymousBassBragan

The Kapnick Family

Patricia A. Clickener

Edward and Gayla Nieminen Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen Ms. Cecelia Samans Mr. David Samson Ms. Denise Stauder Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust Abby and Glen Weisberg M.L. Winburn

Mr. & Ms. Keith Clayton Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation

Mr. † & Mrs. David Donovan

Mr. Lawrence Belles and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Sue and Jim Colletti

Dr.NancyAnonymousA.Abshire&Mrs.Bernard

The Julian Family Foundation Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett

The following donors have generously underwritten a stipend for a Civic musician(s). To learn more, please contact Dakota Williams, Associate Director, Education and Community Engagement Giving, at williamsd@cso.org or 312-2974-3156.

The David W. and Lucille G. Stotter Chair Ruth Miner Swislow Charitable Fund Lois and James Vrhel Endowment Fund

Lawrence Corry

Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Ms. Susan Norvich

Mary Louise Gorno Chair

Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr. Rhoda Lea Frank Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk Penny and John Freund Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat Merle Gordon Mary Louise Gorno Dr. & Mrs. David Granato Mary L. Gray Mary Winton Green Dr. Jon Brian Greis John and Patricia Hamilton John Hart and Carol Prins Mr. William P. Hauworth II Thomas and Linda Heagy Mr. R.H. Helmholz

Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr. Mitchell J. Brown Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark Patricia A. Clickener Judith and Stephen F. Condren Anita Crocus Mimi HarryDugingerandJean Eisenman Dr. Marilyn Mrs. WilliamEzriM. Flory

HONOR

ROLL OF DONORS

Mr. & Mrs. † Allan Drebin and The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation

League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Leslie Fund Inc.

Marcia M. StephanieHochbergandAllen Hochfelder Concordia Hoffmann Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes Frank and Helen Holt Mark and Elizabeth Hurley Frances and Phillip Huscher Ms. Darlene Johnson Ronald B. Johnson Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Judy Lori MarideeJulianQuanbeck Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan Howard Kaspin James Kemmerer Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Edwin and Karen Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka Robert B. Kyts Memorial Fund Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring Robert Alan Lewis Dr. Valerie Lober Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl Sheldon H. Marcus

contact Al Andreychuk, Director of Endowment Gifts and Planned Giving, at 312-294-3150.

Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs

James Edward McPherson Janet L. Dr. FrederickMelk K. Merkel Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor Craig and Rose Moore Mrs. Mario A. Munoz

Anonymous (9) Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse Lisa J. Adelstein Jeff and Keiko Alexander Evy Johansen Alsaker Robert A. Alsaker Geoffrey A. Anderson Louise E. Anderson Brett and Carey August Marlene Bach Dr. Jeff MikeMarthaDr. C.MarlysSallyMr. NealBaleBallJ.BeckerA.BeiderBekermanBellandDonna Bell Julie Ann Benson K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet Merrill and Judy Blau Ann Blickensderfer Danolda Brennan

Mr. Craig Sirles Betty W. Smykal Annette and Richard Steinke Mrs. Deborah Sterling

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat

John A. JoanneFranklinA.CeceliaSalkowskiSamansWm.SamuelSchmidtSilver

STRADIVARIAN ASSOCIATES

H. Adelson Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg Richard and Alice Godfrey Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Mary Winton Green Jane Redmond Haliday Chair

Phillip G. Lumpkin

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The George L. Shields Foundation

The Julian Family Foundation, which also sponsors the 2022–23 Civic Orchestra season.

Sandra and Earl J. Rusnak Jr. Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following individuals for generously creating a revocable bequest of $100,000 or more, or an irrevocable life-income trust or annuity of $50,000 or more, to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, as of August 2022.

