Thank you for joining us at Symphony Center for some of the most anticipated concerts of the season.
This spring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra celebrates its legacy as a revered interpreter of the music of Gustav Mahler. As a testament, it is the only North American orchestra invited to the Mahler Festival 2025 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where it performs Mahler’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies under the baton of guest conductor Jaap van Zweden followed by additional concerts in Hamburg, Dresden, Prague, and Wrocław. Prior to the European tour, van Zweden leads Mahler’s Symphony no. 7 (April 17–19) and Symphony no. 6 (May 8–9) at Symphony Center. Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Uniting Voices Chicago, and contralto Wiebke Lehmkuhl in Mahler’s Third Symphony (April 24–26). Mäkelä also conducts Boulez’s Initiale, Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, and Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto, featuring CSO Artist-in-Residence Daniil Trifonov as soloist (May 1–4).
In addition, guest conductors Harry Bicket, Karina Canellakis, James Gaffigan, and Sir Mark Elder join the CSO. This spring also includes special performances with Broadway star Heather Headley and rock star Ben Folds, as well as a highly anticipated collaboration with the Joffrey Ballet featuring the world premiere of two choreographed works.
The 2024–25 season concludes with two weeks of performances conducted by Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti, who most recently led the Orchestra on an American tour in January marking their twentieth tour together. Their first program includes Haydn’s Symphony no. 48 (Maria Theresa) and Schubert’s Symphony no. 4 (Tragic), as well as Esteban Batallán, the CSO’s principal trumpet since 2019, performing concertos by Telemann and Michael Haydn. Muti concludes the season with four performances of Verdi’s Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and distinguished soloists.
Details of the upcoming 2025–26 season have been announced, and we encourage you to visit cso.org or the box office to view all the season has to offer and to take full advantage of subscription packages and rewards.
We look forward to having you with us to enjoy the remainder of this season and the next.
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Jeff Alexander President Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OFFICERS
Mary Louise Gorno Chair
Chester A. Gougis Vice Chair
Steven Shebik Vice Chair
Helen Zell Vice Chair
Renée Metcalf Treasurer
Jeff Alexander President
Kristine Stassen Secretary of the Board
Stacie M. Frank Assistant Treasurer
Dale Hedding Vice President for Development
TRUSTEES
John Aalbregtse
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Keith S. Crow
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James B. Fadim
Judith E. Feldman*
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Jennifer Amler Goldstein
Mary Louise Gorno
Graham C. Grady
John Holmes
Lori Julian
Neil T. Kawashima
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Thomas G. Kilroy
Randall S. Kroszner
Patty Lane
Jason M. Laurie
Susan C. Levy
Ling Z. Markovitz
Renée Metcalf
Britt M. Miller
Sharon Mitchell*
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Steven Shebik
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Tracy A. Stanciel*
Dr. Eugene Stark
Daniel E. Sullivan, Jr.
Scott Swanson
Nasrin Thierer
Liisa Thomas
Christopher D. Tower
Frederick H. Waddell
Paul S. Watford
Craig R. Williams
Leah Williams*
Robert Wislow
Helen Zell
Gifford R. Zimmerman
LIFE TRUSTEES
William Adams IV
Mrs. Robert A. Beatty
Arnold M. Berlin
Laurence O. Booth
William G. Brown
Dean L. Buntrock
Bruce E. Clinton
Richard Colburn
Richard H. Cooper
Anthony T. Dean
Debora de Hoyos
John A. Edwardson
Thomas J. Eyerman
David W. Fox, Sr.
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Mrs. Robert W. Galvin
Paul C. Gignilliat
* Ex-officio Trustee † Deceased List as of March 2025
Joseph B. Glossberg
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William A. Goldstein
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Chester A. Gougis
Mary Winton Green
Dietrich Gross †
David P. Hackett
Joan W. Harris
John H. Hart
Thomas C. Heagy
Jay L. Henderson
William R. Jentes
Paul R. Judy †
Richard B. Kapnick
Donald G. Kempf, Jr.
Mrs. John C. Kern
Robert Kohl
Josef Lakonishok
Charles Ashby Lewis
Eva F. Lichtenberg
John S. Lillard †
John F. Manley
R. Eden Martin
Arthur C. Martinez
Judith W. McCue
Lester H. McKeever
David E. McNeel
William A. Osborn
Mrs. Albert Pawlick
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
John M. Pratt
Dr. Irwin Press
John W. Rogers, Jr.
Jerry Rose
Frank A. Rossi
Earl J. Rusnak, Jr. †
John R. Schmidt
Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Robert C. Spoerri
Carl W. Stern
William H. Strong
Louis C. Sudler, Jr.
Richard L. Thomas
Richard P. Toft
Penny Van Horn
Paul R. Wiggin
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Mahler’s Symphonies and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
by Phillip Huscher and Frank Villella
Since 1907 the symphonies of Gustav Mahler have been a key component of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s repertoire, with notable performances—in Chicago, at the Ravinia Festival, in Carnegie Hall, and on tour throughout Asia and Europe—as well as on numerous award-winning recordings.
In the 1960s and ’70s, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra emerged as one of the world’s great Mahler orchestras, the wisdom of Mahler’s famous prediction, “My time will come,” was indisputable. During Mahler’s lifetime (1860–1911), the Orchestra played just one of his symphonies—the Fifth, which second music director Frederick Stock led on March 22 and 23, 1907, during the sixteenth season and little more than three years after the symphony’s premiere in Cologne, Germany. It was only the second of the Mahler symphonies to be played in the United States. Gradually, Stock continued to introduce Chicago to these unknown masterworks, adding the First Symphony in 1914, the Fourth in 1916, and one year later, the colossal Eighth, which he had wanted to program ever since he heard Mahler conduct the world premiere in Munich in 1910.
After Stock heard Mahler’s Seventh Symphony in Amsterdam in May 1920, at the inaugural Mahler Festival organized by the composer’s great advocate, Willem Mengelberg,
Stock secured the U.S. premiere of the work for April 15, 1921, in Chicago—the only Mahler symphony that the Chicago orchestra introduced to this country. Still, despite Stock’s championship, no more Mahler symphonies were added to the Orchestra’s repertoire over the next three decades.
With the appointment of Rafael Kubelík as music director in 1950, Mahler’s music began to take hold in Chicago. In just three seasons, Kubelík led three of the symphonies and originally planned to close his second season with the Eighth. Although Kubelík had hoped to record the First Symphony, it was his successor, Fritz Reiner, who made the Orchestra’s first in a historic long line of Mahler recordings in 1958 with the Fourth Symphony, marking his own conversion to the composer’s music just as the Mahler craze was beginning to sweep the country. But the Orchestra had still never played the Third or Sixth symphonies—a half century after the composer’s death.
Gustav Mahler, photo by Moritz Nähr (1859–1945), 1907
For London Records in May 1980, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (prepared by Margaret Hillis) recorded Mahler’s Second Symphony in Medinah Temple under the baton of eighth music director Sir Georg Solti. The subsequent release won Grammy awards for Best Classical Album and Best Classical Orchestral Recording.
In his first concerts as the Orchestra’s principal conductor, Bernard Haitink led the Third Symphony in October 2006, featuring Michelle DeYoung, the Chicago Symphony Chorus (prepared by Duain Wolfe), and the Chicago Children’s Choir (prepared by Josephine Lee). Recorded live, the symphony served as the inaugural release on the CSO Resound label.
The Fourth was the first of the composer’s symphonies to be recorded by the CSO, with sixth music director Fritz Reiner conducting and Lisa Della Casa as soloist in December 1958 for RCA.
When the CSO performed the Fifth Symphony in Carnegie Hall on January 9, 1970, Georg Solti—in his first season as eighth music director—was called back to the stage for twelve curtain calls. His well-marked score is housed in the Rosenthal Archives.
Only with the arrival of Georg Solti in 1969 did all of Mahler’s symphonies at last become part of the Orchestra’s regularly performed repertoire. Solti revived Symphony no. 5, which the Orchestra had only played once since its Chicago premiere in 1907; he programmed Symphony no. 7 for the first time in thirty-seven years; and
he led the Orchestra’s first performances of the Eighth since Stock introduced it fifty-four years earlier. It would take Solti more than a decade to work his way through the nine symphonies, and he would be the only music director in Chicago to perform and record the complete cycle, a set that was highly acclaimed and lavished with prizes.
After hearing the Seventh Symphony at the first Mahler Festival in Amsterdam in May 1920, second music director Frederick Stock obtained a copy of the score in Paris and led the CSO in the U.S. premiere on April 15, 1921.
In April 1917 at the Auditorium Theatre, second music director Frederick Stock led the Chicago Symphony, eight vocal soloists, and a chorus of over 800 in the Orchestra’s first performances of the Eighth Symphony, nicknamed the Symphony of a Thousand.
In the years after Solti was succeeded as music director, first by Daniel Barenboim, and then by Riccardo Muti, their performances of Mahler’s music were now viewed as part of the Orchestra’s regular catalog rather than the exception, and the challenges to convert the public to the brilliance and power of these nine symphonies—and to demonstrate the Chicago orchestra’s particular affinity with them—were long past.
This spring, the Orchestra takes Mahler’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies, under Jaap
In 2025 Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the Orchestra and Chorus in Mahler’s Third Symphony in Orchestra Hall. The Orchestra also performs Mahler’s Sixth and Seventh symphonies in Chicago and on tour to Europe, including appearances—as the only U.S. orchestra—at the third Mahler Festival in Amsterdam at the Concertgebouw, all under the baton of Jaap van Zweden.
van Zweden, to the third Mahler Festival in Amsterdam—revisiting the place Stock first heard the Seventh Symphony—as part of its European tour, and Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the Orchestra and Chorus in Mahler’s Third Symphony in Orchestra Hall. Mahler’s time is now.
Phillip Huscher is the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Frank Villella is the director of the Rosenthal Archives.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has recorded Mahler’s Ninth Symphony on three occasions—under Carlo Maria Giulini in April 1976, Sir Georg Solti in May 1982, and Pierre Boulez in December 1995—and each release was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance.
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Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti
Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful for the generous support of our major corporate sponsors.
EXECUTIVE SPOTLIGHT
CHRISTOPHER A. O’HERLIHY, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ITW
ITW is proud to support the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its long tradition of excellence in providing extraordinary classical music performances for audiences here in Chicago and around the world.
tom wilson, chair, president, and chief executive officer
The Allstate Corporation
Allstate applauds the CSO for its commitment to enrich community and educational programs in our hometown of Chicago. We are a proud supporter of the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO, as we believe that good starts young.
scott c. swanson, president
PNC Bank Illinois
At PNC, we recognize the importance of the arts in contributing to a dynamic, vibrant, and successful community. We applaud the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s achievements as a cornerstone of our local arts community, and look forward to another exciting year of world-class performances.
MELISSA ROOT, PARTNER AND CHICAGO OFFICE
MANAGING PARTNER
Jenner & Block LLP
Jenner & Block is proud to share the CSO’s passion for creativity, innovation, and the pursuit of excellence. As a longtime CSO supporter, the firm looks forward to continuing to participate in the symphony’s rich tradition of musical excitement and unfolding artistry in Chicago and the many communities it touches in the United States and around the world.
robert b. ford, chairman and chief executive
officer Abbott
Abbott and Abbott Fund are proud to support the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the world’s best orchestras and a highlight of our city. We are honored to continue our long legacy of partnership to bring inspirational music to the world.
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Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown proudly supports the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, an essential connector of people through world-class music. As a dedicated partner, the firm is committed to enhancing the symphony’s legacy of captivating performances and cultural enrichment in Chicago and beyond. Together, we look forward to many more years of collaboration and memorable musical experiences.
Evgeny Kissin
Joyce
Zukerman
Negaunee Music Institute
The Negaunee Music Institute is the education and community engagement wing of the Chicago Symphony with a mission to connect people to the extraordinary musical resources of the Orchestra. Programming educates audiences, trains young musicians, and serves diverse communities, across the city and around the world.
Each season, the Negaunee Music Institute invests more than $5 MILLION in industry-leading programs that reach 200,000 PEOPLE across Chicago, around the world and online.
275+ CHICAGO AREA SCHOOLS
22 ,000 STUDENTS
attend CSO for Kids concerts at Symphony Center. Two-thirds of attendees come from Chicago Public Schools.
450 YOUNG MUSICIANS
receive intensive instrumental music training from world-renowned faculty over the course of 500 instructional hours.
90+ COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
collaborate with the NMI on social impact programming.
125 CONCERTS
75% OF WHICH ARE FREE
—the others for a nominal fee are presented at Symphony Center and in Chicago area neighborhoods.
30 MUSICIANS of the CSO serve as Civic Orchestra coaches.
ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOURTH SEASON
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KLAUS MÄKELÄ Zell Music Director Designate | RICCARDO MUTI Music Director Emeritus for Life
Thursday, June 19, 2025, at 7:30
Friday, June 20, 2025, at 7:30
Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 7:30
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 7:30
Riccardo Muti Conductor
Elena Guseva Soprano
Marianne Crebassa Mezzo-soprano
John Osborn Tenor
Maharram Huseynov Bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo Guest Director
VERDI Requiem Mass
Requiem and Kyrie
Dies irae
Dies irae
Tuba mirum
Mors stupebit
Liber scriptus
Quid sum miser
Rex tremendae
Recordare
Ingemisco
Confutatis
Lacrymosa
Offertorio: Domine Jesu Christe
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Lux aeterna
Libera me
There will be no intermission.
Bank of America is the Maestro Residency Presenter.
United Airlines is the Official Airline of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Leadership support is provided by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation in memory of Charles T. Angell. Major support is provided by Zell Family Foundation, the Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Fund for the Canon, the Nelson D. Cornelius Endowed Concert Fund, an anonymous donor, and the Patrons Circle for Verdi Requiem.
The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been made possible by a generous gift from The Grainger Foundation.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council. Newsradio 105.9 WBBM is a Media Partner for this event.
Leadership support for this program is provided by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation in memory of Charles T. Angell.
Major support is provided by Zell Family Foundation, the Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Fund for the Canon, the Nelson D. Cornelius Endowed Concert Fund, and an anonymous donor.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the Patrons Circle for Verdi Requiem for their generous support: Nancy A. Abshire, Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation, Merle L. Jacob, Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz, James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray †, Cathy and Bill Osborn, Betty W. Smykal, and the Sargent Family Foundation.
COMMENTS by Phillip Huscher
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Born October 10, 1813; Le Roncole, near Busseto, Italy
Died January 27, 1901; Milan, Italy
Requiem Mass
Verdi was a man of great spirituality. But, after his childhood—when he walked three miles to church every Sunday morning, sometimes barefoot, to his job as organist—he wasn’t a churchgoer. Later, when he was famous and wealthy, he would drive his wife Giuseppina to church, but wouldn’t go in with her. He was never an atheist—simply, as Giuseppina put it, “a very doubtful believer.” Like Brahms’s A German Requiem completed five years earlier, Verdi’s Requiem Mass is a deeply religious work written by a great skeptic.
When Hans von Bülow, whose acrid opinions on music have outlived his importance as a conductor, stole a look at the requiem score just days before the Milan premiere, he offered his famous snap judgment, “Verdi’s latest opera, though in ecclesiastical robes,” and decided to skip the concert. When he finally heard it, at a mediocre parish performance eighteen years later, he was moved to tears. Bülow wrote to Verdi to apologize, and Verdi replied, with typical generosity, that Bülow might have been right the first time. By then, after a fifty-year career in the public eye, Verdi had grown accustomed to critical disdain, especially from the followers of Richard Wagner. And he knew that Bülow, who once switched his allegiance from Wagner to Brahms, wasn’t the last listener who would change his mind about this music as well.
Verdi’s Requiem Mass has often provoked dissension. Brahms and Wagner, who shared little aside from their dislike for each other’s music, took predictably opposing views. “Only a genius could have written such a work,” Brahms wrote, angered by Bülow’s original verdict. Wagner attended a performance in Vienna in 1875 without comment; “It would be best to say nothing,” his wife Cosima explained, with customary tact. The prevailing Viennese response was enthusiastic—“into the torrid zone,” according to Verdi’s wife Giuseppina, but performances had been sparsely attended six months earlier in London, and Verdi skipped town in a foul mood. The Italian public, who revered Verdi as people today idolize movie stars and sports figures, couldn’t get enough of his newest work; Verdi’s publisher finally had to crack down on unauthorized
COMPOSED 1874
FIRST PERFORMANCE
May 22, 1874; Church of San Marco, Milan, Italy
INSTRUMENTATION
solo quartet, mixed chorus, and an orchestra consisting of 3 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 4 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets (with 4 additional trumpets offstage), 3 trombones, tuba (replacing the obsolete ophicleide), timpani, bass drum, strings
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
June 4, 1910; Northwestern University Gymnasium, Evanston. Jane Osborn-Hannah, Rose LutigerGannon, Evan Williams, and Allen Hinckley as soloists; North Shore Festival Chorus (Peter C. Lutkin, director); Peter C. Lutkin conducting
July 31, 1951, Ravinia Festival. Frances Yeend, Elena Nikolaidi, Jan Peerce, and Yi-Kwei Sze as soloists; Northwestern University Summer Chorus (George Howerton, director); William Steinberg conducting
February 14 and 15, 1952, Orchestra Hall. Zinka Milanov, Elena Nikolaidi, David Poleri, and Cesare Siepi as soloists; Combined Choral Organizations of Northwestern University (George Howerton, director); Bruno Walter conducting
MOST RECENT
CSO PERFORMANCES
July 8, 2006, Ravinia Festival. Christine Brewer, Stephanie Blythe, Frank Lopardo, and Vitalij Kowaljow as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); James Conlon conducting November 8, 9, and 10, 2018, Orchestra Hall. Vittoria Yeo, Daniela Barcellona, Piotr Beczała, and Dmitry Belosselskiy as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Riccardo Muti conducting
arrangements. Early in the twentieth century, Bernard Shaw, who had always admired Verdi’s music, suggested that none of Verdi’s operas would prove as enduring as the requiem.
