Posted inCarnegie Hall Chicago Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Kavakos, Leonidas Muti, Riccardo Riccardo Muti Takes a Victory Lap With the Chicago Symphony The orchestra’s former conductor — now its music director emeritus for life — opened Carnegie Hall’s season with a two-night engagement. Posted by By Oussama Zahr
Posted inBarrett, Natasha (Composer) Beats Electronics Chicago Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Montgomery, Jessie (1981- ) Muti, Riccardo Salonen, Esa-Pekka San Francisco Symphony Sennheiser Shed (Manhattan, NY) Stockhausen, Karlheinz What Spatial Audio Can and Cannot Do for Classical Music Immersive audio formats, while newer for pop, have been used by composers for decades. But not all works call for spatial treatment. Posted by By Seth Colter Walls
Posted inChicago Symphony Orchestra Classical Music Music Muti, Riccardo For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago The eminent maestro is ending an acclaimed 13-year run at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. But with his successor not yet named, he’s sticking around. Posted by By Zachary Woolfe