David and Kathy Robin Jerry Rose Mr. James S. Rostenberg Richard O. Ryan

Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal †

Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their wills, trusts, and other estate plans, including life-income arrangements. The Society honors their generosity, which helps to ensure the long-term financial stability and artistic excellence of the CSOA. To learn more, please

Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund

Theodore Thomas Society

John H. Nelson Muriel Nerad Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer Diane MaryDr. JoanOsoskeE.PattersonT.†andDavidR. Pfleger Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn Judy Pomeranz Neil K. RandallQuinnandCara Rademaker Constance A Rajala Al and Lynn Reichle Ann and Bob † Reiland Wendy CharlesDr. EdwardReynesO.RileyandMarilynn Rivkin

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn

Mrs. Gloria B. Telander

Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong

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Mr. Christian Vinyard Craig and Bette Williams

John L. Ms. PhyllisMrs. DavidSylviaMr. &Mr. &RonMr. JerrySharonBeverlyDr. MarleneMr. &Dr. &Mr. RobertMichelleEdwardJosephCatherineBrowarBrubakerBucJ.BuckbeeMillerBurnsJ.CallahanMrs. JosephR.CarMrs. WilliamP.CarmichaelE.CasianoAnnandPeterConroyConwayJ.CritserandDoloresDalyMrs. JohnDanielsMrs. ClydeH.DawsonSamuelsDelmanA.DeMarDiamond

Donna FrancesFeldmanandHenry Fogel

Florence Winters

Allen J. Frantzen Nancy and Larry Fuller Dileep Gangolli Miss Elizabeth Gatz Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman Steve and Lauran Gilbreath Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III Mr. Joseph Glossberg Adele DouglasGoldsmithRossGortner Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray Delta A. Greene Mrs. Barbara Gundrum Lynne R. Haarlow Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley Mr. Tom Hall Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett Dr. Donald Heinrich William B. Mrs. WalterJackMr. ThomasHinchliffHochmanandColleenHolmbeckHorban

Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner

Mrs. LeRoy Klemt Sally Jo JohnEugeneLieselMs. BarbaraMrs. RussellKnowlesV.KohrKopsianE.KossmannKrausCandCarolAnderson

Ann S.

Kunze Thomas and Annelise Lawson Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey Ms. Nicole Lehman Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy Ms. Sally Lewis Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg Mr. Michael Licitra Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson Bonnie Glazier Lipe Candace Loftus Suzette and James Mahneke Ann Chassin Mallow Sharon L. Manuel Mrs. John J. Markham Judy and Scott McCue John LeoniMr. WilliamMcFerrinMcIntoshZverowMcVeyand

AdamDr. MalcolmMr. MilanFrankMikeMr. DonnMr. JamesJacquelineTierskyA.TillesM.TrappN.TrautmanandMaryValeanuVillellaVydarenyVyeR.WalkerandBettyAnn Mocek

Paula Turner

Valerie and Joseph Abel Louise Abrahams Patrick RichardAldenandElynne Aleskow

Mr. Richard L. Eastline

Dr. Robert G. Zadylak

Nancy Schroeder Ebert

Robert J. Elisberg

Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson Karen Hletko Tiersky

Mr. Frank Walschlager Louella Krueger Ward

Mr. &Dr. SusanCatherineStevenMs. JudithAlpertL.AndersonAndes,Ph.D.AranyiArjmandMrs. RandyBarba

Lu and Philip Engel Tarek and Ann Fadel

Mr. John Stokes Richard and Lois Stuckey Jeffrey and Linda Swoger Mr. John C. Telander

Myron

Karin and Alfred Tenny Richard and Helen Thomas Ms. Carla M. Thorpe

Mrs. William Dooley

Dr. Richard Tresley

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty Joan I. RobertBergerM.Berger

James B. Fadim

Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis

James and Mary Houston Mr. James Humphrey Merle L. JosephMs. JessicaJacobJagielnikandRebecca † Jarabak

Helen Zell

Richard Elledge Charles and Carol Emmons

Bill McVey

Leslie Farrell

Mr. Lewis D. Petry Judy C. Petty Karen and Dick Pigott Lois Polakoff D. Elizabeth Price

