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CSO Proof

A new way to experience the CSO. Artists and audience share the same space on the stage of Music Hall in shorter, intermission-less performances that are casual, intimate and boundary-breaking. Each concert is a fresh collaboration with artists working across genres, featuring elements of theatre, lighting and dance. Leave your expectations at the door. We are all newcomers at CSO Proof.

Tickets are $35, all fees included.

CSO PROOF: SURREALIST EL TROPICAL

Wed Apr 22, 2020 | 7:30 pm

Rosie Herrera, curator and choreographer

Clyde Scott, video designer

Luke Kritzeck, lighting designer
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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

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CSO PROOF: Delorean Days

Wed Jan 13, 2021 | 7:30 pm

Members of the CSO
William Britelle, composition and creation
Kate Nordstrum, creative producer
Andrea Hyde, art direction

 

Grounded in retro-futurism of ‘80s culture, we peer into our collective lost future. Learn more.

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CSO PROOF: DEPARTURE-TRANSITION-ABSCHIED

Wed Mar 3, 2021 | 7:30 pm

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Pintscher, conductor and curator (CSO Creative Partner)
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

 

Take a detour through the unconscious to explore the unknown and unexperienced. Learn more.

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CSO Proof: The Right to Be Forgotten

Fri Apr 30, 2021 | 7:30 pm

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Teddy Abrams, conductor

 

Do you remember your brain before the internet? Learn more.

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Past Performances

Headshot for composer and pianist Timo Andres

CSO PROOF: AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE

SEP 20-21, 2019

 

André de Ridder conductor
Timo Andres composer, pianist
Dance Heginbotham, John Heginbotham choreographer
Inbal Segev cello
Cincinnati Sacred Harp Singers
Luke Kritzeck lighting designer
Clyde Scott video designer

 

TRADITIONAL: Weeping Mary
Cincinnati Sacred Harp Singers

ROBIN HOLCOMB: Wherein Lies the Good
Timo Andres, piano

TANIA LEÓN: Indigena

TRADITIONAL: North Port
Cincinnati Sacred Harp Singers

CHARLES IVES: Four Ragtime Dances
Dance Heginbotham
Timo Andres, piano

TRADITIONAL: Northfield
Cincinnati Sacred Harp Singers

TIMO ANDRES: Upstate Obscura
Inbal Segev, cello

TRADITIONAL: Parting Friends
Cincinnati Sacred Harp Singers

 

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A group of vogue performers dances for a film

CSO PROOF: SINGULIS ET SIMUL

JAN 29, 2020

 

Frédéric Nauczyciel director
Keitaro Harada conductor
Michael Unger harpsichord
Abdu Ali voice
Lex Nycole production assistant

Sylvain Cartigny music consultant
Kinera Revlon, Jason Tompkins, Lisa Revlon, Down to Mars Vintage, costumes
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Contemporary Arts Center co-producer
Studio House of HMU (Paris/Baltimore/Cincinnati): Diva Ivy Balenciaga, Dale Blackheart, Blaise Cardon Mienville, Frédéric Nauczyciel, Kory Blacksjuan Revlon, Marquis Revlon, Vinii Revlon, Riya West, Ian Forsgren, Holy Price, Savannah "Think$Avy" Sexton, Dayshawn Benton, Apria Celine, Brandyn Majur Lambert, Jayy Rogers, Jaylah Dorn
The Dancing Belles

 

LUIGI BOCCHERINI: "Campanello and Tamburo" from String Quintet in C Major
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Menuet from Platée
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Orage from Platée
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Egyptian
JEAN DE CAMBEFORT: Overture du Ballet from Ballet Royal de la Nuit
DOMENICO SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Minor
LUIGI BOCCHERINI: "Il Rosario" from String Quintet in C Major
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Movement I, Adagio e spiccato, from Concerto for Two Violins and Cello in G Major
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Movement II, Allegro, from Concerto for Two Violins and Cello in G Minor

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