Before the requiem, Verdi was known exclusively for his operas. The early success of Nabucco in 1842 made his name; the melody of its grand “Va, pensiero” chorus swept the nation. In the early 1850s, a great mid-career trio of operas—Rigoletto,
previous page: Giuseppe Verdi, photographed by Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, 1820–1910), ca. 1866 | th is page: Episode from the Life of Giuseppe Verdi: he conducts the Requiem Mass in the Church of San Marco in Milan. Engraving by Ambrogio Centenari (1845–1916) from the magazine Illustrazione Popolare. Published by Fratelli Treves, Milan, 1887 | opp osite page: Poet and author Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873), photographed by Giulio Rossi (1824–1884), 1868
January 13 and 14, 2020; Grosser Musikvereinsaal, Vienna, Austria. Krassimira Stoyanova, Daniela Barcellona, Francesco Meli, and Riccardo Zanellato as soloists; Wiener Singverein (Johannes Prinz, director); Riccardo Muti conducting
CSO RECORDINGS
1977. Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, and José van Dam as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Sir Georg Solti conducting. RCA
1993. Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier, Plácido Domingo, and Ferruccio Furlanetto as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director); Daniel Barenboim conducting. Erato
2009. Barbara Frittoli, Olga Borodina, Mario Zeffiri, and Ildar Abdrazakov as soloists; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe director); Riccardo Muti conducting. CSO Resound
1968. Martina Arroyo as soloist, Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director), Jean Martinon conducting.
CSO (From the Archives, vol. 22. Chicago Symphony Chorus: A Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration) (Sanctus and Libera me)
1989. Chicago Symphony Chorus (Margaret Hillis, director; Terry Edwards, guest chorus master), Sir Georg Solti conducting. London (Sanctus)
At these performances, Riccardo Muti uses the new critical edition of the Requiem Mass from The Works of Giuseppe Verdi edited by David Rosen and published jointly by the University of Chicago Press and Casa Ricordi (Philip Gossett, general editor).
Il trovatore, and La traviata—made Verdi the most popular composer in all Europe. After that, with a series of increasingly inventive stage works—including Simon Boccanegra, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, the revised Macbeth, Don Carlos, and Aida—Verdi continued to stretch his talents in new directions, testing the expressive possibilities of Italian opera. After the great success of Aida in 1871, Verdi seemed set on retirement; he spent his days growing wheat and corn, raising chickens, and puttering in the garden at Sant’Agata, his farmhouse south of Milan.
By then, however, part of a requiem mass was already written. The story begins in 1868, with the death of Rossini in Paris. Verdi suggested that the city of Bologna, where Rossini grew up and first tasted success, honor him with a composite requiem, commissioning separate movements from Italy’s leading composers. The idea was approved, the various movements assigned—diplomatically, Verdi was given the final Libera me—and the mass completed. But a performance never took place. (There were disputes, as there often are, over scheduling and money.)
At the time of Rossini’s death, Verdi called him “one of the glories of Italy,” asking, “When the other one who still lives is no more, what will we have left?” The other one was Alessandro Manzoni, a celebrated poet and author of the landmark nineteenth-century novel, I promessi sposi (The Betrothed); when he died, on May 22, 1873, Verdi returned to the idea of a requiem.
as much as he himself, Verdi never attempted a meeting. Even after his wife was introduced to Manzoni through a mutual friend, Verdi was satisfied with the autographed photograph she brought home, inscribed “to Giuseppe Verdi, a glory of Italy, from a decrepit Lombard writer.” Verdi hung the picture in his bedroom and sent Manzoni his photograph, writing across the bottom, “I esteem and admire you as much as one can esteem and admire anyone on this earth, both as man and a true honor of our country so continually troubled. You are a saint, Don Alessandro!” The two men didn’t meet until the spring of 1868, when Verdi visited Milan for the first time in twenty years. Verdi reported to the Countess Maffei, who arranged the meeting, “I would have knelt before him if it were possible to adore mortal men.”
Verdi didn’t attend Manzoni’s funeral, preferring instead to visit the grave “alone and unseen.” He proposed that “after further reflection and after taking stock of my strength,” he might “suggest a way of honoring his memory.” In fact, the very night of his visit to Manzoni’s grave, he wrote to Giulio Ricordi, head of the publishing house, of his intention to compose a requiem mass to be performed on the first anniversary of Manzoni’s death. (He offered to conduct himself and to assume the costs of copying the parts.)
Verdi first read I promessi sposi at sixteen; it remained his favorite novel throughout his life. Manzoni was a great national hero in Italy, a distinction poets in our time can scarcely imagine. To Verdi, Manzoni was a personal hero; he was both a great artist and a great humanitarian—a leader, like Verdi, in the Risorgimento, the movement for Italian independence and unification. Knowing that Manzoni treasured his privacy
Shortly before the premiere of Aida in Cairo in 1871, when the critic and composer Alberto Mazzucato reminded Verdi of the Libera me he had written for the Rossini Requiem, he dismissed the idea of setting the entire text: “There are so many, many, many requiem masses; there’s no point in adding one more.” But now, clearly, there was, and Verdi moved quickly. On June 25, Verdi and Giuseppina left for Paris, where he began work on the requiem. He continued writing at Sant’Agata in the fall and in Genoa that winter. On February 28 he wrote to Camille du Locle, his librettist for Don Carlos, “I feel as if
this page: Title page of the first edition of Verdi’s Requiem Mass, published by Ricordi, 1874 | o pposite page: A performance of Verdi’s Requiem at the Polo Grounds, New York City, 1916. The soloists, conducted by Louis Koemmenich (1866–1922), include (from left to right) tenor Giovanni Zenatello (1876–1949), Louise Homer (1871–1947) as soprano under the pseudonym Lucile Lawrence, mezzo-soprano Maria Gay (1876–1943), and bass Léon Rothier (1874–1951). Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
I’ve become a solid citizen and am no longer the public’s clown who, with a big bass drum, shouts ‘Come, come, step right up.’ ” The deadline, May 22, the first anniversary of Manzoni’s death, swiftly approached. Verdi handpicked his four soloists, including Teresa Stolz and Maria Waldmann, the original Aida and Amneris at La Scala in 1872. The work was finished on April 10; rehearsals began early in May.
Reading Manzoni’s obituary notices, Verdi noticed that “not one speaks the way it should. Many words, but none of them deeply felt.” Verdi was a man of few words and genuine expression. The requiem he composed to honor two men for whom he had the greatest admiration is a work of the most highly concentrated emotion. Seldom had he traversed the range of human feeling in so few pages. Music so direct and powerful was unexpected, and therefore disquieting, in a somber religious work; Bülow was only the
first to refer, patronizingly, to the theatricality of a work designed for the church.
The very beginning of this requiem might be mistaken for a moment from a Verdi opera—a dark cloister, a procession of mourners, a few strands of melody to set the scene. But the movement quickly grows and blossoms in ways unknown to the opera house; the chorus makes a fugue of “Te decet hymnus,” and then the music opens heavenward as the soloists enter one by one. It’s music of an almost unimaginable sweep and grandeur and would be out of place even in opera, except in a grand finale.
The Dies irae, the largest of the seven pieces in this requiem, has ten small sections, each one a vivid scene. In writing opera, Verdi had quickly learned to seek the parola scenica—the key word in each passage that would unlock his imagination. The “Dies irae” explodes with its sheer force and rage—the ffff thunderbolts of the bass drum are particularly alarming; Verdi increases
the drama by adding offstage trumpets in the “Tuba mirum.”
We next hear from various individuals, each a commentator, an observer, or an eyewitness— what is known today as human interest. At the end of the bass’s “Mors stupebit,” sung quietly and full of terror, his voice catches repeatedly on the word “death.” “Liber scriptus,” a powerful aria for mezzo-soprano, was written for the London premiere in 1875 to replace a choral fugue that marred Verdi’s sense of pace and drama, particularly since a brief outburst of the “Dies irae” music directly follows. “Quid sum miser” is a trio of lamentation. (A solo bassoon provides a haunting accompaniment.)
“Rex tremendae” is a dialogue between chorus and the four soloists, reaching some common ground only in the final measures. The prayer “Recordare” is the duet Verdi conceived with the voices of his favorite Aida and Amneris in mind, though here they don’t sing as adversaries (for a moment, at the words “Righteous judge of vengenance,” their voices join as one). Two arias follow—the tenor’s “Ingemisco” and the bass’s “Confutatis”—before the chorus again interjects the refrain of “Dies irae.” The lament “Lacrymosa” (based on a duet withdrawn from Don Carlos) brings together chorus and soloists in a magnificent, sobering conclusion to a movement that began with fire and fury. The final “Amen” momentarily lifts the music into full sunlight, but darkness quickly falls.
Domine Jesu Christe is scored for solo quartet, though Verdi saves the soprano solo for a breathtaking moment well into the movement, when the entire fate of the music hangs, seemingly forever, on her one sustained note. At “quam
olim Abrahae” the music gathers force (maintaining tradition, it behaves like a fugue); the central “Hostias” is quiet and utterly still.
Verdi’s Sanctus is a brilliant double fugue for split choirs, moving quickly and with great energy straight through the “Hosanna” and “Benedictus” texts that detain most composers. The Agnus Dei begins with thirteen measures for the soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists, unaccompanied, singing in octaves. The melody is a nineteenth-century version of plainchant—it’s diatonic, rather than modal—and it’s repeated, alternately by the two soloists and the chorus, to an increasingly rich accompaniment.
The soprano solo withdraws, leaving the three lower solo voices to the Lux aeterna, a trio of urgent drama and death-scene tremolos. The soprano now reenters, unaccompanied, declaiming the text of the Libera me. This powerful final scene, for soprano and chorus, is based on the music Verdi wrote for the Rossini Requiem in 1869. It could only have been composed by someone steeped in opera, yet it’s unlike anything else in Verdi’s output. The music moves freely from dramatic recitative to soaring arioso, reprising both the “Dies irae,” in all its concentrated terror, and the opening Requiem aeternam, here magically rescored for soprano and unaccompanied chorus. The last stretch, climaxed by the urgent pleas of the soprano, and finally dissolving into hushed and desperate prayer, is as compelling as anything Verdi ever put on the stage.
Phillip Huscher has been the program annotator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1987.
VERDI’S REQUIEM MASS
REQUIEM AND KYRIE
Chorus and Solo Quartet
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Te decet hymnus, Deus,
To you we owe our hymn of praise, O God, in Sion, in Zion; Et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem: to you must vows be fulfilled in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam, Hear my prayer; Ad te omnis caro veniet. to you all flesh must come.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine:
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, Et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy on us. Christe eleison. Christ, have mercy on us.
Kyrie eleison. Lord, have mercy on us.
DIES IRAE
Dies irae
Chorus
Dies irae, dies illa, Day of wrath, day of anger, Solvet saeclum in favilla, when the whole world will dissolve in ashes, Teste David cum Sibylla. as foretold by David and the Sybil.
Quantus tremor est futurus,
There will be great trembling Quando Judex est venturus, when the judge descends from heaven Cuncta stricte discussurus! to scrutinize all things!
Tuba mirum
Chorus
Tuba mirum spargens sonum
The trumpet will send its wondrous sound Per sepulcra regionum, into the earth’s sepulchres Coget omnes ante thronum. and gather all before the throne.
Mors stupebit
Bass
Mors stupebit et natura, Death and nature will be astounded Cum resurget creatura, when all creation rises again Judicanti responsura. to answer to judgement.
Liber scriptus proferetur,
Liber scriptus
Mezzo-soprano and Chorus
A book will be brought forth, In quo totum continetur, in which all is written, Unde mundus judicetur. by which the world will be judged.
Judex ergo cum sedebit, When the judge takes his place, Quidquid latet, apparebit, what is hidden will be revealed; Nil inultum remanebit. nothing will remain unavenged.
Dies irae, dies illa,
Day of wrath, day of anger, Solvet saeclum in favilla, when the world will dissolve in ashes, Teste David cum Sibylla. as foretold by David and the Sybil.
Quid sum miser
Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, and Tenor
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
What shall a wretch like me say? Quem patronum rogaturus? Who shall intercede for me, Cum vix justus sit securus? when even the just ones need mercy?
Rex tremendae
Chorus and Solo Quartet
Rex tremendae majestatis,
King of tremendous majesty, Qui salvandos salvas gratis, who freely saves the worthy ones, Salva me, fons pietatis. save me, source of mercy.
Recordare
Soprano and Mezzo-soprano
Recordare, Jesu pie,
Recall, sweet Jesus, Quod sum causa tuae viae: that my salvation caused your suffering; Ne me perdas illa die. do not forsake me on that day.
Quaerens me, sedisti lassus,
Faint and weary you have sought me, Redemisti crucem passus: redeemed me, suffering on the cross; Tantus labor non sit cassus. may such great effort not be in vain.
Juste judex ultionis, Righteous judge of vengeance, Donum fac remissionis, grant me absolution Ante diem rationis. before the day of retribution.
Ingemisco, tamquam reus:
Ingemisco
Tenor
I groan as one who is guilty: Culpa rubet vultus meus: owning my shame with a red face, Supplicanti parce Deus. suppliant before you, Lord.
Qui Mariam absolvisti,
You who absolved Mary, Et latronem exaudisti, and listened to the thief, Mihi quoque spem dedisti. give me hope, too.
Preces meae non sunt dignae,
My prayers are unworthy, Sed tu bonus fac benigne, but, good Lord, have mercy, Ne perenni cremer igne. and rescue me from eternal fire.
Inter oves locum praesta, Give me a place with the sheep, Et ab haedis me sequestra, and separate me from the goats; Statuens in parte dextra. lead me to your right hand.
Confutatis
Bass and Chorus
Confutatis maledictis,
When the accused are confounded, Flammis acribus addictis, and doomed to flames of woe, Voca me cum benedictis. call me among the blessed.
Oro supplex et acclinis, I kneel with submissive heart, Cor contritum quasi cinis, my contrition is like ashes; Gere curam mei finis. help me in my final state.
Dies irae, dies illa,
Day of wrath, day of anger, Solvet saeclum in favilla, when the world will dissolve in ashes, Teste David cum Sibylla. as foretold by David and the Sybil.
Lacrymosa
Solo Quartet and Chorus
Lacrymosa dies illa,
That day of tears and mourning, Qua resurget ex favilla, when from ashes shall arise Judicandus homo reus. all humanity to be judged. Huic ergo parce Deus. Spare us by your mercy, God. Pie Jesu Domine, Gentle Lord Jesus, Dona eis requiem. grant them eternal rest. Amen. Amen.
(Please turn the page quietly.)
Domine Jesu Christe, Rex gloriae,
DOMINE JESU CHRISTE
Solo Quartet
O Lord Jesus Christ, King of Glory, Libera animas omnium fidelium deliver the souls of all the faithful Defunctorum de poenis inferni, departed from the pains of hell Et de profundo lacu: and from the bottomless pit; Libera eas de ore Leonis, deliver them from the lion’s mouth, Ne absorbeat eas tartarus, that hell swallow them not up, Ne cadant in obscurum: that they fall not into darkness, Sed signifer sanctus Michael but let the holy standard-bearer Michael Repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam: bring them into that holy light Quam olim Abrahae promisisti, which you promised of old to Abraham Et semini ejus. and to his seed.
Hostias et preces tibi, Domine,
We offer you, O Lord, Laudis offerimus: sacrifices and prayers of praise; Tu suscipe pro animabus illis, receive them on behalf of those souls Quarum hodie memoriam facimus: we commemorate this day.
Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire Grant them, O Lord, to pass from death ad vitam. to that life
Quam olim Abrahae promisisti, which you promised of old to Abraham Et semini ejus. and to his seed.
Libera animas omnium fidelium
Deliver the souls of all the faithful departed Defunctorum de poenis inferni. from the pains of hell. Fac eas de morte transire ad vitam. Grant them to pass from death to life.
SANCTUS
Double Chorus
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,
Holy, holy, holy, Dominus Deus Sabaoth! Lord God of Hosts! Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Blessed is he who comes in the name Domini. of the Lord.
Hosanna in excelsis. Hosanna in the highest.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata
AGNUS DEI
Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, and Chorus
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of mundi, the world:
Dona eis requiem; grant them rest.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of mundi, the world:
Dona eis requiem; grant them rest.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of mundi, the world:
Dona eis requiem sempiternam. grant them eternal rest.
LUX AETERNA
Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, and Bass
Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, May eternal light shine upon them, O Lord, Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es. with your saints forever, for you are gracious. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: Eternal rest give to them, O Lord; Et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them: Cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es. with your saints forever, for you are gracious.
LIBERA ME
Soprano and Chorus
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, Deliver me, O Lord, from everlasting death in die illa tremenda: on that day of terror:
Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra. when the heavens and the earth will be shaken. Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem. As you come to judge the world by fire.
Tremens factus sum ego, et timeo, I am in fear and trembling at the judgment Dum discussio venerit, atque ventura ira. and the wrath that is to come; Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra. when the heavens and the earth will be shaken.
Dies irae, dies illa, That day will be a day of wrath, Calamitatis et miseriae, of misery, and of ruin: Dies magna et amara valde. a day of grandeur and great horror. Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem. As you come to judge the world by fire.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine: Eternal rest give to them, O Lord; Et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna, Deliver me, O Lord, from everlasting death In die illa tremenda: on that day of terror: Quando coeli movendi sunt et terra. When the heavens and the earth will be shaken. Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem. As you come to judge the world by fire. Libera me. Deliver me.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful to Bank of America for its generous support as the Maestro Residency Presenter.
PROFILES
Riccardo Muti
Music Director Emeritus for Life
Born in Naples, Italy, Riccardo Muti is one of the preeminent conductors of our day. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s distinguished tenth music director from 2010 until 2023, Muti became Music Director Emeritus for Life beginning with the 2023–24 season.
His leadership has been distinguished by the strength of his artistic partnership with the Orchestra; his dedication to performing great works of the past and present, including seventeen world premieres to date; the enthusiastic reception he and the CSO have received on national and international tours; and twelve recordings on the CSO Resound label, with four Grammy awards among them. In addition, Muti’s contributions to the cultural life of Chicago— with performances throughout its many neighborhoods and at Orchestra Hall—have made a lasting impact on the city.
In Naples, Riccardo Muti studied piano under Vincenzo Vitale at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella, graduating with distinction. He subsequently received a diploma in composition and conducting from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under the guidance of Bruno Bettinelli and Antonino Votto.
He first came to the attention of critics and the public in 1967, when he won the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition, by unanimous vote of the jury, in Milan. In 1968, he became principal conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, a position he held until 1980. In 1971, Muti was invited by Herbert von Karajan to conduct at the Salzburg Festival, the first of many occasions, which led to a celebration of fifty years of artistic collaboration with the Austrian festival in 2020. During the 1970s, Muti was chief conductor of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra (1972–1982), succeeding Otto Klemperer. From 1980 to 1992, he inherited the
position of music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra from Eugene Ormandy. From 1986 to 2005, he was music director of Teatro alla Scala, and during that time, he directed major projects such as the three Mozart/Da Ponte operas and Wagner’s Ring cycle in addition to his exceptional contributions to the Verdi repertoire. His tenure as music director of Teatro alla Scala, the longest in its history, culminated in the triumphant reopening of the restored opera house on December 7, 2004, with Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta.