Jeanne Mrs. MiltonPaulSueCraigDr. VirginiaMrs. BenDonKarenMs. OksanaReedRevenko-JonesL.RigottiandSallyRobertsJ.RosenthalC.SaftSamuelsandWilliamSamuelsandKathleenSchaeferScheffler

Dr. Catherine L. Webb

Dorothe Melamed Marcia Melamed Dale and Susan Miller Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten Thomas R. Mullaney Daniel R. Murray Dolores D. Nelson Franklin Nussbaum Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr. Wallace and Sarah Oliver Lynn HelenOrschelandJoseph Page George R. Paterson Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein Elizabeth Anne Peters

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Mara Mills Barker

Mrs. Marian Johnson Ms. Janet Jones Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin Marshall Keltz Valerie Kennedy Paul Mr. &KeskeMrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr.

Stockdale

Dorothy V. Ramm

Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt David Shayne Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr. Anne Sibley Larry Simpson Thomas G. Sinkovic Rosalee Slepian Mary Soleiman Jim TimothyKarenDeniseJulieSpiegelStaglianoM.StauderSteilandKathleen

Shirley Baron

MEMBERS Anonymous (33)

Judy L. Allen

Donald Peck Mary

Bill Moor

Walter Reed

Daniel Reichard

J. Timothy Ritchie Dolores M. RixFanada Virginia H. Rogers

Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel

Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel Rita Simó and Tomás Bissonnette Allen R. Smart

Erhardt Schmidt

Paul LelandBarkerand Mary Bartholomew Arlene and Marshall Bennett

Murray

Richard Schieler

Ruth Ann Quinn

Bruce P. Olson

Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members and patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support.

Carol Rauner O’Donovan T. Paul B. O’Donovan Mary and Eric Oldberg

Kayla Anne Wilson

Robert A. Wilson Nora M. Winsberg

David G. Ostrow

Lisa and Paul Wiggin Linda and Payson S. Wild Joyce S. Wildman

Mohr

Naomi T. Borwell

Muriel BarbaraRobertSchnierowW.SchneiderandIrvingSeaman, Jr.

Nancy Seyfried

Richard Abrahams

Bob Reiland

ROLL OF DONORS

Charles A. Moore

S. Manning

Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure

Elizabeth M. Ashton

Karl Mr. ThomasJoanClaudeWechterM.WeilWeissWeyland

Hope A. Abelson

George Kennedy Esther G. Klatz Russell V. Kohr Karen EvelynKuehnerandArnold Kupec Rebecca Jarabak Ruth Lucie Labitzke Sadie ArthurCaressaLapinskyY.LauerE.Leckner, Jr.

William C. Lordan Tula Lunsford Iris JuneBellaArthurMaiterG.MalingMalisBettyandHerbert

Kathryn and Edward Miller

Elaine S. Frank Henry S. Frank Florence Ganja Martin and Francey Gecht Isak Mrs. WillardGerson Gidwitz Lyle ErnestAnnNancyDavidRichardWilliamMarvinGillmanGoldsmithB.GrahamGrayGreenGriffinB.GrimesA.Grunsfeld III

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

David H. Nelson

Kathleen W. Markiewicz

Anonymous (9)

Mary Jo Hertel Allen H. Howard Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr. Barbara Isserman Phyllis A. Jones James RobertaMorrisJaredStuartJosephJosephM.KacenaKaneKaplanA.KaplanKapoun

Helen C. McDougal, Jr. Lillian E. McLeod Eunice H. McGuire Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick Jack L. Melamed, M.D. Hugo J. PhillipSusanRichardMelvoinMenaulMessingerMigdal

Norma Zuzanek Bennett

Helen M. Nelson Sydelle Nelson John and Maynette Neundorf Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld Raymond and Eloise Niwa Joan Ruck Nopola

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Paul H. Resnik

Schiltz

Walter Chalmers Smith Peggy E. Smith-Skarry Karen A. Sorensen

Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel Vito Mrs. ZeldaStaglianoStar

