Grammy and Oscar-winning composer and musical icon Stephen Schwartz joins conductor John Morris Russell and the Pops.

The 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was perhaps the most famous opening-night scandal in history.

The Competition aims to get more African American artists on concert stages, to commission new works, and to add more African American pianistic voices to the classical canon.

The CSO performs music of American composers representing a variety of perspectives.

Join Pops Principal Guest Conductor Damon Gupton and the Cincinnati Pops for a symphonic celebration of Disney music, animation, and memories — 100 years in the making!

Fantasy kingdoms, scandalous love affairs, dwarfs, giants, and powerful music. Game of Thrones? Tolkien? Actually, before those came the Ring cycle, Wagner’s master achievement in his quest to create an all-encompassing theatrical experience.

"To be or not to be….” French composer Ambroise Thomas’ grand opera is a musical setting of Shakespeare’s tragic story of the melancholic Prince Hamlet, his murderous uncle, ghostly father,and lover driven to madness.

Dalia Stasevska returns to lead a Thanksgiving weekend program that calls us home, with music drawn from the American heartland.

Two extremes of orchestral scale combine for a showcase of the CSO that’s both intimate and expansive.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year with JMR, the Pops and Cincinnati’s beloved Holiday tradition!

Sir Donald Runnicles, celebrated for his interpretations of Romantic symphonic repertoire, leads an all-Brahms program, joining forces with powerhouse pianist Daniil Trifonov.

A transformative exploration of life, death, legacy, struggle and triumph, Notorious B.I.G. x Tupac x Mahler fuses the groundbreaking music of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur with Mahler’s Second Symphony, Resurrection.

Chicago’s electrifying tale of greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and yes, murder, is the longest running American musical in Broadway history and has now been reimagined for the concert hall!

Conductor Kevin John Edusei leads a program that invites you to explore the concept of harmony and its many forms.

Dame Jane Glover is widely regarded as a preeminent conductor of Mozart’s music.

Grammy-winning conductor Cristian Măcelaru joins the CSO for music of two Slavic luminaries.

With prayerful music for both the living and the dead, the source of comfort in Brahms’ German Requiem is as much human as it is the divine.

As the flowers of spring begin to blossom, CSO Creative Partner Matthias Pintscher conducts the Orchestra in works capturing the feeling of life beginning anew.

Love the classic sounds of Frankie Valli, The Drifters, The Del Vikings? Join conductor John Morris Russell and the Pops for The Doo Wop Project.

Stories of glory, chivalry and adventure abound as conductor Sir Mark Elder joins the CSO.

Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 pits the everlasting spirit of life against the horror of World War I with dramatic music leading to, what else, but a battle between two timpani!

Conductor John Morris Russell and the Pops present Peter Boyer’s poignant Ellis Island: The Dream of America, celebrating the historic American immigrant experience and the American dream.

Grammy-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich performs Brahms' Violin Concerto alongside a co-commission from former CSO Composer-in-Residence Jonathan Bailey Holland.

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 is filled with optimistic and lyrical music, leading to a finale of fanfares and dances.

If Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is known as a musical embodiment of fate, his Seventh carries the spirit of freedom and liberation, with catchy, dance-like melodies woven throughout.

In his final program as Music Director, Louis Langrée and the CSO share the stage one more time for a performance that will pay tribute to highlights of their time together over the past 11 years.