Over the course of his extraordinary career, Riccardo Muti has conducted the most important orchestras in the world: from the Berlin Philharmonic to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and from the New York Philharmonic to the Orchestre National de France; as well as the Vienna Philharmonic, an orchestra to which he is linked by particularly close and important ties, and with which he has appeared at the Salzburg Festival since 1971 and is an honorary member. When Muti was invited to lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s 150th-anniversary concert, the orchestra presented him with the Golden Ring, a special sign of esteem and affection, awarded only to a few select conductors. In 2021, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the New Year’s Concert for the sixth time; he will conduct the concert again in 2025. In May 2024, Muti led the Philharmonic in its 200th anniversary performance of the premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Muti has received numerous international honors over the course of his career. He is Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Italian Republic and a recipient of the German Verdienstkreuz. He received the decoration of Officer of the Legion of Honor from French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and in 2024 was bestowed the title of Commander of the Legion of Honor while on the CSO’s European Tour in Rome. He was made an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. The Salzburg Mozarteum awarded him its silver medal for his contribution to Mozart’s music, and in Vienna he was elected an honorary member
of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna Hofmusikkapelle, and Vienna State Opera. The State of Israel has honored him with the Wolf Prize in the arts. In July 2018, President Petro Poroshenko presented Muti with the State Award of Ukraine during the Roads of Friendship concert at the Ravenna Festival in Italy following earlier performances in Kyiv. In October 2018, Muti received the prestigious Praemium Imperiale for Music of the Japan Arts Association in Tokyo.
In September 2010, Riccardo Muti became music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was named 2010 Musician of the Year by Musical America. In 2011, Muti was selected as the recipient of the coveted Birgit Nilsson Prize and received the Opera News Award in New York City and Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. That summer, he was named an honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic and honorary director for life of the Rome Opera. In May 2012, he was awarded the highest papal honor: the Knight of the Grand Cross First Class of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI. In 2016, he was honored by the Japanese government with the Order of the Rising Sun,
Gold and Silver Star. On August 15, 2021, Muti received the Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, the highest possible civilian honor from the Austrian government.
Passionate about teaching young musicians, Muti founded the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra in 2004 and the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy in 2015. The purpose of the Italian Opera Academy—which takes place in Italy, as well as in Japan since 2019 as part of a multi-year collaboration with the Tokyo Spring Festival—is to pass on Muti’s expertise to young musicians and to foster a better understanding of the complex journey to the realization of an opera. Through Le vie dell’Amicizia (The Roads of Friendship), a project of the Ravenna Festival in Italy, he has conducted in many of the world’s most troubled areas in order to bring attention to civic and social issues.
The label RMMUSIC is responsible for Riccardo Muti’s recordings.
Since his last appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in its 2025 U.S. Winter Tour, Riccardo Muti has been leading sold-out concerts across Europe and in Japan, directing many distinguished ensembles with which the CSO’s Music Director Emeritus for Life has had significant relationships during his career.
“In January, Muti toured with the Chicagoans to Carnegie; with these Vienna concerts, his winter in New York has felt like a victory lap.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES
In February and early March, Riccardo Muti conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in Graz, Vienna, and Milan, as well as in New York City for its annual three-concert residency at Carnegie Hall, where he had recently led the CSO during the 2025 Winter Tour.
On March 27 Muti made a highly anticipated return to the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, where he served as principal conductor from 1972 to 1982, succeeding Otto Klemperer. Muti’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem was one of the highlights of London’s musical calendar.
In April Muti conducted at Tokyo’s Spring Festival, which takes place during the peak of cherry blossom season in the city’s cultural center, Ueno Park, home to the Bunka Kaikan concert hall (where Muti and the CSO performed together in 2016 and 2019). Having led the fourth Italian Opera Academy in Tokyo this past September, Muti returned with the Tokyo-HARUSAI Festival Orchestra in two concerts of instrumental works by Verdi, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Giordano, Puccini, Catalani, and Respighi.
In May Muti joined the Berlin Philharmonic for two historic performances in Italy. May 1 was the orchestra’s Europakonzert, an annual event that celebrates its founding in 1882. The concert, marking the orchestra’s first appearance in Bari at the Teatro Petruzzelli, was broadcast to eighty countries and included Brahms’s Second Symphony, Rossini’s William Tell Overture, and Verdi’s the Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani. The performance in Bologna, the Berlin Philharmonic’s first in that city since 1951, took place at the PalaDozza, typically an indoor sporting arena, to accommodate nearly 4,000 spectators, who gave Muti and the orchestra a prolonged standing ovation.
At the end of May, Riccardo Muti opened the Ravenna Festival with the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. On June 1 and 2, he led Cantare amantis est (Singing is for those who love), a special edition of the annual Roads of Friendship concert that borrows the words of Saint Augustine for the title of two days of classes, rehearsals, and in-depth analysis, led by Muti, of three of Verdi’s famous opera choruses: “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco, “Patria oppressa!” from Macbeth, and “Jerusalem! . . . Jerusalem!” from I Lombardi alla prima crociata. Over 3,000 choristers participated, ranging in age from four to eighty-seven, in a spirit of harmony, brotherhood, friendship, and peace. For expanded information of Maestro Muti’s concert activities, visit cso.org/experience.
These concerts mark Elena Guseva’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Elena Guseva studied at the Shostakovich College of Music in the choral conducting department and at the Moscow Conservatory of Music, where she was a student of Galina Pisarenko and received a diploma of excellence.
Guseva was a soloist of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre, where she sang such roles as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Antonia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Mimì in La bohème, Micaela in Carmen, Natasha Rostova in War and Peace, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Leonora in La forza del destino, and Liza in The Queen of Spades.
The soprano made her Staatsoper Hamburg debut in 2017 as Yaroslavna in Prince Igor. In the 2017–18 season she sang Polina in a new production of The Gambler and Cio-Cio-San in Hamburg and at the Wiener Staatsoper, Mimì at Deutsche Oper Berlin, the title role in a new production of Jenůfa in Moscow, and Liza at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.
In the 2018–19 season, she starred as Aida in Prague; the title role in The Enchantress in Lyon;
Desdemona in a new production of Otello in Moscow; Cio-Cio-San, Aida, and Desdemona at the Wiener Staatsoper; Tatiana in Hamburg; and Aida at the Lyrical Evenings of Sanxay festival in France.
Guseva’s 2019–20 season highlights included Tatiana and the title role in Iolanta at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Cio-Cio-San at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and in Hamburg, and Tosca in Lyon.
2020–21 brought Tisbe in La Cenerentola in Geneva, Tosca and Donna Elvira in Dresden, Tosca at the Bolshoi Theatre, and Aida in Sydney.
Key engagements of 2021–22 included Liù in Turandot and Marietta in Die tote Stadt at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Liza and Tosca at the Bolshoi Theatre, Tatiana and Liza at the Wiener Staatsoper, Liza at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Tosca and the Foreign Princess in Rusalka in Dresden and Cio-Cio-San at Deutsche Oper Berin and the Bregenz Festival.
In the following season, she sang Liza and Tosca at the Bolshoi, the Foreign Princess in Dresden and La Scala, Mimì and Tatiana in Munich, Giorgetta in Il tabarro and the title role in Suor Angelica in a new production of Il trittico in Hamburg, and Cio-Cio-San at Bregenz.
Highlights of 2023–24 included Liza in Valencia and Lyon, Liza and Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos in Dresden, Cio-Cio-San in Hamburg, and Aida in Munich.
These performances represent Elena Guseva’s first appearances in the United States. PHOTO: COURTESY
Marianne Crebassa Mezzo-soprano
FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES
May 7, 8, 9, and 15, 2015, Orchestra Hall. Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting
Marianne Crebassa’s rise to international prominence is a testament to her joy and equal ease on the opera stage and in the recital hall and recording studio, and as a concert artist. She recently won the Lyric Artist of the Year Award at the Victoires de la Musique, as well as the Solo Vocal Award at the Gramophone Awards.
Her recent roles include Woman in Picture a Day Like This for the Opéra-Comique de Paris and the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg. In concert, she toured as soloist in Mahler’s Third Symphony to the Philharmonie de Paris with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
She made her operatic debut as Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and she was soloist in a new staged version of Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony at the Aix-en-Provence Festival directed by Romeo Castellucci.
She recently sang Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Riccardo Muti and appeared as Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito at Aix-en-Provence with the Pygmalion Ensemble and sang Mahler’s
Kindertotenlieder at the Radio France Festival in Montpellier.
Among her numerous operatic performances, she has sung Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Metropolitan Opera, Dorabella (Così fan tutte) for the Staatsoper Berlin and Wiener Staatsoper, and the title role in Offenbach’s Fantasio at the Opéra-Comique. She also sang Angelina (La Cenerentola) at Opéra National de Paris and at La Scala; Melisande (Pelleas and Melisande) at Staatsoper Berlin; and Cecilio (Lucio Silla), the title role in Charlotte Salomon, and Sesto at the Salzburg Festival.
The artist has appeared in recital and concert at the Festival de Saint Denis near Paris, Salzburg Mozart Festival, Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Orchestre National de France in Paris, Orchestre de Paris, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin, Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, BBC Proms with the Philharmonia Orchestra London, Wigmore Hall, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and the famous Waldbuhne with the Berlin Philharmonic. She was also invited by Daniel Barenboim to celebrate the centenary of Debussy’s death with the Staatskapelle and in recital at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
Marianne Crebassa has recorded three albums as an exclusive recording artist with Erato. The latest, Séguedilles, released in 2021, features a Franco-Spanish program inspired by her Iberian roots; Oh, Boy! is dedicated to the famous trouser roles of Mozart, Gluck, Gounod, and others; and Secrets, with pianist Fazil Say, is an eclectic selection of French and Spanish melodies.
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John Osborn Tenor
These concerts mark John Osborn’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
American tenor John Osborn has gained international acclaim performing with leading theaters around the world, including the Opéra National de Paris, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Royal Opera House (London), Opernhaus Zürich, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Berlin Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Wiener Staatsoper, Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Real de Madrid, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Salzburg Festival, and many more.
Recent and future highlights include Faust at Wiener Staatsoper and Opéra Royal de Wallonie–Liège, Benvenuto Cellini at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Werther and La juive at Oper Frankfurt, Le prophète at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, I Puritani and Hamlet at Teatro Regio in Turin, and Rigoletto at Opéra de Marseille.
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, John Osborn received his bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from Simpson College and graduated as a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. He made his European debut in 1997 in Cologne, Germany, as Fenton in Falstaff under James Conlon. He has won several prestigious international awards, including Operalia 1996, the Goffredo Petrassi Award in 2010, the Aureliano Pertile Award and Bellini d’Oro in 2014, Friends of the Dutch National Opera in 2015, Friends of Liceu Critical Award for Best Male Singer in the 2015–16 season for Benvenuto Cellini, Friends of the Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia in 2021 for the title role in The Tales of Hoffmann, and most recently another Abbiati Award in 2022 for his recording of Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable.
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Maharram Huseynov Bass-baritone
These concerts mark Maharram Huseynov’s debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Maharram Huseynov began studying singing in the class of Svetlana Mirzoeva at the city’s Rostropovich School of Music. At the Academy of Lyric Art in Osimo, Italy, he studied with Lella Cuberli and Raina Kabaivanska. In 2016 he attended the Accademia Rossiniana in Pesaro with Alberto Zedda and furthered his studies at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan with Renato Bruson. He also has participated in master classes with Galina Vishnevskaya, Tom Krause, Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Juan Diego Flórez.
Huseynov is the winner of such prestigious international competitions as the Sozvezdie Competition in Odessa (first prize, 2008) and the Muslim Magomaev International Vocalists Competition in Moscow (second prize, 2016) and a finalist in the Sergei Leiferkus Competition in Moscow (2019). As a soloist, he has participated in the Mstislav Rostropovich Festival, the Gabala International Music Festival, the Follonica Festival, and the Uzeir Hajibeyli International Music Festival. In 2020 he received the Presidential Prize from the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
At Teatro alla Scala, he has appeared in Alì Babà e i quaranta ladroni conducted by Paolo Carignani and staged by Liliana Cavani and as Dulcamara in L’elisir d amore for young people,
later revived at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Under the direction of Valery Gergiev, he made his debut as the Lutheran Pastor in Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina. With baritone Ambrogio Maestri, he sang the role of the Poet in Salieri’s Prima la musica e poi le parole and Guccio in Gianni Schicchi, directed by Woody Allen. As Monterone in Rigoletto, he appeared alongside noted baritone Leo Nucci in the title role under the baton of Daniel Oren.
His past engagements include such roles as Dandini (La Cenerentola) at the Teatro Rossini; Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), with which he toured to Dubai with the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; Colline (La bohème) at the theaters of Modena and Piacenza and for his Mariinsky Theatre debut in St. Petersburg, where he also appeared as Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Sir John Falstaff (Falstaff); Jake Wallace (La fanciulla del West); Nilakantha (Lakmé); Guillaume Tell (Guillaume Tell); Demon (The Demon); Leporello and Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni); Alidoro (La Cenerentola); Filippo II (Don Carlos); Lord Gualtiero (I Puritani); Attila (Attila); Mustafá (L’italiana in Algeri); and Selim (Il turco in Italia) in 2024 in Rovigo and Ravenna.
He made his debut in Spain at Burgos Cathedral as soloist in Verdi’s Requiem under the baton of Miguel Pérez-Sierra with artists including tenor Piotr Beczała and repeated the work in Oviedo in April 2024 and in Philadelphia and Paris under Riccardo Muti in the fall. He sang Escamillo in Carmen this past March at Las Palmas Opera in Gran Canaria.
Among his upcoming engagements are highlights including his debuts at the Verbier Festival in July with mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk in Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 14 and at the Teatro Regio di Torino as Alidoro.
Chicago Symphony Chorus
The Chicago Symphony Chorus regularly performs with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall and at the Ravinia Festival.
The history of the Chorus began in 1957, when sixth music director Fritz Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to establish a chorus to equal the quality of the Orchestra. Hillis accepted the challenge, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus debuted in March and April 1958, in Mozart’s Requiem under Bruno Walter and Verdi’s Requiem under Reiner. Hillis served the Chorus for thirty-seven years, until her retirement in 1994; ninth music director Daniel Barenboim appointed Duain Wolfe as her successor in June of that year and served the ensemble for twenty-eight years until his retirement in 2022. Donald Palumbo, who has been appointed the Chorus’s third director, begins an initial three-year tenure on July 1, 2025.
The Chorus first performed in Carnegie Hall in 1967 in Henze’s Muses of Sicily and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe under seventh music director Jean Martinon, and most recently in 2015 with tenth music director Riccardo Muti for Scriabin’s Prometheus and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky. Touring internationally with the Orchestra, the Chorus traveled to London and Salzburg in 1989 with eighth music director Sir Georg Solti for performances of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust and to Berlin in 1999 with Barenboim for
Brahms’s A German Requiem and Pierre Boulez for Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron.
World premieres featuring the Chorus have included Ned Rorem’s Goodbye My Fancy, John Harbison’s Four Psalms, and Bernard Rands’s apókryphos. With visiting orchestras, the Chorus has collaborated with the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Seiji Ozawa, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta, and the Staatskapelle Berlin under Barenboim.
Since first recording commercially in 1959—Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky under Reiner—the Chorus has amassed a discography that includes hallmarks of the choral repertoire and several complete operas. The Chorus most recently received a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for Verdi’s Requiem, led by Riccardo Muti on CSO Resound. The Chorus has received an additional nine Grammy awards for Best Choral Performance for Verdi’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Brahms’s A German Requiem, Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, Haydn’s The Creation, and Bach’s Mass in B minor with Solti; Brahms’s Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana with James Levine; and Bartók’s Cantata profana with Boulez.
The Chorus also has appeared on two movie soundtracks with the Orchestra: Fantasia 2000 led by Levine, and John Williams’s score for Lincoln conducted by the composer. Recordings on CSO Resound featuring the Chorus include Mahler’s Second and Third symphonies, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe under Bernard Haitink; and Berlioz’s Lélio, Verdi’s Otello, Schoenberg’s Kol Nidre, choruses by Verdi and Boito’s Prologue to Mefistofele, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 13 (Babi Yar), and most recently Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana under Riccardo Muti.
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Donald Palumbo Guest Chorus Director
Donald Palumbo was born in Rochester, New York, and received a bachelor of arts degree from Boston University. His career was launched at the Dallas Opera in the 1980s, where he served as assistant to Roberto Benaglio, the renowned Italian chorus master of Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Following a sixteen-year tenure as chorus director at the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1991 to 2007, Palumbo assumed the same position at the Metropolitan Opera. There he was responsible for the Met Chorus’s participation in more than twenty productions each season, and his work was honored with seven Grammy awards in the Best Opera Recording category. After stepping down from his position at the Met in June 2024, he returned to the theater in the following season to prepare the chorus in a new production of Verdi’s Aida.
Palumbo’s appointment as the next chorus director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus was recently announced, and he begins an initial three-year tenure on July 1, 2025.
Palumbo was music director of the Chorus pro Musica of Boston, and he has also served as
chorus master of the Canadian Opera Company, Dallas Opera, Banff School for the Arts Summer Opera Program in Alberta, Opera Company of Boston, and the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. In Europe, he has held chorus master positions at Opéra de Lyon, Aix-en-Provence Festival, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and Teatro Massimo in Palermo. From 1999 to 2001, he was chorus director of the Salzburg Festival, the first American to hold that position.
Palumbo has been a vocal coach for the Apprentices of the Santa Fe Opera since 2014 and a faculty member of the Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts at the Juilliard School in New York since 2016.
In 2022 he joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as guest chorus director for performances of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera and in 2023 for Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, both works conducted by Riccardo Muti.
In 2024 he prepared the choral forces for a concert performance of Puccini’s La bohème for the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick NézetSéguin and returned for Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde in early June 2025. This March, he prepared the chorus for Verdi’s La traviata staged in Kyoto and Tokyo for the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy.
Donald Palumbo returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago in May 2025 to prepare and conduct a program of scenes with the artists of the Ryan Opera Center.