Patricia ChristineLeeD. Letchinger

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf

Mr. MorrellShawA. Shoemaker

Howard Broecker

Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos

Kathryn LeotaMariettaMuellerMunnisAnnMeyer

RichardHerbertRobertLeslieShirleyJosephKelliDr. EdwardEstelleMarianEvelynWilliamDaisyRobertJamesAzileBarbaraChristopherAnitaNelsonCaldwellD.CorneliusJ.Court,Ph.D.L.CulpDeCosterDickF.DrennanL.Drinan,Jr.DrissA.DumbletonDybaEdelsteinEdlisElisbergGardnerEmeryR.EnderL.andRobertEttelsonFogelB.FordhamandBettyFormanFoster

Muriel

Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown George and Jacqueline Brumlik Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger

Micki

IN MEMORIAM

Jill N. BeverlyAnthonyBenElaineRohdeRosenJ.RosenthalRyersonandGrover

Kathryn Bowers

Wiley

AlfredSamuelDonaldMiriamCharlesPerlmutterJ.PollyeaPollyeaD.PowellPressandMaryann

Beth Wollar

Sheila Taaffe Reynolds Joan L. Richards

Judith and Dennis Bober

Norma Cadieu

Walter L. Marr III and Marilyn G. Marr Eloise VirginiaMartinHarvey McAnulty

Betty and Lester Guttman A. William Haarlow III

Jacqueline and Frank Ball

Putnam

BethGloriaMillerMinerAnnAlberding

Wayne Balmer

HONOR

CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret. Mrs. David J. Harris Polly AdolphMaryHeinrichMakoHelbert“Bud”andAvis Herseth

Christine Querfeld

In honor of the Carey and Brett August Young Pianists Fund Mr. George Ucko

Curtis D. Stensrud

In memory of Alfred Balandis Mr. Robert J. Callahan

In memory of Silvia Garber Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wendrow

Arnold and Ann Wolff

Ronald R. Zierer

In memory of Karl Timothy Weidmann Mary Strebel

In memory of Dale Clevenger Ms. Betty Henneman Mr. David Heyde and Ms. Angela Fuller

In memory of Caroll Seiser Laque Alison Small

In memory of Jerry J. Kaganove Anonymous

In memory of CSO cellist, Jonathan Pegis Lisa A. Rensberger

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Robert Sychowski

Max and Joyce Wildman

Dr. & Mrs. Cyril Abrahams

In memory of Helen A. Woodruff Ms. Diane Brown

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Swanson

Louise Benton Wagner

In honor of Shuko Akune Dr. Stephen Hashioka and Ms. Patricia Sugano

In memory of John R. Blair Anonymous

In memory of Ida O. Lessman Ms. Sylvia Lessman

Charles J. Starcevich

Robert AndrewSychowskiandPeggy Thomson

Michael Jay Walanka

In memory of Judy McDonnell Ms. Rosemary McDonnell

In memory of John N. Seaton Ms. Janet Neiman Reed

In memory of David Shuman Mr. & Mrs. Richard Weiland

C. Phillip Turner

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

In memory of Maestro Bernard Haitink Ms. Lutgart Calcote

In memory of Terri Sweig Marjorie Friedman Heyman

Sue BeatriceTice B. Tinsley

In memory of Mr. Guillermo Duran Perez Ms. Ana Luz Perez Duran

Tribute Program

In memory of Bernice Geraldine (Arunno) Jones Ms. Pamela Hill

In memory of Howard Zimmerman, with love Sandra and Hugh Sandra Silverberg

In memory of Jan Jentes Dr. Catherine L. Webb

Ted LoisRobertUtchenL.VolzandJames Vrhel

In memory of Josephine Baskin Minow Barbara Bluhm-Kaul Lisa Weiss

In memory of Philip Applebaum Ms. Lois Wolff

In memory of Al Schlachtmeyer Howard Newman

In memory of Dian Gabriel Mr. Jack Simpson

In honor of Jeff and Keiko Alexander Mr. Dean Solomon

In honor of Brett August’s 70th birthday Cathy Ms. BarbaraAndersonChevalier

In memory of Dr. Ted Blecher; you were one of the best friends a man can have.

