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ex Nathan Cole, Richard Lottridge, Fred Spector, Robert La Marchina, David Greenbaum, Bruce Grainger, Joseph Golan, William Faldner, Leonard Chausow, Edward Druzinsky, Jerry Sabransky, Theodore Silavin, Philip Blum, William Schoen, Joseph Sciacchitano, Samuel Magad, Larry Combs, Franklyn D’Antonio, Dale Clevenger, Karl Fruh, Harold D. Klatz, Herman Clebanoff, Akiko Tarumoto, Theodore Ratzer, Gail Williams, Samuel Thaviu, George Palermo, Tim Cobb, Wayne Barrington, Laura Hamilton, Thomas Howell, Ray Still, Janos Starker, Frank Kaderabek, Adolph Herseth, Samuel Feinzimer, Edgar Muenzer, Richard Ferrin, Charles Pikler, Frank Fiatarone, Adrian Da Prato, Robert Swan, Richard Oldberg, Sidney Harth, Mary Sauer, Roberta Freier, Victor Aitay, Mitchell Lurie, Craig Morris, Eugene Izotov, Alfred Wallenstein, Julius Baker, Jerry Grossman, Frederick Stock, Harold Siegel, Sherman Walt, Fox Fehling, Karen Dirks, Lee Lane, Frank Miller, Jorja Fleezanis, Laurence Thorstenberg, Paul Phillips, John Swallow, Oscar Chausow, Jonathan Pegis, Carl Racine, Norman Schweikert, Edwin Barker, Joseph Stepansky, John Weicher, George Schick, Allan Graham, Irwin Fischer, Edward Metzenger, Thomas Glenecke, Lionel Sayers, Clark Brody, Jennie Wagner, George Vosburgh, Francis Akos, Milan Yancich, Edmund Schuëcker, Tom Hall, Irving Ilmer, Leonard Sorkin, George Sopkin, Jacques Israelievitch, Floyd Cooley, Arthur Krehbiel, Frank Brouk, Joseph Guastafeste, Joseph Di Bello, Charles Geyer, Charlie Schuchat, Alfred Frankenstein, Leonard Sharrow, Sheppard Lehnhoff, Nisanne Howell, David Filerman, Har The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. For chorus credit use
Chicago Symphony Chorus.
It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the Big Five. Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival. The music director is
Riccardo Muti, who began his tenure in 2010.
Music DirectorsTheodore Thomas 1891–1905
Frederick Stock 1905–42
Désiré Defauw 1943–47
Artur Rodzinski 1947–48
Rafael Kubelik 1950–53
Fritz Reiner 1953–63
Jean Martinon 1963–68
Irwin Hoffman 1968–69
Georg Solti 1969–91
Daniel Barenboim 1991–2006
Bernard Haitink 2006–10
Riccardo Muti – since 2010
Principal Guest ConductorsCarlo Maria Giulini (1969–72)
Claudio Abbado (1982–85)
Georg Solti (1991–97) – Music Director Laureate
Pierre Boulez (1995–2006)
Composers-in-ResidenceJohn Corigliano 1987–90
Shulamit Ran 1990–97
Augusta Read Thomas 1997–2006
Osvaldo Golijov 2006–10
Mark-Anthony Turnage 2006–10
Anna Clyne 2010–15
Mason Bates 2010–15
Samuel Adams – since 2015
Elizabeth Ogonek – since 2015