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
Pierre Monteux
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Pierre Benjamin Monteux was a French conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 190
Monteux during his conductorship of Les Ballets Russes, c. 1912
The building which housed the Paris Conservatoire in Monteux's student days (21st century photograph)
Monteux as viola player in quartets (2nd from right), with Johannes Wolff, Joseph Hollmann and André Dulaurons, and with Gustave Lyon (Administrateur Délégué of Pleyel) at the rear and Edvard Grieg in front, Salle Pleyel, April 1903.
Saint-Saëns at the keyboard, with Monteux (right) on the rostrum, 1913