Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has been based i
The Orchestra performs in Orchestra Hall at the Chicago Symphony Center
Theodore Thomas, founding father and first conductor of the orchestra
Milward Adams, first manager of the orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
Klaus Mäkelä
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Klaus Mäkelä is a Finnish conductor and cellist. He is the chief conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, and music director of the Orchestre de Paris. Mäkelä is also chief conductor-designate of the Royal
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…director is Riccardo Muti, whose tenure spanned the seasons from 2010 to 2023, and he continues to perform on occasion as director-emeritus. In 2024, Klaus Mäkelä was named music director-designate, with his first contractual season to begin in 2027. In 1890, Charles Norman Fay, a Chicago businessman, invited…
Klaus Mäkelä at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (2022)