PROFILES
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill Associate Director
Jennifer Kerr Budziak Assistant Director
Benjamin Rivera Assistant Director
SOPRANOS
Michele Braché Agpalo
Alicia Monastero Akers*
Melinda Alberty
Anastasia Cameron Balmer
Eileen Marie Bora
Anna Joy Buegel
Laura Bumgardner
Katherine Buzard
Joan Cinquegrani
Bethany Clearfield
Tess Cronister-Slack
Angela De Venuto
Anna Donnelly
Katarzyna Dorula
Megan Fletcher
Jennifer Gingrich
Mary Lutz Govertsen
Nida Grigalaviciute
Ashlee Hardgrave
Megan Hendrickson
Betsy Hoats
Alexandra Ioan
Ingrid Israel Mikolajczyk
Taylor Jacobson
Alison Kelly
Gabriella Klotz
Lisa Kotara
Susan Krout
Alexis Langlois
Rosalind Lee
Amanda Compton LoPresti
Suzanne Ma-Ebersole
Allison Mann
Gisella Milla
Lillian Murphy
Máire O’Brien
Cari Plachy*
Elvira Ponticelli
Angela Presutti
Margaret Quinnette
Alexia Rivera
Elizabeth Shuman
Heidi Jo Stirling
Samantha Thielen Pak
Karlie Traversa
Eva Wilhelm
ALTOS
Melissa Arning
Diane Busko Bryks*
Magaly Cordero
Sandra Cross
Beena David
Leah Dexter
Stacy Eckert
Kirsten Fyr-Searcy
Elizabeth Haley
Catarine Hancock
Ruth Ginelle Heald
Miya Higashiyama
Margaret Izard
Carla Janzen
Amy Allyssa Johnson
Robin A. Kessler
Kathryn Kinjo Duncan
Thereza Lituma
Kathleen Madden
Cassandra Petrie
Laura Polevoy
Sarah Ponder
Emily Price*
Emlynn Shoemaker
Bridget Skaggs
Cassidy Smith
Aidan Spencer
Alannah Spencer
Elizabeth Vaughan
Debra Wilder
Megan Wilhelm
TENORS
Geoffrey Agpalo
Madison Bolt
Michael Brauer
Joseph Cloonan*
Micah A. Dingler
Jared Velasco Esguerra
Nicholas Falco
Andrew Fisher
W. Ryan Frenk
Ace T. Gangoso
Klaus Georg*
Jianghai Ho
Garrett Johannsen
James Judd
Mark James Meier
Stephen Mollica
Keith A. Murphy
Nathan S. Oakes
Wha Shin Park
Steven Michael Patrick
Brett Potts
Nicholas Pulikowski
Cole Seaton
Silfredo Serrano
Paul W. Thompson
Ryan Townsend Strand
The Chorus was prepared for these performances by Donald Palumbo.
*Section leader
Frank Villella
Sean J. Watland
Eric West
BASSES
Michael Boschert
Matthew Brennan
Conor Broaders
Terry L. Bucher
Michael Cavalieri
Timothy Christopoulos
Ryan J. Cox
Chris DiMarco
William Esch
Christopher Filipowicz
David Govertsen
Kevin Michael Hall
Adam Lance Hendrickson
Jess Koehn
Mathew Lake
Lee Lichamer*
Dorian McCall
Bill McMurray
Zachary Mendenhall
Eric Miranda
Ian Murrell
Douglas Peters*
Robert J. Potsic
Ian R. Prichard
Leo Radosavljevic
Peder Reiff
Stephen Richardson
Joseph Smith
Avery Sujkowski
Scott Uddenberg
William Vallandigham
Vince Wallace
Aaron Wardell
Jonathon Weller
Peter Wesoloski
Jonathan Wilson
CHORUS MANAGER
Melissa Hilker
ASSISTANT MANAGER AND LIBRARIAN
Olive Haugh
REHEARSAL PIANISTS
John Goodwin
Sharon Peterson
Chuck Foster
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra—consistently hailed as one of the world’s best—marks its 134th season in 2024–25. The ensemble’s history began in 1889, when Theodore Thomas, the leading conductor in America and a recognized music pioneer, was invited by Chicago businessman Charles Norman Fay to establish a symphony orchestra. Thomas’s aim to build a permanent orchestra of the highest quality was realized at the first concerts in October 1891 in the Auditorium Theatre. Thomas served as music director until his death in January 1905, just three weeks after the dedication of Orchestra Hall, the Orchestra’s permanent home designed by Daniel Burnham.
Frederick Stock, recruited by Thomas to the viola section in 1895, became assistant conductor in 1899 and succeeded the Orchestra’s founder. His tenure lasted thirty-seven years, from 1905 to 1942—the longest of the Orchestra’s music directors. Stock founded the Civic Orchestra of Chicago— the first training orchestra in the U.S. affiliated with a major orchestra—in 1919, established youth auditions, organized the first subscription concerts especially for children, and began a series of popular concerts.
Three conductors headed the Orchestra during the following decade: Désiré Defauw was music director from 1943 to 1947, Artur Rodzinski in 1947–48, and Rafael Kubelík from 1950 to 1953. The next ten years belonged to Fritz Reiner, whose recordings with the CSO are still considered hallmarks. Reiner invited Margaret Hillis to form the Chicago Symphony Chorus in 1957. For five seasons from 1963 to 1968, Jean Martinon held the position of music director.
Sir Georg Solti, the Orchestra’s eighth music director, served from 1969 until 1991. His arrival launched one of the most successful musical partnerships of our time. The CSO made its first overseas tour to Europe in 1971 under his direction and released numerous award-winning recordings. Beginning in 1991, Solti held the title of music director laureate and returned to conduct the Orchestra each season until his death in September 1997.
Daniel Barenboim became ninth music director in 1991, a position he held until 2006. His tenure was distinguished by the opening of Symphony Center in 1997, appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, and twenty-one international tours. Appointed by Barenboim in 1994 as the Chorus’s second director, Duain Wolfe served until his retirement in 2022.
In 2010, Riccardo Muti became the Orchestra’s tenth music director. During his tenure, the Orchestra deepened its engagement with the Chicago community, nurtured its legacy while supporting a new generation of musicians and composers, and collaborated with visionary artists. In September 2023, Muti became music director emeritus for life.
In April 2024, Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä was announced as the Orchestra’s eleventh music director and will begin an initial five-year tenure as Zell Music Director in September 2027.
Carlo Maria Giulini was named the Orchestra’s first principal guest conductor in 1969, serving until 1972; Claudio Abbado held the position from 1982 to 1985. Pierre Boulez was appointed as principal guest conductor in 1995 and was named Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus in 2006, a position he held until his death in January 2016. From 2006 to 2010, Bernard Haitink was the Orchestra’s first principal conductor.
Pianist Daniil Trifonov is the CSO’s Artist-inResidence for the 2024–25 season.
The Orchestra first performed at Ravinia Park in 1905 and appeared frequently through August 1931, after which the park was closed for most of the Great Depression. In August 1936, the Orchestra helped to inaugurate the first season of the Ravinia Festival, and it has been in residence nearly every summer since.
Since 1916, recording has been a significant part of the Orchestra’s activities. Recordings by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus— including recent releases on CSO Resound, the Orchestra’s recording label launched in 2007— have earned sixty-five Grammy awards from the Recording Academy.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä Zell Music Director Designate
Daniil Trifonov Artist-in-Residence
VIOLINS
Robert Chen Concertmaster
The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an
anonymous benefactor
Stephanie Jeong
Associate Concertmaster
The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair
David Taylor*
Assistant Concertmaster
The Ling Z. and Michael C.
Markovitz Chair
Yuan-Qing Yu*
Assistant Concertmaster
So Young Bae
Cornelius Chiu
Gina DiBello
Kozue Funakoshi
Russell Hershow
Qing Hou
Gabriela Lara
Matous Michal
Simon Michal
Sando Shia
Susan Synnestvedt
Rong-Yan Tang
Baird Dodge Principal
Danny Yehun Jin
Assistant Principal
Lei Hou
Ni Mei
Hermine Gagné
Rachel Goldstein
Mihaela Ionescu
Melanie Kupchynsky §
Wendy Koons Meir
Joyce Noh §
Ronald Satkiewicz
Florence Schwartz
VIOLAS
Teng Li Principal
The Paul Hindemith
Principal Viola Chair
Catherine Brubaker
Youming Chen
Sunghee Choi
Wei-Ting Kuo
Danny Lai
Weijing Michal
Diane Mues ‡
Lawrence Neuman
Max Raimi
CELLOS
John Sharp Principal
The Eloise W. Martin Chair
Kenneth Olsen
Assistant Principal
The Adele Gidwitz Chair
Karen Basrak §
The Joseph A. and Cecile
Renaud Gorno Chair
Richard Hirschl
Daniel Katz
Katinka Kleijn
Brant Taylor
The Blickensderfer
Family Chair
BASSES
Alexander Hanna Principal
The David and Mary Winton
Green Principal Bass Chair
Alexander Horton
Assistant Principal
Daniel Carson
Ian Hallas
Robert Kassinger
Mark Kraemer
Stephen Lester
Bradley Opland
Andrew Sommer
HARP
Lynne Turner
FLUTES
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson
Principal
The Erika and Dietrich M.
Gross Principal Flute Chair
Emma Gerstein §
Jennifer Gunn
PICCOLO
Jennifer Gunn
The Dora and John Aalbregtse Piccolo Chair
OBOES
William Welter Principal
Lora Schaefer
Assistant Principal
Scott Hostetler
ENGLISH HORN
Scott Hostetler
Riccardo Muti Music Director Emeritus for Life
CLARINETS
Stephen Williamson Principal
John Bruce Yeh
Assistant Principal
The Governing
Members Chair
Gregory Smith
E-FLAT CLARINET
John Bruce Yeh
BASSOONS
Keith Buncke Principal
William Buchman
Assistant Principal
Miles Maner
HORNS
Mark Almond Principal
James Smelser
David Griffin
Oto Carrillo
Susanna Gaunt
Daniel Gingrich
TRUMPETS
Esteban Batallán Principal
The Adolph Herseth Principal Trumpet Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor
Mark Ridenour
Assistant Principal
John Hagstrom
The Bleck Family Chair
Tage Larsen
TROMBONES
Jay Friedman § Principal
The Lisa and Paul Wiggin Principal Trombone Chair
Michael Mulcahy Acting Associate Principal
Charles Vernon
BASS TROMBONE
Charles Vernon
* Assistant concertmasters are listed by seniority. ‡ On sabbatical § On leave
The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation. The Gilchrist Foundation and Louise H. Benton Wagner chairs currently are unoccupied.
TUBA
Gene Pokorny Principal
The Arnold Jacobs Principal Tuba Chair, endowed by Christine Querfeld
TIMPANI
David Herbert § Principal
The Clinton Family Fund Chair
Vadim Karpinos
Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
Cynthia Yeh Principal
Patricia Dash
Vadim Karpinos
LIBRARIANS
Justin Vibbard Principal
Carole Keller
Mark Swanson
CSO FELLOWS
Jesús Linárez Violin
The Michael and Kathleen Elliott Fellow
Olivia Reyes Bass
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
John Deverman Director
Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions and Orchestra Personnel
STAGE TECHNICIANS
Christopher Lewis
Stage Manager
Blair Carlson
Paul Christopher
Chris Grannen
Ryan Hartge
Peter Landry
Joshua Mondie
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra string sections utilize revolving seating. Players behind the first desk (first two desks in the violins) change seats systematically every two weeks and are listed alphabetically. Section percussionists also are listed alphabetically.
ADMINISTRATION
Jeff Alexander President
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
Kristine Stassen Executive Assistant to the President & Secretary of the Board
Mónica Lugo Executive Assistant to the Music Director Emeritus for Life
Human Resources
Lynne Sorkin Director
Dijana Cirkic Manager
ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION
Cristina Rocca Vice President
The Richard and Mary L. Gray Chair
James M. Fahey Senior Director, Programming, Symphony Center Presents
Randy Elliot Director, Artistic Administration
Monica Wentz Director, Artistic Planning & Special Projects
Lena Breitkreuz Artist Manager, Symphony Center Presents
Jackson Brown Artistic Planning Coordinator
Caroline Eichler Senior Artist Liaison, CSO
Phillip Huscher Scholar-in-Residence & Program Annotator
Pietro Fiumara Artists Assistant
Chorus
Melissa Hilker Manager
Olive Haugh Assistant Manager & Librarian
ORCHESTRA AND BUILDING OPERATIONS
Vanessa Moss Vice President
Heidi Lukas Director
Michael Lavin Assistant Director, Operations, SCP & Rental Events
Jeffrey Stang Production Manager, CSO
Joseph Sherman Production Manager, SCP & Rental Events
Jiwon Sun Manager, Audio Media & Audio-Visual Operations
Jenise Sheppard House Manager
Charlie Post Chief Recording Engineer
Logan Goulart Operations Assistant
Rosenthal Archives
Frank Villella Director
Orchestra Personnel
John Deverman Director
Anne MacQuarrie Manager, CSO Auditions & Orchestra Personnel
Facilities
John Maas Director
Engineers
Tim McElligott Chief Engineer
Michael McGeehan
Kevin Walsh
Stephen Excellent
Electricians
Robert Stokas Chief Electrician
Doug Scheuller
Stage Technicians
Christopher Lewis Stage Manager
Blair Carlson
Paul Christopher
Chris Grannen
Ryan Hartge
Peter Landry
Joshua Mondie
Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO
Jonathan McCormick Managing Director
Katy Clusen Associate Director, CSO for Kids
Katherine Eaton Coordinator, School Partnerships
Carol Kelleher Assistant, CSO for Kids
Anna Perkins Orchestra Manager, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Zhiqian Wu Operations Coordinator, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Rachael Cohen Program Manager
Charles Jones Program Assistant
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Stacie Frank Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Bri Baiza, Victoria Menendez Coordinators, Donor Services
Casey Bowman Coordinator, Development Communications
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION GOVERNING MEMBERS
The Governing Members are the CSOA’s first philanthropic society, founded in 1894. Its support funds the CSOA’s artistic excellence and community engagement. In return, members enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition. For more information, please contact 312-294-3337 or governingmembers@cso.org.
GOVERNING MEMBERS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Merrill Blau Chair
Charles Emmons, Jr. Immediate Past Chair
Judy Blau Vice Chair of Member Engagement
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck Vice Chair of the Annual Fund
Lisa Ross Vice Chair of Nominations & Membership
GOVERNING MEMBERS
Anonymous (8)
Dora J. Aalbregtse
Floyd Abramson †
Ms. Patti Acurio
Ayana Akpan
Fraida Aland
Sandra Allen
Gary Allie
Robert Alsaker
Cat Anderson
Megan P. Anderson
Dr. Edward Applebaum
David Arch
Dr. Kent Armbruster
Dr. Carey August
Hillary August
Susan Baird
Ms. Judith Barnard
Merrill Barnes
Peter Barrett †
Roberta Barron
Roger Baskes
Ms. Sandra Bass
Cynthia Bates
Deborah Baughman
Robert H. Baum
Patricia Bayerlein
Mrs. Robert A. Beatty
Daniel Bedford
Kirsten Bedway
Gail Eisenhart Belytschko
Edward H. Bennett III
Meta S. Berger
D. Theodore Berghorst
Ann Berlin
Phyllis Berlin
Mr. William E. Bible †
Mrs. Arthur A. Billings
Joyce Black
Dianne Blanco
Judy Blau
Merrill Blau
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck
Ann Blickensderfer
† Deceased
Terry Boden
Fred Boelter
Peter Borich
Mrs. Suzanne Borland
James G. Borovsky
Adam Bossov
Janet S. Boyer
John D. Bramsen
Ms. Jill Brennan
Mrs. William Gardner Brown
Sue Brubaker
Mrs. Patricia M. Bryan
Gilda Buchbinder
Rosemarie Buntrock
Elizabeth Nolan Buzard
Ms. Lutgart Calcote
Thomas Campbell
Ms. Vera Capp
Wendy Alders Cartland
Mrs. William C. Childs
Linton J. Childs
Frank Cicero, Jr.
Patricia A. Clickener
Mitchell Cobey
Jean M. Cocozza
Carol Cohen
Robin Tennant Colburn
Mrs. Jane B. Colman
Eileen Conaghan
Dr. Thomas H. Conner
Ms. Cecilia Conrad
Beverly Ann Conroy
Taylor Corbitt
Jenny L. Corley
Nancy Corral
Ms. Sarah Crane
Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven
Mr. Richard Cremieux
R. Bert Crossland
Rebecca E. Crown
Daniel R. Cyganowski
Catherine Daniels
Mrs. Robert J. Darnall
Dr. Tapas K. Das Gupta †
Frank Davis III
Roxanne Decyk
Mary Dedinsky
Nancy Dehmlow
Mrs. Suzanne Demirjian
Duane M. DesParte
Janet Wood Diederichs
Doug Donenfeld
Mrs. William F. Dooley
Phyllis Dougherty
Sara L. Downey
Ms. Ann Drake
David Dranove
Robert Duggan
Mimi Duginger
Mr. Frank A. Dusek, CPA
Mrs. David P. Earle III
Eric Easterberg and Cindy Pan
Judge Frank H. Easterbrook
Mrs. Dorne Eastwood
Mrs. Larry K. Ebert
Louis M. Ebling III
Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten
Jon Ekdahl
Kathleen H. Elliott
Matthew Ellison
Charles Emmons, Jr.
Scott Enloe
Dr. James Ertle
William Escamilla
Dr. Marilyn D. Ezri
Neil Fackler
Melissa Sage Fadim
Jeffrey Farbman
Mr. Don Fehrs
Steven Felsenthal
Signe Ferguson
Hector Ferral, M.D.
Ms. Constance M. Filling
Mr. Daniel Fischel
Jenny Fischer
Henry Fogel
Mrs. John D. Foster
David S. Fox
Dr. Lee Francis
Anne Fraumann
Williard Fraumann
Mr. Paul E. Freehling
Mitzi Freidheim
Marjorie Friedman Heyman
Malcolm M. Gaynor
Robert D. Gecht
Frank Gelber
Mrs. Lynn Gendleman
Dr. Mark Gendleman
Rabbi Gary S. Gerson
Dr. Bernardino Ghetti
Karen Gianfrancisco
Ellen Gignilliat
Mr. James J. Glasser †
Madeleine Glossberg
Mrs. Judy Goldberg
Mrs. Mary Anne Goldberg
Anne Goldstein
Jerry A. Goldstone
Mary Goodkind
Dr. Alexia Gordon
Mr. Michael D. Gordon
Donald J. Gralen
Ruth Grant
Mrs. Hanna H. Gray
Mary L. Gray
Dana Green Clancy
Freddi L. Greenberg
Delta A. Greene
Joyce Greening
Dr. Jerri Greer
Dr. Katherine L. Griem
Kendall Griffith
Jerome J. Groen
Jacalyn Gronek
John P. Grube
James P. Grusecki
Dongqi Guo
Anastasia Gutting
Lynne R. Haarlow
Joan M. Hall
Dr. Howard Halpern
Mrs. Richard C. Halpern
Anne Marcus Hamada
Josephine Hammer
Joel L. Handelman
John Hard
Dr. Dane Hassani
James W. Haugh
Thomas Haynes
Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).