In memory of Annie Louise Fuller Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin

† ItalicsDeceasedindicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of August 2022

In memory of Tenor Frank Little Lynne and Ron Wachowski

In memory of Robert O. Rosenman Mrs. Harriet Rosenman

Ruth Miner Swislow

Helmut and Irma Strauss

Joyce Hadley Williams

in memory of Baron Whateley

The Tribute Program provides an oppor tunity to celebrate milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and graduations. It also can serve as a way to honor the memory of friends and family. An Honor or Memorial Gift enables you to express your feelings in a truly distinctive and memorable way. Contributions may be any amount and are placed in the Orchestra’s Endowment Fund. For more information regarding this program, please call 312-294-3100. Listed below are Honor and Memorial Gifts of $100 or more received through August 2022.

In memory of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Kempski Ms. Kristin Lipkowski

In memory of Joe W. Turlow Joe S. Turlow

Franklin R. St. Lawrence

In memory of Kathleen and Joseph Madden Eileen Madden

In memory of Dr. Jerome Brosnan Ms. Gisela Brodine-Brosnan

Nancy L. TheBarbaraMarcoAnnLaurieJosephineWaldWallaceWallachDowWeinbergWeissHuthWestWhateleyTrust,

In memory of Carol Rucks Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rucks

In memory of Lynne and Ron Wachowsk Anonymous

J. Ross Thomson

HONOR GIFTS

In memory of Martin Tiersky Harriett and Myron Cholden

Rita A. Zralek

In memory of Marcia Petlin-Fowler Dr. Paul Lisnek John T. Saule Randi AyanaShimshakTomeka

MEMORIAL GIFTS

In honor of the ushering staff Mrs. Arthur A. Billings

Dr. Lynda Lane

In honor of Robert C. and Clara Montgomery Mr. R. Montgomery

In honor of Nancy Robinson Ms. Caroline McMorrow

In honor of Gene Pokorny Josue Jimenez Morales and Yin-Hsiu Chen

Mr. Eric Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Pan

In honor of Marcia Petlin-Fowler Philip Miller

In honor of Steve and Megan Shebik Mr. Robert Frisch

In honor of Frances (Hoppie) Penn Dr. David M. Asher Dr. Shirley Asher

In honor of Marion Cameron and Doug Gray Anonymous

In honor of Marilyn Fors’ 90th birthday Mr. Jerry Zitko

In honor of John Sharp

HONOR

In honor of Carlo Maria Giulini Mr. Douglas Mohn

In honor of Helen Chan’s 80th birthday! Mrs. Sau-Wei Lau

Ms. Karen Zupko

In honor of Charles Katzenmeyer American Endowment Foundation

In honor of Boodell, Trop, Daley, Daley, Deneve, Little, Gottschall, Herbert, Krishnamoorthi, Papas, Preckwinkle, Thomas, Van Horn, Watts, Wislow Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund

In honor of Jay Friedman Ms. Cheryl Flinn

In honor of Richard and Patricia Wier Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III

In honor of Kozue Funakoshi, our favorite CSO musician John and Marlene McLeod

In honor of Patty Weber and Susie Stein Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews

In honor of Todd Rosenberg Rail Splitter Capital Management LLC

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ROLL OF DONORS

Thomas H. Thorelli

In honor of Ann Wagener Mr. & Ms. Robert Savard

In honor of Jon Weber

In honor of the 95th birthday of Karl Eisenberg Roger † and Susan Stone Family Foundation

The Julian Family Foundation

In honor of Howard Kastel Dr. & Mrs. Jordan Topel

In honor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Latino Alliance Henry Johanet

In honor of Peter Principal LibrarianConover, Mr. John Thorne

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