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cibc.com/US this page, clockwise from top left: On January 19, Riccardo Muti shares a smile with the Orchestra during an open rehearsal to prepare for the tour. The stage technicians work diligently behind the scenes to ensure the safe and efficient transport of all the musicians’ cases, which carry everything from something as large as a harp to as small as a bow tie, from venue to venue. At intermission during the concert in Mesa, Arizona, Principal Bass Alexander Hanna takes a moment to reconnect with his first music teacher, Kay Moore. Muti and the CSO acknowledge cheers and applause from the concertgoers at Koerner Hall after the first of two concerts in Toronto on February 1. opposite page, clockwise from top left: Designed by César Pelli, the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa is one of the foremost cultural centers in Orange County, California. A quartet of CSO members, including So Young Bae, Karen Basrak, Matous Michal, and Simon Michal, perform at John A. Murdy Elementary School in nearby Garden Grove. Riccardo Muti provides autographs and encouragement to a young fan following the performance in Costa Mesa.

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Travelogue from the CSO’s Winter Tour

On January 21, Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra embarked on a seven-city, eight-concert North American tour. This marked their first tour together since before the start of the pandemic. Sold-out concert halls and eager listeners greeted Muti and the Orchestra at each location. In addition, the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO arranged multiple educational activities, allowing members of the Orchestra to work with young music students.

Muti conducted in his CSO debut at the Ravinia Festival in July 1973, all showcased the depth of their singular artistic partnership.

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“It is good to be able to have the CSO out once again in the world as an important cultural ambassador for the city of Chicago and to witness the extremely positive impact on the communities in which it performs,” said Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association President Jeff Alexander.

Tour

The CSO’s sixty-third international tour included debuts in three cities—Mesa, Arizona; Stanford, California; and Stillwater, Oklahoma— in addition to returns to Costa Mesa and Santa Barbara, California, and Iowa City. The tour culminated with two concerts at Toronto’s Koerner Hall, representing the Orchestra’s first appearances in Chicago’s sister city since 1914.

Muti carefully designed programs to showcase the Orchestra’s talents. Beethoven’s Seventh and Eighth symphonies and Coriolan Overture, Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake, and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition, which

“Inspirational music at its best. You couldn’t help but smile as the Chicago Symphony took on Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition and made it soar.”

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“Deep and moving musicality”

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“Lending added poignancy to the evening, and this season, is the matter of the maestro. Riccardo Muti, an eminent and energizing presence on the podium, . . . seemed to lack no intensity or subtlety at the helm, moving lithely and presiding with a wise hand over—and with—the musicians. His legend becomes him.”

—CLASSICAL VOICE, LA clockwise from top: Riccardo Muti acknowledges violinist Simon Michal as the CSO receives enthusiastic applause at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Organized by the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute, members of the CSO brass section, including CSO Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán (seen here), lead master classes with students at Oklahoma State University. The CSO receives an ovation at the conclusion of its concert at Hancher Auditorium on the University of Iowa campus. On the observation deck of Toronto’s CN Tower, CSO musicians (from left, Susan Synnestvedt, Melanie Kupchynsky, and Yuan-Qing Yu, joined by her mother, Yiwen Mi) document the dramatic views of the city below. Muti speaks with musicians from the Glenn Gould School Orchestra at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto after leading them in a rehearsal of music by Beethoven and Giordano.