James Heckman
Mrs. Patricia Herrmann Heestand
Marilyn P. Helmholz
Richard H. Helmholz
Dr. Arthur L. Herbst
Jeffrey W. Hesse
Konstanze L. Hickey
Thea Flaum Hill
Dr. Richard Hirschmann
Suzanne Hoffman
Anne Hokin
Wayne J. Holman III
Fred E. Holubow †
Mr. James Holzhauer
Carol Honigberg
Janice L. Honigberg
Mrs. Nancy A. Horner
Mrs. Arnold Horween
Frances G. Horwich
Dr. Mary L. Houston
Harry Hunderman
Patricia J. Hurley
Michael Huston
Barbara Ann Huyler
Ms. Sandra Ihm
Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs
Dr. Todd Janus
John Jawor
Ms. Justine Jentes
Brian Johnson
George E. Johnson
Raymonda Johnson
Ronald B. Johnson
Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Edward T. Joyce
Mrs. Carol K. Kaplan †
Claudia Norris Kapnick
Mrs. Lonny H. Karmin
Barry D. Kaufman
Kenneth Kaufman
Marie Kaufman
Don Kaul
Molly Keller
Jonathan Kemper
Nancy Kempf
Elizabeth I. Keyser
Leslie Kiesel
Emmy King
Susan Kiphart
Carol Kipperman
Dr. Leonard Klein
Dr. Elaine H. Klemen
Carol Evans Klenk
Mrs. Janet Knauff
Mr. Henry L. Kohn
Evangel A. Kokkino
Dr. Mark Kozloff
Dr. Michael Krco
Eldon Kreider
David Kreisman
MaryBeth Kretz
Dr. Vinay Kumar
Mr. Rubin Kuznitsky
Mr. John LaBarbera
Dr. Lynda Lane
Frederick and Virginia Langrehr
Stephen and Maria Lans
William J. Lawlor III
Sunhee Lee
Dr. Anu Leemann
Dean Leff
Jonathon Leik
Sheila Fields Leiter
Jeffrey Lennard
Zafra Lerman
Jerrold Levine
Laurence H. Levine
Mrs. Bernard Leviton
Gregory M. Lewis
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Jane Loeb
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Jacen Maleck
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Judith Partipilo Marth
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Ryan Martin
BeLinda I. Mathie
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Scott McCue
Ann Pickard McDermott
Dr. James L. McGee
Dr. John P. McGee †
Mrs. Lester McKeever
John A. McKenna
Mrs. Peter McKinney
James Edward McPherson
Sheila Medvin
Mr. Paul Meister
Dr. Ellen Mendelson
Mara Mills Barker
Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery
David H. Moscow
John H. Mugge
Daniel R. Murray
Mr. Stuart C. Nathan
Mrs. Ray E. Newton, Jr.
Edward A. Nieminen
Dr. Zehava L. Noah
Kenneth R. Norgan
Martha C. Nussbaum
William A. Obenshain
Shelley Ochab
Maria Ochs
Mrs. James J. O’Connor
Eric Oesterle
Wallace Olliver
Mrs. Katherine Olson
Joy O’Malley
Michael Oman
Kathleen Field Orr
Mr. Gerald A. Ostermann
James J. O’Sullivan, Jr.
Bruce L. Ottley
Pamela Papas
Mr. Bruno A. Pasquinell
Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk
Mr. Timothy J. Patenode
Robert J. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. Michael Payette
Mrs. Richard S. Pepper †
Jean E. Perkins
Mr. Michael A. Perlstein
Bonnie Perry
Dr. William Peruzzi
Robert C. Peterson
Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.
Sue N. Pick †
Betsey N. Pinkert
Ms. Emilysue Pinnell
Harvey R. Plonsker
Mr. John F. Podjasek, III
Andrew Porte
Charlene H. Posner
Stephen Potter
Carol Prins
Elizabeth H. Pritchard
Maridee Quanbeck
Stephen K. Racker
Mrs. Lynda Rahal
Diana Mendley Rauner
Susan Regenstein
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Mary Thomson Renner
Hilda Richards
Burton R. Rissman
Charles T. Rivkin
Carol Roberts
Mr. John H. Roberts
William Roberts
David Robin
Dr. Diana Robin
Chauncey H. Robinson
Bob Rogers
Kevin M. Rooney
Harry J. Roper
Saul Rosen
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Dr. Ricardo T. Rosenkranz
Michael Rosenthal
Doris Roskin
Lisa Ross
Jean Rothbarth
Maija Rothenberg
Helen Rubenstein
Roberta H. Rubin
Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz
Sandra K. Rusnak
David W. “Buzz” Ruttenberg
Richard O. Ryan
Mrs. Patrick G. Ryan
Dr. Christine Rydel
Norman K. Sackar
Anthony Saineghi
Mr. Agustin G. Sanz
Inez Saunders
Libby Savner
Karla Scherer
David M. Schiffman
Judith Feigon Schiffman
Rosa Schloss
Al Schriesheim
Elizabeth Schroeder
Donald L. Schwartz
Susan H. Schwartz
Dr. Penny Bender Sebring
Chandra Sekhar
Mrs. Richard J.L. Senior
Ilene W. Shaw
Pam Sheffield
James C. Sheinin, M.D.
Richard W. Shepro
Jessie Shih
Junia Shlaustas
Caroline Orzac Shoenberger
Stuart Shulruff
Adele Simmons
Linda Simon
Mr. Larry Simpson
Craig Sirles
Miyam Slater
Christine A. Slivon
Valerie Slotnick
Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr.
Charles F. Smith
Louise K. Smith
Mary Ann Smith
Stephen R. Smith
Mrs. Ralph Smykal
Naomi Pollock and David Sneider
Diane Snyder
Kimberly Snyder
Kathleen Solaro
Ms. Elysia M. Solomon
Dr. Stuart Sondheimer
Orli Staley
William D. Staley
Helena Stancikas
Grace Stanek
Ms. Denise M. Stauder
Leonidas Stefanos
Penelope Steiner
Mrs. Richard J. Stern
Liz Stiffel
Mr. John Stover
Mary Stowell
Lawrence E. Strickling
Patricia Study
Cheryl Sturm
Minsook Suh
For complete donor listings, please visit the Richard and Helen Thomas Donor Gallery at cso.org/donorgallery.
† Deceased
Italics indicate Governing Members who have served at least five terms (fifteen years or more).
Mrs. Robert Szalay
Mr. Gregory Taubeneck
Chris Thomas
James E. Thompson
Dr. Robert Thomson
Ms. Carla M. Thorpe
Joan Thron
David Timm
Mrs. Ray S. Tittle, Jr.
William R. Tobey, Jr. †
Bruce Tranen †
James M. (Mack) Trapp
John T. Travers
David Trushin
Dr. David A. Turner
Robert W. Turner
Judith Tuszynski
Janet Underwood
Zalman Usiskin
Mrs. James D. Vail III
John Van Horn
Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice
Thomas D. Vander Veen
Jennifer Vianello
Dr. Michael Viglione
Catherine M. Villinski
Charles Vincent
Mr. Christian Vinyard
Theodore Wachs
Mark A. Wagner
Beth Ann Waite
Bernard T. Wall
Dr. Catherine L. Webb
Jeffrey J. Webb
Mrs. Jacob Weglarz
Chickie Weisbard
Richard Weiss
Robert G. Weiss
Dr. Marc Weissbluth
Rebecca West
Carmen Wheatcroft
Leah Williams
M.L. Winburn
Peter Wolf
Laura Woll
Joseph Wolnski
Dr. Hak Yui Wong
Courtenay R. Wood
Michael H. Woolever
Ms. Debbie Wright
Nancy G. Wulfers
Ronald Yonover
Owen Youngman
Priscilla Yu
David J. Zampa
Dr. John P. Zaremba
Karen Zupko
SEMPRE
This fundraising initiative provides the secure footing needed to promote the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s preeminent role as a cultural icon showcasing musical brilliance, leadership, and innovation. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the generous donors who have shown tremendous support for this strategic initiative.
$20,000,000 AND ABOVE Zell Family Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
$10,000,000–$19,999,999
The Grainger Foundation TAWANI Foundation
$5,000,000–$9,999,999
Anonymous
Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation
Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz
$2,500,000–$4,999,999
Anonymous
Mary Louise Gorno
Estate of Esther G. Klatz
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett
Megan and Steve Shebik
Richard and Helen Thomas
$1,000,000–$2,499,999 Anonymous (3)
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck
Ann Blickensderfer and Roger Blickensderfer
Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown
Kay Bucksbaum †
Rosemarie and Dean L. Buntrock
J. Douglas Donenfeld
Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert
Michael and Kathleen Elliott
Erika Gross
Estates of Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak
Jim † and Kay Mabie
Estate of Gloria Miner
The Oberman Family Charitable Trust
Cathy and Bill Osborn
Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger
Judith and Paul Tuszynski
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
$500,000–$999,999
Patricia and Laurence Booth
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray
D & R Charitable Fund
The Davee Foundation
David and Janet Fox
Howard Gottlieb †
ITW
Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg
Betty W. Smykal*
Laura and Terrence Truax^
$250,000–$499,999
Ruth and Roger Anderson
Family Foundation
Wayne D. and Nancy M. Boberg
Dr. Joseph and Patricia Car
George and Minou Colis
Nancy Dehmlow
Mimi Duginger
Alice and Richard Godfrey
Jennifer Amler Goldstein, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein
Merle L. Jacob
Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman
James and Renée Metcalf
Estate of Donald V. Peck
Sage Foundation, Melissa Sage Fadim
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Susan and Bob Wislow
Estate of Rita Zralek
$100,000–$249,999
Cynthia Bates* in honor of Kevin Rock
Merrill and Judy Blau*
William A. and Anne Goldstein
Timothy and Joyce Greening*
John Hart and Carol Prins
Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson
Mr. † & Mrs. Paul R. Judy
Judy and Scott McCue
Estate of Donald Powell
Andra and Irwin Press
Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene and Jean Stark
Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern
Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr.
Thierer Family Foundation
Penny and John Van Horn
Craig and Bette Williams
Mr. Gifford Zimmerman
UP TO $100,000
Anonymous
Jeff and Keiko Alexander
Patricia Ames
Sharon Angell^
Peter and Elise Barack
Mr. & Mrs.^ Christopher Barber
Gail Eisenhart Belytschko*
Ms. Elizabeth Berry^ and
Mr. Philip S. Revzin
Lizbeth Branch^
Roderick Branch and Brant Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Burlin
Ms. Vera Capp*
Dr. Thomas H. Conner*
Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy*
Ms. Juli Crabtree^
Charles and Carol Emmons*
Judith E. Feldman^
Mrs. Donna Fleming^
Leo and Kim Flynn^
Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall
Robert D. Gecht
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab^
Mr. Graham C. Grady
Mr. Ivo Daalder and Mrs. Elisa D. Harris^
Helen Han^ and Dan Pan
Ms. Kyle Harvey^
The Heestand Foundation
Karen and Neil Kawashima
Ms. Geraldine Keefe
Anne Kern
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Kilroy
Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn*
Randall S. Kroszner and David Nelson
Ms. Leah Laurie^
Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek*
Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg
Ms. Mirjana Martich^ and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin*
Mr. David E. McNeel
James Edward McPherson*
Mr. Robert Meeker
Dr. Ellen Mendelson*
Dr. Sharon D. Michalove
John H. Mugge
Mr. Daniel R. Murray
Sarah and Wallace Oliver*
Mr. Eric P. Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Y. Pan*
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein
Charlene H. Posner*
Mary Rafferty^
Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel
Ms. Carol Roberts*
Mr. & Mrs. Jason and Kristen Rossi
James S. Rostenberg
Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †^
Mr. & Mrs.^ Michael Scholl
Susan H. Schwartz*
Ms. Courtney Shea^
Ms. Kim Shepherd^
Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons*
Ms. Lynn B. Singer^
Grace K. Stanek*
Cheryl Sturm^
David and Beth Timm*
Dr. Catherine L. Webb*
Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung*
Ms. Janice Young
Owen and Linda Youngman*
Ms. Karen Zupko*
*Commitment to the Governing Members Chair, a collective initiative to endow a revolving musician chair of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
^Commitment to the Women’s Board Guest Artist Endowment Fund, which will annually support the appearance of a guest artist, conductor, or composer.
† Deceased
Corporate Partners
MAESTRO RESIDENCY PRESENTER
Bank of America
OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF THE CSO
United Airlines
$100,000–$199,999
Abbott
Abbott Fund
Allstate Insurance Company
CIBC Private Wealth
Citadel and Citadel Securities
ITW
Northern Trust
$50,000–$99,999
Anonymous (1)
BMO
DIOR
Jenner & Block LLP
PNC Bank
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
$25,000–$49,999
AAR CORP.
Altair Advisers LLC
Anonymous (1)
Kinder Morgan
Latham & Watkins LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
S&C Electric Company Fund
Sidley Austin LLP
Walgreens
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
$10,000–$24,999
ADM
Deloitte
Gage Hospitality Group
GCM Grosvenor
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Huron Consulting Group
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
McKinsey & Company
Millennium Garages
Peoples Gas Community Fund
Sheppard Mullin
TravTours, Inc.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
$5,000–$9,999
Ariel Investments
Baird
Clayco
Dentons
Fellowes, Inc.
Global Verification Network
Italian Village Restaurants
Mars Snacking
Scott Byron & Co., Inc.
Segal Consulting
The Law Offices of Jonathan N. Sherwell
Starshak & Winzenburg
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Weiss Financial
$1,000–$4,999
American Agricultural Insurance Company
Amsted Industries Incorporated
AspireUp
Central Building & Preservation L.P.
Chicago Blackhawks Foundation
DS&P Insurance Services, Inc.
Nascar Events and Entertainment, LLC
Parkway Elevators
Sahara Enterprises, Inc. Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Show Services
Smith Hulsey & Busey
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Foundations and Government Agencies
$100,000 AND ABOVE
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Julius N. Frankel Foundation
JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
Sargent Family Foundation
TAWANI Foundation
Zell Family Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
The Brinson Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund, in memory of Joanne Strauss Crown
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
Sally Mead Hands Foundation
Illinois Arts Council
National Endowment for the Arts
Polk Bros. Foundation
$25,000–$49,999
The Clinton Family Fund
Crain-Maling Foundation
The Crown Family
Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation
Irving Harris Foundation
Bowman C. Lingle Trust
The Maval Foundation
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Hulda B. and Maurice L.
Rothschild Foundation
Shure Charitable Trust
$10,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Barker Welfare Foundation
Robert & Isabelle Bass Foundation
The Buchanan Family Foundation
Darling Family Foundation
William M. Hales Foundation
Leslie Fund, Inc.
Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation
The George L. Shields Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
The Allyn Foundation, Inc.
Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation
Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation
Hoellen Family Foundation
Hunter Family Foundation
Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
Kovler Family Foundation
E. Nakamichi Foundation
$1,000–$4,999
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music
Geraldi Norton Foundation
Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation
Walter and Caroline Sueske
Charitable Trust
Annual Support
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their annual gifts and commitments in support of the CSOA through February 2025. To learn more, please call 312-294-3100 or email gifts@cso.org.
$150,000 AND ABOVE
Anonymous
Randy L. and Melvin R. † Berlin
Kenneth C. Griffin, Citadel and Citadel Securities
Mr. & Mrs. † William R. Jentes
Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation
Margot and Josef Lakonishok
The Negaunee Foundation
Megan and Steve Shebik
In honor and loving memory of Alice Welsh Skilling
Gene and Jean Stark
Zell Family Foundation
$100,000–$149,999
Anonymous (5)
Nancy Dehmlow
Michael and Kathleen Elliott
Mr. & Ms. Lawrence Elman
Mr. & Mrs. James B. Fadim
James and Brenda Grusecki
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett
Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz
COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired)
Ruth Ann and Neil K. Quinn Family
Ms. Cecelia Samans
$75,000–$99,999
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
John Hart and Carol Prins
Cathy and Bill Osborn
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation
Catherine M. and Frederick H. Waddell
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
$50,000–$74,999
Anonymous (2)
Mr. & Mrs. William Adams IV
Mrs. Janet R. Bauer †
Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz
Dr. Leonard and Phyllis Berlin
Kay Bucksbaum †
Dean L. and Rosemarie Buntrock Foundation
Ms. Sarah Crane
Dr. Eugene F. and Mrs. SallyAnn D. Fama
Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation
Frances and Franklin † Horwich
Mr. Jonathan K. Karoly
Ms. Geraldine Keefe
Judy and Scott McCue
Ms. Deborah K. McNeil
Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †
Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation
Sidley Austin LLP
Michael and Linda Simon
Liz Stiffel
Helen G. and Richard L. Thomas
Ms. Beth Ann Waite
David and Marsha Woodhouse
$35,000–$49,999
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
Ms. Kay Boehme
Mr. Roderick Branch
Mr. & Mrs. Johannes Burlin
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Bruce and Martha Clinton for The Clinton Family Fund
Mr. Philip Darling
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Eastwood
Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation
Mr. Collier Hands
Ms. Renee Metcalf
Charles Morcom
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Murley
Ms. Martha C. Nussbaum
Margo and Michael Oberman
Ms. Elizabeth Parker and Mr. Keith Crow
Walter and Kathleen Snodell
Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt
Mr. Gifford Zimmerman
$25,000–$34,999
Anonymous (3)
Nancy A. Abshire
Altair Advisers LLC
Sharon and Charles † Angell
Carey and Brett August
Peter and Elise Barack
Julie and Roger Baskes
Patricia and Laurence Booth
Robert J. Buford
Ms. Marion A. Cameron-Gray
Mr. & Dr. George Colis
Mrs. Barbara Flynn Currie
Mr. Stephen V. D’Amore
Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson
Ms. Ann Drake
Timothy A. and Bette Anne Duffy
Mr. Daniel Fischel and Ms. Sylvia Neil
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr.
