19/20 CSO Full Season

Louis Langrée, conductor
Katia & Marielle Labèque, pianos

Richard Strauss’ last orchestral odyssey leads us to the summit of experience and music from Cincinnati native Bryce Dessner takes us home. Learn more.

Eun Sun Kim, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

• The "undisputed queen of violin-playing" (The Times, London) joins the CSO to play Beethoven’s beloved Violin Concerto as we celebrate the composer's 250th birthday. Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor
Guy Braunstein, violin, artist-in-residence

Ravel's Bolero and the birth of a new symphony by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Christopher Rouse. Learn more.

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano

Dvořák muses on styles from America, blending Old and New Worlds. Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

Gil Shaham plays Tchaikovsky’s remarkable Violin Concerto and Stravinsky pulls the strings on Petrouchka. Learn more.

Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Louis Schwizgebel, piano

The CSO follows the thread of great African American composers. Learn more.

Timo Andres, curator, composer and pianist

Andre de Ridder, conductor

John Heginbotham, choreographer

Inbal Segev, cellist

We hold up a mirror to ourselves and explore American musical identity. Learn more.

James Conlon, conductor
Lise de la Salle, piano

May Festival Music Director Laureate James Conlon leads a lavishly expressive program this Thanksgiving weekend. Learn more.

Paolo Bortolameolli, conductor
Miah Persson, soprano
May Festival Chorus

A fallen angel makes three sacred attempts at the gates of heaven. Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Behzod Abduraimov, piano

The most beloved soprano of our time, Renée Fleming, brings her incredible artistry to the CSO with two different programs across two evenings. Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor
Aaron Diehl, piano
Vadym Kholodenko, piano

Tal Rosner, video artist

May Festival Chorus

Celebrate with us as the CSO ignites spark of creativity. George Gershwin takes the stage and Music Hall gets loud with color. Learn more.

Simone Young, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello

Encounter Schubert’s once-lost masterpiece, a cornerstone of orchestral music. Learn more.

Frédéric Nauczyciel, curator

Keitaro Harada, conductor

House of HMU

Baroque music meets vogue ballroom culture. "Be oneself, together." Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
In collaboration with CCM

Louis Langrée conducts Ravel’s fantastical story—a fully staged production that blooms with illustrated animations and imagination, starring Isabel Leonard in her Grammy-winning role as "the child." Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
May Festival Chorus

Dorothea Röschmann, soprano

Louis Langrée leads the CSO in a recreation of Beethoven’s legendary 1808 Akademie concert, a once-in-a-lifetime Beethoven experience. Learn more.

John Morris Russell, conductor
CSO Classical Roots Community Choir

We come together to celebrate the rich and diverse African American musical experience. This is what joy and inspiration sound like!

Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Thomas Dunford, lute
Joélle Harvey, soprano

Revel in music by Handel and Vivaldi in a program of Italian-inspired Baroque music. Learn more.

Peter Oundjian, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

Hear a piano legend, Emanuel Ax, interpret the music of Mozart. Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor
Sō Percussion

Musical futurists Sō Percussion return and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 follows the mystery of creation. Learn more.

Xian Zhang, conductor
Sergio Tiempo, piano

Rachmaninoff’s immensely popular Rhapsody pairs with Prokofiev’s heroic Fifth Symphony. Learn more.

Rosie Herrera, curator and choreographer

Clyde Scott, video designer

Luke Kritzeck, lighting designer

Fellini stumbles down an alley in old Havana, and music washes over him like a primordial soup of neon and tropical heat. Learn more.

Guy Braunstein, conductor, violin, artist-in-residence

Artist-in-residence Guy Braunstein both conducts and performs as violin soloist in a program that pulls music from thin air. Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor
Philippe Bernold, flute
Emmanual Ceysson, harp

Outsiders Mozart and Gluck imbibe and reinvent the music of France. Learn more.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano
Women of the May Festival Chorus
Cincinnati Boychoir

Mahler puts his ears to the world and hears a symphony as big as dreams. Learn more.