Ellen and Paul Gignilliat
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg
William A. and Anne Goldstein
Mary Louise Gorno
Howard L. Gottlieb † and Barbara G. Greis
Mr. Graham C. Grady
Ms. Helen Han
Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Jay L. Henderson
Mr. John Holmes
Janice L. Honigberg
Ronald B. Johnson
Karen and Neil Kawashima
Ms. Donna L. Kendall
Tom and Betsy Kilroy
Randall S. Kroszner and David Nelson
Mr. Jason M. Laurie
Susan and Rick Levy
Mr. & Mrs. Vikram Luthar
Ms. Britt Miller
Daniel R. Murray
John D. † and Alexandra C. Nichols
Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation
Dr. Mohan Rao
Diana and Bruce Rauner
Susan Regenstein
Ann and Bob † Reiland, in memory of Arthur and Ruth Koch
Melissa and Joseph Root
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Santi
Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy
Shure Charitable Trust
Bill and Orli Staley Foundation
Mary Stowell
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Sullivan
Thierer Family Foundation
TravTours, Inc.
Laura and Terrence Truax
Craig and Bette Williams
Susan and Bob Wislow
Ms. Ann Marie Wright
$20,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Fraida and Bob Aland
Peter † and Betsy Barrett
Tom and Dianne Campbell
Nancy and Bernard Dunkel
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Duwe
Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans
Mary and Lionel Go
Richard and Alice Godfrey
Mary Winton Green
Halasyamani/Davis Family
Barbara and Kenneth Kaufman
Anne and John † Kern
Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family
Mr. † & Mrs. John Lillard
Mr. Philip Lumpkin
Dr. Maija Freimanis and David A. Marshall
Ms. Emilysue Pinnell
D. Elizabeth Price
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro
Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Swanson
Mr. Jeffrey J. Webb and Ms. Catherine Yung
Dr. Marylou Witz
Ronald and Geri Yonover Foundation
$15,000–$19,999
Anonymous (4)
Mr. & Mrs. John Baldwin
Merrill and Judy Blau
Fred and Phoebe Boelter
Mr. & Mrs. William Gardner Brown
Henry and Gilda Buchbinder
Robert D. Carone
Joyce Chelberg
Sue and Jim Colletti
Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford
John and Fran Edwardson
Anthony and Karin Gambell
Mr. Peter Gotsch and Dr. Jana French
Sue and Melvin Gray
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy
Mr. & Mrs. R. Helmholz
Mr. & Mrs. Mark C. Hibbard
Mr. & Mrs. David Hilliard
Mrs. Janet Kanter †
Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Klein
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Krueck
Stephen and Maria Lans
Ms. Betsy Levin
Dr. Eva Lichtenberg and Dr. Arnold Tobin
Mr. David E. McNeel
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino
Dr. Toni-Marie Montgomery
Edward and Gayla Nieminen
Kathleen Field Orr
Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli
Family Foundation
Mr. † & Mrs. Albert Pawlick
LeAnn Pedersen Pope and Clyde F. McGregor
Mr. & Mrs. † Andrew Porte
Andra and Irwin Press
Jerry Rose
Penelope R. Steiner
Carl W. Stern and Holly Hayes-Stern
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Toft
Penny and John Van Horn
Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs
$11,500–$14,999
Jeff and Keiko Alexander
Mrs. Gail Belytschko
Ann and Richard Carr
Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan
Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng
Charles and Carol Emmons
Dr. & Mrs. James Franklin
Robert D. Gecht
Jim † and Kay Mabie
The Osprey Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scholl
Leslie and Tom Silverstein
Carol S. Sonnenschein
Mr. Chris Thomas
Ksenia A. and Peter Turula
Ms. Judith Tuszynski
Caroline Foulke Wettersten
$7,500–$11,499
Anonymous (4)
Ms. Patti Acurio
Mr. Edward Amrein, Jr. and Mrs. Sara Jones-Amrein
Mr. Robert C. Austin and Dr. Kathryn C. Gamble
Judith Barnard and Michael Fain
Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Benck
Arnie and Ann Berlin
Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin
Mr. † & Mrs. Dennis Black
Cassandra L. Book
Mr. & Mrs. John Borland
Adam Bossov
Janet S. Boyer
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bramsen
Ms. Danolda Brennan
Mr. Ray Capitanini
Patricia A. Clickener
Dr. Thomas H. Conner
Mr. Lawrence Corry
Rachel Cowen
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Demirjian
Mr. Marc DeMoss
Mr. & Mrs. William Dooley
Mimi Duginger
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Earle
Mr. Eric P. Easterberg and Ms. Cindy Y. Pan
Mr. & Mrs. Louis M. Ebling III
Mr. Fred Eychaner
Judith E. Feldman
Constance M. Filling and Robert D. Hevey Jr.
Ms. Hazel Fisher
David and Janet Fox
Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman
Jeannette and Jerry Goldstone
Mr. Gerald and Dr. Colette Gordon
Richard † and Mary L. Gray
Timothy and Joyce Greening
Dr. Katherine L. Griem
Ann and John Grube
Lynne R. Haarlow
Joan M. Hall
Mrs. Richard C. Halpern
John and Sally Hard
Pati and O.J. † Heestand
Janet Helman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Holson III
Fred † and Sandra Holubow
Tex and Susan Hull
Michael and Leigh Huston
Merle L. Jacob
Howard E. Jessen Family Trust
Edward Joyce
Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joyce
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Keller
Ms. Librada Killian
The King Family Foundation
Marci Klein
Mr. & Mrs. James Klenk
Dr. June Koizumi
Mr. † & Mrs. Richard K. Komarek
Ms. Margaret Kuhajek
Mr. John LaBarbera
Mr. Craig Lancaster and Ms. Charlene T. Handler
Sheila Fields Leiter
Mr. Jeffrey Lennard
Mr. Michael Leppen
Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation
Mr. † & Mrs. Paul Lieberman
Mrs. Gabrielle Long
Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl
Judith Partipilo Marth
Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic
Sheila Medvin
Dr. Ellen Mendelson
Mr. Frank Modruson and Ms. Lynne Shigley
Drs. Bill † and Elaine Moor
Emilie Morphew, M.D.
Drs. Robert † and Marsha Mrtek
David † and Dolores Nelson
Ms. Susan Norvich
Mr. Christopher A. O’Herlihy
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Oberman
Eric and Carolyn Oesterle
Mr. † & Mrs. Norman L. Olson
Jim O’Sullivan
Richard and Frances Penn
Sue N. Pick †
Mary and Joseph Plauché
Charlene H. Posner
Harper Reed
Dr. Petra and Mr. Randy O. Rissman
Mr. & Mrs. Rich Ryan
Karla Scherer
David and Judy Schiffman
Al Schriesheim and Kay Torshen
Joan and George Segal
Drs. Deborah and Lawrence Segil
Mr. & Mrs. Chandra Sekhar
Diana and Richard Senior
David and Judith L. Sensibar
The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation
Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho
Julia M. Simpson
Dr. Stuart Sondheimer, M.D. and Ms. Bonnie Lucas
Cheryl Sturm
Mr. & Mrs. † Louis Sudler, Jr.
Mr. † & Mrs. Michael Supera, in honor of Helen Zell
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Taubeneck
Ms. Carla M. Thorpe
John T. and Carrie M. Travers
Mr. Bill Tyree
Mr. David J. Varnerin
Rebecca West
M.L. Winburn
Michael H. and Mary K. Woolever
Mr. & Mrs. John Wulfers
$4,500–$7,499
Anonymous (13)
Elaine and Floyd Abramson
Sandra Allen and Jim Perlow
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Allie
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alsaker
Mrs. Evelyn Alter
Cat Anderson
Geoffrey A. Anderson
Megan P. and John L. Anderson
Cushman L. and Pamela Andrews
Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei
David and Suzanne Arch
Dr. & Mrs. Kent Armbruster
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Baird
Mr. Merrill and Mr. N.M.K. Barnes
Joseph Bartush
Sandra Bass
Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni † and Elaine Klemen
Cynthia Bates and Kevin Rock †
Deborah Baughman
Ms. Patricia Bayerlein
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Bedford
Kirsten Bedway and Simon Peebler
Mr. Ken Belcher
Mr. & Mrs. D. Theodore Berghorst
Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Bermudez
Mr. William † and Mrs. Suzanne Bible
Mrs. Arthur A. Billings
Mr. & Mrs. Harrington Bischof
Jim † and Dianne Blanco
Ann Blickensderfer
Kovler Family Foundation
Ms. Terry Boden
Mr. Edward Boehm III
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Borich
Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky
Mr. Donald Bouseman
Ms. Jill Brennan
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Breu
Cindy Marie Brito and Anthony Costello
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Bryan
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Buchsbaum
Elizabeth Nolan and Kevin Buzard
Ms. Lutgart Calcote
Ms. Vera Capp
David † and Orit Carpenter
Wendy Alders Cartland
Mia Celano and Noel Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. Candelario Celio
Margery al Chalabi
Mr. James Chamberlain
Linton J. Childs
Ms. Jue H. Chung
Jan and Frank † Cicero, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Clancy
Nancy J. Clawson
Mitchell Cobey and Janet Reali
Ms. Jean Cocozza
David Colburn
Jane B. Colman
E. and V. Combs Foundation
Peter and Beverly Ann Conroy
Mrs. Taylor Corbitt and Mr. Christopher Sweeney
Jenny L. Corley in memory of Dr. W. Gene Corley
Nancy R. Corral
Mari Hatzenbuehler Craven
James R. Looman † and Donna Craven
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Cremieux
R. Bert Crossland
Daniel Cyganowski and Judith Metzger
Dr. † & Mrs. Tapas K. Das Gupta
Mr. Frank R. Davis III
Decyk Watts Charitable Foundation
Mary Dedinsky and William Carlisle Herbert
Duane M. DesParte and John C. Schneider
Owen Deutsch and Rona Talcott
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DiBello
Janet Wood Diederichs
Mr. William Dietz, Jr.
Mr. Doug Donenfeld
Ms. Phyllis Dougherty
David and Deborah Dranove
Ingrid and Richard Dubberke
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Dusek
Judge Frank Easterbrook
Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Ebert
Ms. Paula Ebert
Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten
Jon Ekdahl and Marcia Opp
Thomas Eller
Mr. Matthew Ellison
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Elting III
Scott and Lenore Enloe
Dr. & Mrs. † James Ertle
Marilyn D. Ezri, M.D.
Neil Fackler
Tarek and Ann Fadel
Jeffrey Farbman and Ann Greenstein
Steven and Carol Felsenthal
Hector Ferral, M.D.
John and Geraldine Fiedler
Dr. & Mrs. Sanford Finkel, in honor of Robert Coad
Mr. Conrad Fischer
Dean and Jenny Fischer
Thea Flaum/Hill Foundation
Leo and Kim Flynn
Mrs. John D. Foster
Lee Francis and Michelle Gittler
Arthur L. Frank, M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Fraumann
Susan and Paul Freehling
Judy and Mickey Gaynor
Sandy and Frank Gelber
Rabbi Gary S. Gerson and Dr. Carol R. Gerson
Bernardino and Caterina Ghetti
Camillo and Arlene Ghiron
Ms. Karen Gianfrancisco
Mr. † & Mrs. James J. Glasser
Judy and Bill Goldberg
Lyn Goldstein
Robert and Marcia Goltermann
Mary and Michael Goodkind
Mrs. Amy G. Gordon and Mr. Michael D. Gordon
Donald J. Gralen
Mr. Daniel Gray
Hanna H. Gray
Ms. Freddi Greenberg
Thomas † and Delta Greene
Dr. Jerri E. Greer
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Groen
Jacalyn Gronek
Mr. Dongqi Guo
Anastasia and Gary † Gutting
Stephanie and Howard Halpern
Anne Marcus Hamada
Ronald and Diane Hamburger
Ms. Josephine Hammer
Mrs. John M. Hartigan
Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Hassan
Hassani Family Foundation
James W. Haugh
Thomas and Connie Hsu Haynes
James and Lynne † Heckman
Mr. Hirad Hedayat
Mr. Dale C. Hedding
Scott Helm
Ms. Dawn E. Helwig
Dr. † & Mrs. Arthur L. Herbst
Marjorie Friedman Heyman
The Hickey Family Foundation
William B. Hinchliff
Richard † and Joanne Hoffman
Suzanne Hoffman and Dale Smith †
James and Eileen Holzhauer
Mr. † & Mrs. Joel D. Honigberg
James † and Mary Houston
Mr. Harry Hunderman and Ms. Deborah Slaton
Ms. Patricia Hurley
Frances and Phillip Huscher
Leland E. Hutchinson and Jean E. Perkins
Mr. & Mrs. Jorge Iorgulescu
Ian and Valerie Jacobs
Mrs. Nancy Witte Jacobs
Stan and Jeri Jakopin
Dr. & Mrs. Todd and Peggy Janus
Mr. John Jawor
Ms. Justine Jentes and Mr. Dan Kuruna
Mr. & Mrs. † George E. Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Hulon Johnson
Dr. Patricia Collins Jones
Mr. † & Mrs. Saul Kadin
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kaplan/ Kaplan Foundation
Jared Kaplan † and Maridee Quanbeck
Mr. James Kastenholz and Ms. Jennifer Steans
Barry D. Kaufman
Larry † and Marie Kaufman
Don Kaul and Barbara Bluhm-Kaul
Peter and Stephanie Keehn
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Keiser
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Kiesel
Mr. Thomas Kmetko
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Knauff
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Koglin
Cookie Anspach Kohn and Henry L. Kohn
Evangel Kokkino and Francesca Johns
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Kozloff
Dr. Michael Krco
Eldon and Patricia Kreider
Drs. Vinay and Raminder Kumar
Dr. Lynda Lane
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Langrehr
Mr. William Lawlor, III
Dean and Rebecca Leff
Ms. Zafra Lerman
Mr. Jerrold Levine
Mary and Laurence Levine
Averill and Bernard † Leviton
Gregory M. Lewis and Mary E. Strek
Mr. † & Mrs. Howard Lickerman
Jane and Peter † Loeb
The Loewenthal Fund at The Chicago Community Trust
Dr. Anna Lysakowski
Jacen Maleck
Dr. & Mrs. Michael S. Maling
Francine R. Manilow
Sharon L. Manuel
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick A. Martin
Arthur and Elizabeth Martinez
Dr. & Mrs. Walter Massey
Ms. BeLinda Mathie and Dr. Brian Haag
Mr. Donald P. Maves
Charles and Clara McCall
Margaret and Michael McCoy
Ann Pickard McDermott
Dr. & Mrs. James McGee
Dr. † & Mrs. John McGee II
Bill McIntosh
John and Etta McKenna
Dr. & Mrs. Peter McKinney
James Edward McPherson and David Lee Murray †
Leoni and Bill McVey
Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc.
Jim and Ginger Meyer
Mr. Llewellyn Miller and Ms. Cecilia Conrad
Paul and Robert Barker Foundation
The Moon Family Foundation
Stephen and Rumi Morales
Mrs. Frank Morrissey
David H. Moscow
John H. Mugge
Mr. † & Mrs. Kenneth Nebenzahl
Mr. † & Mrs. William Neiman
Mr. & Mrs. † Richard Nopar
Kenneth R. Norgan
Dr. Linda Novak
Mark and Gloria Nusbaum
Bill and Penny Obenshain
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ochs
Sarah and Wallace Oliver
John and Joy O’Malley
Mr. Michael Oman and Mrs. Patricia Wakeley
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ostermann
Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk
Mr. Timothy J. Patenode
Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. Michael Payette
Dr. & Mrs. † Ray Pensinger
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein
Dr. William Peruzzi
Mr. Robert Peterson
Lorna and Ellard Pfaelzer, Jr.
Mr. Paul Phillips, Jr. † and Mr. Lloyd Palmiter
Mr. & Mrs. Dale R. Pinkert
Lee Ann and Savit Pirl
Harvey and Madeleine Plonsker
Stephen and Ann Suker Potter
Mrs. Mary Jo Potts and Mr. Jim Selsor
John and Merry Ann Pratt
Barry and Elizabeth Pritchard
Ms. Elizabeth R. B. Pruett
Mrs. and Mr. Albert E. Pyott
Dr. Hilda Richards
Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards
Charles and Marilynn Rivkin
Ms. Carol Roberts
William and Cheryl Roberts
Dr. Diana Robin
Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen
Mr. John W. Rogers, Jr.
Kevin M. Rooney and Daniel P. Vicencio
Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Roper
Mr. & Mrs. Saul Rosen
Michael Rosenthal
D.D. Roskin
Ms. Lisa Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Rossi
Maija Rothenberg
Helen and Marc Rubenstein
Ms. Roberta H. Rubin
Mrs. Susan B. Rubnitz
Tina and Buzz Ruttenburg
Anthony Saineghi
Mr. David Sandfort
Michael and Judith Sawyier
Ms. Kay Schichtel and Mr. Barry Lesht
Mr. † & Mrs. Nathan Schloss
Shirley and John † Schlossman
Susan H. Schwartz
Donald L. and Susan J. Schwartz
Ruth Grant and Howard Schwartz
Scott Byron & Co.
Ms. Mary Beth Shea
Dr. & Mrs. James and Rita Sheinin
Richard W. Shepro and Lindsay E. Roberts
Mrs. Junia Shlaustas
Mr. & Ms. Alan Shoenberger
Stuart and Leslie Shulruff
Alan and Margaret Silberman
Ms. Ann Silberman
Mr. † & Mrs. John Simmons
Mr. Larry Simpson
Lynn B. Singer
Craig Sirles
Christine A. Slivon
Valerie Slotnick
Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Jr.
Louise K. Smith
Mary Ann Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Smith
Naomi Pollock and David Sneider
James and Diane Snyder
In memory of Timothy Soleiman
Elysia M. Solomon
Mrs. Linda Spain
Robert and Emily Spoerri
Helena Stancikas
Ms. Denise Stauder
Mr. & Mrs. Leonidas Stefanos
Dr. Dusan Stefoski, M.D. and Mr. Craig Savage
Carol D. Stein
Roger † and Susan Stone Family Foundation
Ms. Donna L. Strand
Laurence and Caryn Straus
Lawrence E. Strickling and Sydney L. Hans
Mr. Gary Stucka
Ms. Minsook Suh
Mr. Mitchell Suter and Ms. Hillary August
Mr. James Thompson
David and Beth Timm
Bill and Anne Tobey
Ayana Tomeka
Bruce † and Jan Tranen
James M. and Carol Trapp
Ms. Joanne Tremulis
Joan and David Trushin
Dr. & Mrs. David Turner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Turner
Henry † and Janet Underwood
Zalman and Karen Usiskin
Mr. Peter Vale
Jim and Cindy Valtman
Thomas D. Vander Veen, Ph.D.
Frances S. Vandervoort
Mr. † & Mrs. Peter E. Van Nice
Mr. James Vardiman
Henrietta Vepstas
Ms. Jennifer Vianello
Dr. Michael Viglione
Catherine M. Villinski
Charles Vincent
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Wall
Dr. Catherine L. Webb
Mr. † & Mrs. Jacob Weglarz
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Weisman
Mr. Louis Weiss
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Weiss
Marc Weissbluth in memory of Linda Weissbluth
Carmen and Allen Wheatcroft
Mr. Paul R. Wiggin
Peter and Marlee Wolf
Ms. Lois Wolff
Mr. Joseph Wolnski and Ms. Jane Christino
Dr. Hak Wong
Courtenay R. Wood and H. Noel Jackson, Jr.
Ms. Debbie Wright
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Ms. Janice Young
Owen and Linda Youngman
David and Eileen Zampa
Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba
Gerald Zimmerman and Margarete Gross
Ms. Karen Zupko
$3,500–$4,499
Anonymous
Ms. Rene Alphonse
Ms. Doris Angell
Mrs. Barbara Asner
Ms. Marlene Bach
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Block
Mr. James Borkman
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Brandfonbrener
Drs. Virginia and Stephen Carr
Ms. Anne Chien
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clusen
Dr. Edward A. Cole and Dr. Christine A. Rydel
Mr. Robert Cook
Joe and Judy Cosenza
Mr. † & Mrs. Robert J. Darnall
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker
Ms. Louise Dixon
Mr. & Mrs. Otto Doering III
Kenneth M. Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr
Ms. Sarah Good
Hill and Cheryl Hammock
Dr. Robert A. Harris
Ms. Anna Hertsberg
Jess D. Jordan
Ms. JoAnn Joyce
Ms. Ethelle Katz
Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Klemt
Mr. Philip Lesser
Ms. Janice Magnuson
Mr. Laurance C. Martin
Ms. Claretta Meier
Miss Marija Michalczyk
Catherine Mouly and LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr.
Noteable Notes Music Academy/ Wheaton, IL
Mr. Bruce Oltman
Mrs. Ann Oros
Mr. Bruce Ottley
Rita Petretti
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker
Mary Rafferty
Dorothy V. Ramm
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Schnadig
Gerald and Barbara Schultz
Dr. & Mrs. Mark C. Shields
Carolyn M. Short
Jack and Barbara Simon
Ms. Amanda Sonneborn
Joel and Beth Spenadel
Eric Vaang
Hilary and Barry Weinstein
Abby and Glen Weisberg
Ms. Mary Zeltmann
Ms. Camille Zientek
Mike Zimmerman
$2,500–$3,499
Anonymous (4)
Mr. Frank Ackerman
Dr. † & Mrs. Carl H. Albright
Ms. Sharon Alter
Catherine Baker and Timothy Kent
Connor Ballgae
Larry and Sarah Barden
Ms. Barbara Barzansky
Meta S. and Ronald † Berger
Family Foundation
Chris Brezil
Ms. Susan Bridge
Ms. Rosalind Britton
Mr. Lee M. Brown and Ms. Pixie Newman
Linda S. Buckley
Mr. & Mrs. John Butler
Curtis W. Cassel
Ms. Margaret Chaplan †
Lisa Chessare
Ms. Melinda Cheung
Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes
Mrs. Jane B. Colman
Ms. Juli Crabtree
Mr. John Crosby
Mr. Matthew Denk
Mr. & Mrs. James W. DeYoung
Mr. Stephen Diamond
Mrs. Kelli Gardner Emery † and Mr. Peter Emery
Debra Fienberg
Sandra E. Fienberg
Mrs. Donna Fleming
Ms. Nona Flores
Ms. Irene Fox
Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III
James and Rebecca Gaebe
Jane Gaines and Andy Kenoe
Ms. Nancy Garfien
Mr. Stanford Goldblatt
Isabelle Goossen
Merle Gordon
Dr. & Mrs. Alan Graham
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Gregory
Mrs. and Mr. Christina Greviskes
Mr. Bruce G. Amsterdam and Ms. Ilene K. Grossman
Mr. Adam Grymkowski
Dr. & Mrs. Chester Handelman
Dr. Dominic Harris
Grant P. Haugen
Mr. † & Mrs. Robert Heidrick
Alex Hemmer
Ms. Nancy Hess
James and Megan Hinchsliff
Ms. Gretchen Hoffmann and Mr. Joseph Doherty
Dr. & Mrs. James Holland
Mr. Stephen Holmes
Mr. & Mrs. R. Howell, Jr.
Illinois and Florida Club, Inc.
Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin
Joshua and Faye Jacobs
Egill and Ruth Jacobsen
Ronald E. Jacquart
Ms. Stephanie Jones
Ms. Kathleen Jordan
Daniel P. and Barbara J. Justus
Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan
Mr. Matthew W. Kasper
Mr. Thomas Lad
Ms. Pamela Larsen
Jules M. Laser
Ms. Leah Laurie
Dona Le Blanc
Mr. Jonathon Leik
Sherry and Mel Lopata
Ronald and Carlotta Lucchesi
Mr. Timothy Marshall
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Mass
Igor and Olga Matlin
Ms. Marilyn McCoy
Rosa and Peter McCullagh
Mr. Charles McKee
Mr. Zarin Mehta
Ms. Maryrose Murphy
Mr. Robert Napier
Mr. † & Mrs. Herbert Neil, Jr.
Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer
Mrs. Janis Notz
Marjory Oliker
Peg Gould and Howard Owen
Ms. Jane Park
Kingsley Perkins †
Mrs. Victorina Peterson
Mr. † & Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn
Richard Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper
Howard and Sheila Pizer
Ms. Rebecca Preston
Dr. Susan Rabe
Ms. Constance Rajala
Dr. & Mrs. Don Randel
Mr. Jeffrey Rappin
Dr. Jennifer Reenan
Patricia Richter
Charles Peter Rogers, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Roseman
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ross
Mrs. Martha Sabransky † and Dr. Paul Glickman
Rita † and Norman Sackar
JF Sarwark, M.D.
Susan Schaalman Youdovin and Charlie Shulkin
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza
Stephen A. and Marilyn Scott
Dr. Lemuel Shaffer
Ms. Courtney Shea
Mary and Charles M. † Shea
Dr. Juan Solana
Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein
Juliet and Bram Spector
Mr. Michael Sprinker
Sue Stevens
Carole Stone and Arthur Susman
In memory of Marjorie Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey J. Struthers, Jr.
Barry and Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Mr. † & Mrs. Richard Taft
Mr. Yuki and Mrs. Kazusa Tanemura
Ms. Alison Thomas
Margaret Trumbull
Mr. John Turner
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Vagner
Judge Eugene Wedoff
Cynthia and Ben Weese
Ms. Ellen Werner
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wertz
Mr. Howard White
Mr. Eric Wicks † and Ms. Linda Baker
Robert J. Wilczek † and Shirley Pfenning
Jennifer D. Williams
Mr. Kenneth Witkowski
Barbara and Steven Wolf
Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Negaunee Music Institute connects individuals and communities to the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The following donors are gratefully acknowledged for making a gift in support of these educational and engagement programs. To make a gift or learn more, please contact Kevin Gupana, Associate Director of Giving, Educational and Engagement Programs, 312-294-3156.
$150,000 AND ABOVE
Lori Julian for The Julian Family Foundation
The Negaunee Foundation
$100,000–$149,999
Abbott Fund
Allstate Insurance Company
Megan and Steve Shebik
$75,000–$99,999
John Hart and Carol Prins
Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation
$50,000–$74,999
Anonymous BMO
Robert and Joanne Crown Income
Charitable Fund
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Judy and Scott McCue
Ms. Deborah K. McNeil
Polk Bros. Foundation
Michael and Linda Simon
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
$35,000–$49,999
Bowman C. Lingle Trust
National Endowment for the Arts
Margo and Michael Oberman
$25,000–$34,999
Anonymous
Carey and Brett August
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns Crain-Maling Foundation
Nancy Dehmlow
Kinder Morgan
The Maval Foundation
Ms. Cecelia Samans
Shure Charitable Trust
Gene and Jean Stark
$20,000–$24,999
Anonymous
Mary and Lionel Go
Halasyamani/Davis Family
Illinois Arts Council Agency
Richard P. and Susan Kiphart Family
Mr. Philip Lumpkin
PNC
D. Elizabeth Price
Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. †
Charles and M. R. Shapiro Foundation
The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Marylou Witz
$15,000–$19,999
Nancy A. Abshire
Mr. & Mrs. John Baldwin
Robert and Isabelle Bass Foundation, Inc.
Sue and Jim Colletti
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino
$11,500–$14,999
Barker Welfare Foundation
Mr. † & Mrs. David A. Donovan
Nancy and Bernard Dunkel
Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation
Ksenia A. and Peter Turula
$7,500–$11,499
Anonymous (2)
Robert H. Baum and MaryBeth Kretz
Fred and Phoebe Boelter
The Buchanan Family Foundation
Mr. Lawrence Corry
Mrs. Carol Evans, in memory of Henry Evans
Ellen and Paul Gignilliat
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Mary Winton Green
Mr. & Mrs. Edward T. Joyce
The League of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
Mr. Glen Madeja and Ms. Janet Steidl
Drs. Robert † and Marsha Mrtek
Ms. Susan Norvich
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Oberman
Ms. Emilysue Pinnell
Mary and Joseph Plauché
Ms. Liisa M. Thomas and Mr. Stephen L. Pratt
Laura and Terrence Truax
Theodore and Elisabeth Wachs
$4,500–$7,499
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
Joseph Bartush
Charles H. and Bertha L. Boothroyd Foundation
Ann and Richard Carr
Harry F. and Elaine Chaddick Foundation
CIBC
Dr. Brenda A. Darrell and Mr. Paul S. Watford
Charles and Carol Emmons
Tarek and Ann Fadel
Mr. Graham C. Grady
Ms. Dawn E. Helwig
Mr. James Kastenholz and Ms. Jennifer Steans
Dr. June Koizumi
Leoni and Bill McVey
Jim and Ginger Meyer
Stephen and Rumi Morales
David † and Dolores Nelson
Dr. Linda Novak
The Osprey Foundation
Lee Ann and Savit Pirl
Robert J. Richards and Barbara A. Richards
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. R. Solaro
Ms. Joanne C. Tremulis
Mr. Paul R. Wiggin
Zell Family Foundation
$3,500–$4,499 Anonymous (2)
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clusen
Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Decker
Mr. Clinton J. Ecker and Ms. Jacqui Cheng
Judith E. Feldman
Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic
Mr. Bruce Oltman
$2,500–$3,499
Anonymous
David and Suzanne Arch
Mr. James Borkman
Adam Bossov
Ms. Danolda Brennan
Ms. Rosalind Britton
Mr. Ray Capitanini
Ms. Debora de Hoyos and Mr. Walter Carlson
Lisa Chessare
Mr. Ricardo Cifuentes
Patricia A. Clickener
David and Janet Fox
Mr. † & Mrs. Robert Heidrick
William B. Hinchliff
Michael and Leigh Huston
Dr. Victoria Ingram and Dr. Paul Navin
Merle L. Jacob
Ronald E. Jacquart
Ms. Stephanie Jones
Anne and John † Kern
Northern Trust
Ms. Jane Park
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffery Piper
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Racker
Erik and Nelleke Roffelsen
Mr. David Sandfort
Gerald and Barbara Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Scorza
Jessie Shih and Johnson Ho
Amanda A. Sonneborn
Carol S. Sonnenschein
Mr. † & Mrs. Hugo Sonnenschein
Mr. Peter Vale
Mr. Kenneth Witkowski
Jack And Goldie Wolfe Miller Fund
Ms. Camille Zientek
ENDOWED FUNDS
Anonymous (5)
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Adelson Fund
Marjorie Blum-Kovler Youth Concert Fund
Civic Orchestra Chamber Access Fund
The Davee Foundation
Frank Family Fund
Kelli Gardner Youth Education Endowment Fund
Jennifer Amler Goldstein Fund, in memory of Thomas M. Goldstein
Mary Winton Green
John Hart and Carol Prins Fund for Access
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Fund
Richard A. Heise
Julian Family Foundation Fund
The Kapnick Family
Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Chair Fund
The Malott Family School Concerts Fund
Eloise W. Martin Endowed Funds
Murley Family Fund
The Negaunee Foundation
Margo and Michael Oberman Community Access Fund
Nancy Ranney and Family and Friends
Helen Regenstein Guest Conductor Fund
Edward F. Schmidt Family Fund
Shebik Community Engagement Programs Fund
The Wallace Foundation
Zell Family Foundation
Theodore Thomas Society
Mary Louise Gorno Chair
Listed below are generous donors who have made commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their wills, trusts, and other estate plans, including life-income arrangements, as of January 2025. The Society honors their generosity, which helps to ensure the long-term financial stability and artistic excellence of the CSOA. To learn more, please contact Karen Bippus, Director, Endowment Gifts and Planned Giving, at bippusk@cso.org or 312-294-3150.
STRADIVARIAN ASSOCIATES
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is pleased to recognize the following individuals for generously establishing a legacy bequest plan of $100,000 or more to benefit the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association.
Anonymous (11)
Dora J. and R. John Aalbregtse
Lisa J. Adelstein
Jeff and Keiko Alexander
Evy Johansen Alsaker
Robert A. Alsaker
Geoffrey A. Anderson
Louise E. Anderson
Brett and Carey August
Marlene Bach
Dr. Jeff Bale
Mr. Neal Ball
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Barba
Sally J. Becker
Marlys A. Beider
Dr. C. Bekerman
Martha Bell
Mike and Donna Bell
Julie Ann Benson
K. Richard and Patricia M. Berlet
Merrill and Judy Blau
Dr. Phyllis C. Bleck
Ann Blickensderfer
Roger Blickensderfer
Wayne D. and Nancy M. Boberg
Danolda Brennan
Mr. Leon Brenner, Jr.
Mitchell J. Brown
Marion A. Cameron-Gray
Charles Capwell and Isabel Wong
Dr. Joseph and Patricia Car
Mr. Frank and Dr. Vera Clark
Patricia A. Clickener
Judith and Stephen F. Condren
Anita Crocus
David L. Curry
Mr. Doug Donenfeld
Mimi Duginger
Harry and Jean Eisenman
Michael and Kathleen Elliott
Dr. Marilyn Ezri
Tarek and Ann Fadel
David S. and Janet M. Fox
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fox, Sr.
Allen J. Frantzen and George R. Paterson
Mary J. and Ronald P. Frelk
Penny and John Freund
Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Gignilliat
Merle Gordon
Mary Louise Gorno
Dr. & Mrs. David Granato
Mary L. Gray
Mary Winton Green
Dr. Jon Brian Greis
John and Patricia Hamilton
Mr. Michael Hansen and Ms. Nancy Randa
John Hart and Carol Prins
Mr. William P. Hauworth II
Thomas and Linda Heagy
Mr. R.H. Helmholz
Stephanie and Allen Hochfelder
Concordia Hoffmann
Kent and Cathy Hoffmann
Stephen D. and Catherine N. Holmes
Frank and Helen Holt
Mark and Elizabeth Hurley
Frances and Phillip Huscher
Merle L. Jacob
Ms. Darlene Johnson
Ronald B. Johnson
Roy A. and Sarah C. Johnson
Mary Ann Judy
Lori Julian
Wayne S. and Lenore M. Kaplan
Howard Kaspin
James Kemmerer
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett
Edwin and Karen Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Kubicka
Jonathon Leik
Charles Ashby Lewis and Penny Bender Sebring
Robert Alan Lewis
Dr. Valerie Lober
Glen J. Madeja and Janet Steidl
Sheldon H. Marcus
James Edward McPherson
Janet L. Melk
Dr. Frederick K. Merkel
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino
Drs. Elaine and Bill † Moor
Craig and Rose Moore
Eileen M. Murray
Jeffrey Nichols
John H. Nelson
Edward A. and Gayla S. Nieminen
Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer
Diane Ososke
Mary T. † and David R. Pfleger
Mrs. Thomas D. Philipsborn
Judy Pomeranz
Christoph G. Ptack Trust
Jo Ann and Joe Paszczyk
Maridee Quanbeck
Neil K. Quinn
Randall and Cara Rademaker
Constance A. Rajala
Al and Lynn Reichle
Ann and Bob † Reiland
Wendy Reynes
Dr. Edward O. Riley
Daniel J. Riordan
Charles and Marilynn Rivkin
David and Kathy Robin
Jerry Rose
Mr. James S. Rostenberg
Richard O. Ryan
John A. Salkowski
Cecelia Samans
A. Wm. Samuel
Franklin Schmidt
Mr. Craig Sirles
Betty W. Smykal
Annette and Richard Steinke
Mrs. Deborah Sterling
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Strong
Gloria B. Telander
Karin and Alfred Tenny
Richard and Helen Thomas
Ms. Carla M. Thorpe
Dr. Richard Tresley
Laura and Terrence Truax
John L. and Dyanne L. Turner
Paula Turner
Robert W. Turner and Gloria B. Turner
Judith and Paul Tuszynski
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Van Horn
Mr. Christian Vinyard
Craig and Bette Williams
Florence Winters
Stephen R. Winters and Don D. Curtis
Patrick and Patrice Wooldridge
Dr. Robert G. Zadylak
Helen Zell
MEMBERS
Anonymous (36)
Valerie and Joseph Abel
Louise Abrahams
Richard J. Abram and Paul Chandler
Patrick Alden
Richard and Elynne Aleskow
Judy L. Allen
Carlos Almeida and Dr. Matthew Sweeney
Ann S. Alpert
Patricia Ames
Ms. Judith L. Anderson
Steven Andes, Ph.D.
Barbara Andrews
Dr. Edward Applebaum and Dr. Eva Redei
Catherine Aranyi
Dr. Susan Arjmand
Mara Mills Barker
Shirley Baron
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Beatty
Joan I. Berger
Robert M. Berger
Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin
Mr. & Mrs. James Borovsky
Candace Broecker
John L. Browar
Catherine Brubaker
Joseph Buc
Edward J. Buckbee
Michelle Miller Burns
Mr. Robert J. Callahan
Ms. Vera Capp
Mr. & Mrs. William P. Carmichael
Dr. Marlene E. Casiano
Beverly Ann and Peter Conroy
Mr. Robert L. Crawford
Ron and Dolores Daly
Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde H. Dawson
Sylvia Samuels Delman
Mrs. David A. DeMar
Ms. Phyllis Diamond
Janet Wood Diederichs
Barbara Doerner
Mrs. William Dooley
Mrs. Susan Duda
Nancy Schroeder Ebert
Ryan Eikmeier and Timothy Silver
Robert J. Elisberg
Richard Elledge
Charles and Carol Emmons
Lu and Philip Engel
James B. Fadim
Leslie Farrell
Donna Feldman
Judith E. Feldman
Frances and Henry Fogel
Ray Frick
Susan Fuchs
Nancy and Larry † Fuller
Dileep Gangolli
Maurice Garnier
Miss Elizabeth Gatz
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Gendleman
Margaret and Patrick Ghielmetti
Steve and Lauran † Gilbreath
Mr. Daniel Gilmour, III
Mr. Joseph Glossberg
Ms. Georgean Goldenberg
Adele Goldsmith
William A. and Anne Goldstein
Douglas Ross Gortner
Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab
Ms. Elizabeth A. Gray
Ms. Claire Annette Green
Delta A. Greene
Mrs. Barbara Gundrum
Lynne R. Haarlow
Mrs. Robin Tieken Hadley
Mr. Tom Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Hallett
Mr. Michael Hillbruner
William B. Hinchliff
Marcia M. Hochberg
Mr. Thomas Hochman
Jack and Colleen Holmbeck
Richard J. Hoskins
Mary Houston
Mr. James Humphrey
Ms. Jessica Jagielnik
Ansuk Jeong
Nathan Kahn, in memory of Zave H. Gussin and in honor of Robert Gussin
Ann B. Kaplan
Bonnie and Michael Kaufman
Valerie Kennedy
Anne Kern
Helen Kessler
Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Klapperich, Jr.
Mrs. LeRoy Klemt
Mrs. Russell V. Kohr
Ms. Barbara Kopsian
Liesel E. Kossmann
Catherine Grochowski Kranz
Eugene Kraus
John C. and Carol Anderson Kunze
Thomas and Annelise Lawson
Dr. & Mrs. David J. Leehey
Barbara W. Levin
Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Levy
Ms. Sally Lewis
Dr. Eva F. Lichtenberg
Mr. Michael Licitra
Dr. & Mrs. Philip R. Liebson
Bonnie Glazier Lipe
Alma Lizcano
Heidi Lukas and Mr. Charles Grode
Suzette Mahneke
Ann Chassin Mallow
Sharon L. Manuel
Mrs. John J. Markham
Judith Partipilo Marth
Ms. Mirjana Martich and Mr. Zoran Lazarevic
Deborah McCabe
Judy and Scott McCue
John McFerrin
Mr. William McIntosh
Leoni Zverow McVey and Bill McVey
Dorothe Melamed
Marcia Melamed
Dr. Sharon D. Michalove
Dale and Susan Miller
Michael Miller and Sheila Naughten
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Moeller
Virginia K. Moore
John H. Mugge
Thomas R. Mullaney
Daniel R. Murray
Dolores D. Nelson
Mariko Kaneda Niwa
Franklin Nussbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Oliver, Jr.
Wallace and Sarah Oliver
Lynn Orschel
Helen and Joseph Page
Robert W. Parsons, M.D.
Dianne M. and Robert J. Patterson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Perlstein
Elizabeth Anne Peters
Dr. Ann Peterson
Judy C. Petty
Karen and Dick Pigott
Lois Polakoff
Charlene H. Posner
D. Elizabeth Price
Dorothy V. Ramm
Donald F. Ransford
Jeanne Reed
Edgar C. Reihl
Ann and Bob † Reiland
Ms. Oksana Revenko-Jones
Karen L. Rigotti
Don † and Sally Roberts
Mrs. Ben J. Rosenthal
Craig Samuels
Suzanne G. Samuels
Leslie A. Sanders
Kathleen Schaefer
Lawrence D. Schectman
Mr. Douglas M. Schmidt
Dr. Byung-In Seo
Mr. & Mrs. Myron D. Shapiro
David Shayne
Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.
Ms. Elizabeth Shelly
Anne Sibley
Larry Simpson
Ms. Lynn B. Singer
Thomas G. Sinkovic
Rosalee Slepian
Rebecca G. Smith
Mary Soleiman
Jim Spiegel
Julie Stagliano
Denise M. Stauder
Karen Steil
Charles Steinberg
Timothy and Kathleen Stockdale
Richard and Lois Stuckey
Mark Swanson and Nancy Pifer
Jeffrey and Linda Swoger
Mr. John C. Telander
Liisa Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Thorson
Karen Hletko Tiersky
Myron Tiersky
Jacqueline A. Tilles
Mr. James M. Trapp
Mr. Donn N. Trautman
Mike and Mary Valeanu
Gerrit Vanderwest
Mr. David J. Varnerin
Frank Villella
Mr. Milan Vydareny
Dr. Malcolm Vye
Adam R. Walker and BettyAnn Mocek
Mr. Frank Walschlager
Louella Krueger Ward
Dr. Catherine L. Webb
Karl Wechter
Joan Weiss
Mr. Thomas Weyland
Lisa and Paul Wiggin
Linda and Payson S. Wild
Kayla Anne Wilson
Robert A. Wilson
Nora M. Winsberg
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Wolf
Beth Wollar
Lev Yaroslavskiy
Ms. Karen Zupko
IN MEMORIAM
Listed below are individuals who were Theodore Thomas Society members or patrons who made exceptional commitments to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through their estates. They are remembered with gratitude for their generosity and visionary support.
Anonymous (10)
Hope A. Abelson
Richard Abrahams
Ruth T. and Roger A. Anderson
Ross C. Anderson
Mychal P. and Dorothy A. Angelos
Elizabeth M. Ashton
Jacqueline and Frank Ball
Wayne Balmer
Paul Barker
Arlene and Marshall Bennett
Judith and Dennis Bober
Naomi T. Borwell
Howard Broecker
Claresa Forbes Meyer Brown
George and Jacqueline Brumlik
Dr. Mary Louise Hirsch Burger
Norma Cadieu
Wiley Caldwell
David W. Carpenter
William and Elizabeth Cline Living Trust
James D. Compton
Sharon Conway
Nelson D. Cornelius
Anita J. Court, Ph.D.
Christopher L. Culp
Azile Dick
James F. Drennan
Robert L. Drinan, Jr.
Evelyn Dyba
Richard Eastline
Marian Edelstein
Dr. Edward Elisberg
Kelli Gardner Emery
Joseph R. Ender
Shirley L. and Robert Ettelson
Greta Wiley Flory
Leslie Fogel
Herbert and Betty Forman
Richard Foster
Elaine S. Frank
Martin and Francey Gecht
Isak Gerson
Mrs. Willard Gidwitz
Lyle Gillman
Marvin Goldsmith
William B. Graham
Richard Gray
David Green
Nancy Griffin
Ernest A. Grunsfeld III
Betty and Lester Guttman
A. William Haarlow III
Carolyn Hallman
CAPT Martin P. Hanson, USN Ret.
Polly and Donald Heinrich
Mary Mako Helbert
Adolph “Bud” and Avis Herseth
Mrs. Diane Hoban
James Houston
Helen and Michael L. Igoe, Jr.
Barbara Isserman
Joseph and Rebecca Jarabak
Mrs. Marian Johnson
Janet Jones
Phyllis A. Jones
James Joseph
Paul R. Judy
Joseph M. Kacena
Jared Kaplan
Morris A. Kaplan
Roberta Kapoun
Carol W. Keenan
Marshall Keltz
George Kennedy
Paul Keske
Esther G. Klatz
Sally Jo Knowles
Russell V. Kohr
Karen Kuehner
Evelyn and Arnold Kupec
Robert B. Kyts and Jadwiga Roguska-Kyts
Caressa Y. Lauer
Gerald Lee
Patricia Lee
Ms. Nicole Lehman
Christine D. Letchinger
Nancy R. Levi
Melynda K. Lopin
William C. Lordan
Tula Lunsford
Iris Maiter
Arthur G. Maling
Bella Malis
Kathleen W. Markiewicz
Walter L. Marr III and Marilyn G. Marr
Eloise Martin
David Matteson
Nancy Lauter McDougal and Alfred L. McDougal
Eunice H. McGuire
Carolyn D. and William W. McKittrick
Jack L. Melamed, M.D.
Lois G. and Hugo J. Melvoin
Richard Menaul
Susan Messinger
Phillip Migdal
Mollyann Miller
Gloria Miner
Bill Moor
Charles A. Moore
David A. Moore
Mrs. Mario Munoz
Marietta Munnis
David H. Nelson
Helen M. Nelson
Muriel Nerad
Piri E. and Jaye S. Niefeld
David Niwa
Raymond and Eloise Niwa
Carol Rauner O’Donovan
T. Paul B. O’Donovan
Mary and Eric Oldberg
Bruce P. Olson
David G. Ostrow
Dr. Joan E. Patterson
Donald Peck
Mr. Lewis D. Petry
Charles J. Pollyea
Miriam Pollyea
Donald D. Powell
Samuel Press
Alfred and Maryann Putnam
Christine Querfeld
Ruth Ann Quinn
Kenneth Recu
Walter Reed
Bob Reiland
Evelyn Richer
J. Timothy Ritchie
Virginia H. Rogers
Jill N. Rohde
Elaine Rosen
Ben J. Rosenthal
Anthony Ryerson
Dr. Virginia C. Saft
Cynthia Mead Sargent
Mrs. Milton Scheffler
Richard P. Schieler
Beverly and Grover Schiltz
Robert W. Schneider
Barbara and Irving Seaman, Jr.
Nancy Seyfried
Muriel Shaw
Morrell A. Shoemaker
Rose L. and Sidney N. Shure
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Siegel
Joan H. and Berton E. Siegel
Joanne Silver
Rita Simó and Tomás Bissonnette
Allen R. Smart
Walter Chalmers Smith
Karen A. Sorensen
Edward J. and Audrey M. Spiegel
Vito Stagliano
Charles J. Starcevich
Curtis D. Stensrud
Franklin R. St. Lawrence
Mr. John Stokes
Ruth Miner Swislow
Robert Sychowski
Lester G. Telser
Andrew and Peggy Thomson
Sue Tice
Beatrice B. Tinsley
C. Phillip Turner
Ted Utchen
Lois and James Vrhel
Louise Benton Wagner
Nancy L. Wald
Josephine Wallace
Claude M. Weil
Marco Weiss
Barbara Huth West
The Whateley Trust, in memory of Baron Whateley
Max and Joyce Wildman
Joyce Hadley Williams
Larisa Zhizhin
Tribute Program
The Tribute Program provides an opportunity to celebrate milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and graduations. It also can serve as a way to honor the memory of friends and family. An Honor or Memorial Gift enables you to express your feelings in a truly distinctive and memorable way. Contributions may be any amount and are placed in the Orchestra’s Endowment Fund. For more information regarding this program, please call 312-294-3100. Listed below are Honor and Memorial Gifts, from both the CSOA Tribute Fund and League Tribute Fund, of $100 or more received from September 2024 through March 2025.
MEMORIAL GIFTS
In memory of Carl Albright
Mrs. Cynthia A. Albright
William and Marjorie Bardeen
Mr. & Mrs. Estia Eichten
Dorothy Flanagan
Croissy Sans Frontières
Dr. Manfred Lindner
Mr. & Mrs. Paul MacKenzie
Emmanuel Paschos
In memory of David W. Alm
Mrs. Susan Alm
In memory of Charles T. Angell
Dr. Michael Angell
In memory of John R. Blair
Mrs. Barbara J. Blair
In memory of Lin Brehmer
Franklin Brehmer and Sara Farr
In memory of Carolyn “Kay” Bucksbaum
Scott Yonover
In memory of David Carpenter
Orit Carpenter
In memory of Frank Cicero, Jr.
Jan Cicero
In memory of Henry Cohler
Mrs. Evelyn Alter
In memory of Mark William Damisch
Mr. & Mrs. Allan Ruter
In memory of Gary A. Davis and Graham Hemsley
Dr. Steven Andes
In memory of Robert B. Dean
Ms. Helen Moorman
In memory of Mary Paula Dix
Anonymous
In memory of Gloria Gottlieb from her family
Anonymous
In memory of Agnes Gupana
John D. and Leslie Henner Burns
Margo and Michael Oberman
In memory of Tapas Das Gupta
Ms. Angela Schmeltekopf
In memory of Zave Gussin
Mr. Nathan Kahn
In memory of David N. Henneman
Mr. Stephen Dolezal
In memory of Alex and Sally Jacob
Merle L. Jacob^
In memory of Howard E. Jessen and Susanne C. Jessen
Howard E. Jessen Family Trust
In memory of John and Kerma Karoly
Mr. Jonathan K. Karoly
In memory of James Stephan Kerwin
Don and Martha Pollak
In memory of Charles Kingsley Perkins
Ms. Susan Thomas
In memory of Walfrid Kujala
Anonymous
Tiffany B. Carmona
Ms. Johanna Hauki and Mr. Diamond Mendonides
Cynthia Henricks
In memory of Marie Kukalis and Harold Homans
Mr. Steven Kukalis
In memory of Jon Lassa and Samuel Dauby
Mr. Robert Coad and Mr. David Ellis
In memory of Nicole Lehman
Ms. Marlene Bach
In memory of John S. Lillard
Red Bird Hollow Foundation
In memory of Peter A. Loeb
Mr. Robert Naegele
In memory of Rita Loew
Ms. Kathleen Cahill
Ms. Sandra Hebenstreit
Janice S. Kaplan
Andrea Loew
Michael B. Meyer
Gina Propp-Schmarak
Cynthia Riedl
Christine Sampson
A H. Scott
In memory of Jim and Nancy Loewenberg
Mr. Michael Berger
In memory of Mera Lome
Dr. & Mrs. Leon Lome, M.D.
In memory of Edith McDonald
Ms. Rebecca Preston
In memory of Bonnie McGrath
Dr. & Mrs. Enrique Beckmann
Mimi Duginger^
In memory of Joseph McPhillips
Maggie Bielinski
In memory of Dr. Jal Mistri
Mrs. Zenobia Mistri
In memory of Anthony G. Montag
Dr. Katherine L. Griem
In memory of Eul-Soo Pang
Dr. Laura Pang
In memory of William H. Phillips
Richard Phillips
In memory of William A. Pollak
Don and Martha Pollak
In memory of Marianne Quinn
Give Lively Foundation
In memory of Bennett Reimer
Elizabeth A. Hebert
In memory of Al Rose
Mimi Rose
In memory of Phyllis Shulman
Ms. Susan Gumbiner
In memory of Michael Silverstein
Ms. Mara Tapp
In memory of Deborah Sobol
Mr. Rowland Chang
In memory of Susie Stein
Mrs. Barbara Asner^
Mrs. Marguerite Guido^
In memory of Sandra J. Tybor
Mr. Jim Krupkowski
Robert M. Loner Jr.
Lessett A. Steele
In memory of Dr. Alan J. Ward, Ph.D., ABPP
Ms. Louella Ward
In memory of Claude Weil
Kik and S. I. Gilman
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Shapiro
In memory of Eric Wicks Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Koss
In memory of Mary Evelyn Williams
Mrs. William White
In memory of George Mitchell Williams Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor
In memory of Novella Winston
Ms. Betty Henson
In memory of Woon-Young and Hyo-Kyoung Seo
B. Seo-Pero
HONOR GIFTS
In honor of Michael Adolph
Mrs. Ann Oros
In honor of Fraida and Bob Aland
Ms. Meredith A. Berlin
In honor of Jeffrey and Keiko Alexander
Mr. Dean Solomon
In honor of Al Andreychuk
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd A. Fry III
In honor of Esteban Batallán and John Hagstrom
Ms. Elizabeth Berry and Mr. Philip S. Revzin^ Lizbeth Branch^
Ms. Joan Dattel^
Mrs. Mary Dietrick^
Dr. & Mrs. Heratch Doumanian^
Mrs. Allisa Gam^
Fred Garzon^
Ms. Sarah Good^
Mary and Michael Goodkind^
Mary Ann Harting^
Ms. Bobbie Huskey^
Ansuk Jeong^
The Julian Family Foundation^
Ms. Claretta Meier^
Dr. Leo and Catherine Miserendino^
Mr. & Mrs. Sid Mitchell^
Margo and Michael Oberman^
Dr. Juan Solana^
John Garret Van Weezel^
Ms. Janice Young^
John Zimnie and Linda Zimnie^
In honor of Scott Bell
Ms. Martha Bell
In honor of Phyllis Bleck
The Julian Family Foundation^
In honor of Sue Bridge
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Ward^
In honor of Jeannine Burnier
Mr. Franz Burnier, Jr.
In honor of Robert Coad
Mrs. David DeMar
Diana and Richard Senior
Dr. & Mrs. John Zaremba
In honor of CSOA Box Office Staff
Ms. Diane Falk
In honor of Mimi Duginger
Mr. J. C. Costen and Dr. Sarah F. Orwig^
In honor of the flute section of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mr. John Thorne
In honor of Jay Friedman
Mr. Peter Bouchard^
In honor of Allisa Gam
Ms. Sarah Good ^
In honor of Mary Lou Gorno
Mr. Graham C. Grady
In honor of John Heffernan
Paula Tironi
In honor of Carol Honigberg
Janice L. Honigberg
In honor of Lori Julian
Mr. Robert Napier
In honor of Neil Kawashima
Mr. Bill Tyree
In honor of Joseph Koerner
Robin F. Davies
In honor of Judy and Scott McCue
Anonymous
In honor of Sharon Mitchell
Sebastian P. Mitchell
In honor of Diane Mues
Cynthia Kirk
In honor of Joan Nemickas
Mary and Michael Goodkind^
In honor of Margo and Michael Oberman
Mr. Gary Auerbach
In honor of Richard C. Riedl
Cynthia Riedl
In honor of Martha and Dean Sayles
Ellen Sayles
In honor of Charlie Vernon, Jennifer Gunn, Lora Schaefer, and Vadim Karpinos
Ms. Kathy Nordmeyer^
In honor of Frank Villella and the Rosenthal Archives
Mr. Paul Phillips, Jr. † and Mr. Lloyd Palmiter
In honor of William Ward
Ms. Susan Bridge^
In honor of Patty Weber
Ms. Sarah Good ^
In honor of Helen Zell
Mr. Rowland Chang
Mr. Robert S. Levinson and Ms. Laura Sage
Mr. † & Mrs. Michael Supera
In honor of Karen Zupko
Carey and Brett August
† Deceased | ^Part of the League Tribute Fund Italics indicate individual or family involvement as part of the Trustees or Governing Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Gifts listed as of February 2025
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