Visiting Artists
Trifonov finishes his performance of a piano concerto in a performance with the the CSO.

Meet the guest artists and ensembles from all over the world that come to Chicago's own Symphony Center.

Guest Artists

Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Guest chorus director
Conductor
Mei-Ann Chen
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Dana Hall
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Artistic director
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Guest chorus director
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor, violin and viola
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor and violin
Guest chorus director
Conductor
Conductor
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director, Joffrey Ballet
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Guest chorus director
Conductor
Tinkham, Allen
Music Director
Dr. Allan Dennis
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Conductor
Z. Randall Stroope
Conductor
Na'Zir McFadden
Conductor
Cello
Violin
Amanda Forsyth
Cello
Dave Holland
Bass
Andrei Ioniţă
Cello
Violin
John Patitucci
Bass, United States
Violin
Semi-finalist (junior division) of the 2022 Sphinx Competition
Julimar Gonzalez Leon
Violin
Ángela Varo
Violin, Spain
CCPA Conservatory and Alumni Choruses
Ensemble
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble
Vocal ensemble
Civitas Ensemble
DePaul Jazz Workshop
DePaul Symphony Orchestra
Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Emerald Ensemble
International Contemporary Ensemble
Lincoln String Quartet
Ensemble
Pressenda Trio
Puerto Rican Symphony Orchestra
Sequoia Quartet
Shinra Symphony Orchestra
The Voices of Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
Ensemble
Brubeck Brothers Quartet
Vocal ensemble
Danilo Pérez's Global Messengers
Emerson String Quartet
String quartet
Kodo
Vocal group
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Children of Light
Trio
Strauss Symphony of America
European Ballet Dancers
The U.S. Army Field Band & Soldiers’ Chorus
CSO Brass Quintet
The Wabash Avenue Music Collective
Lincoln Ensemble
Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
Symphony Orchestra, Vocal Point and Concert Jazz Band Ensembles
Windy City Festival Choir
The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest
Saxophones
Julian Velasco
Saxophone
Clarinet
Trumpet
Percussion
Eric Harland
Drums
George Lernis
Percussion, Cyprus
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Vocals, guitar, accordion and violin
Vocals and percussion
Speaker
Adapter and storyteller
Brian Cheney
Visda Goudarzi
Assistant Professor of Audio Arts and Acoustics at Columbia College Chicago
Terri Hemmert
Classic Encounter Lecturer & Host
Stevi Marks
MYA choral director
Co-host and vocals
Billy Ocasio
CEO, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
Emo Phillips
Special Guest
Dawn Schuette
Partner at Threshold Acoustics
Yoko Shimomura
Composer
Matthew Stevens
guitar
Experimental Electronic Music Producer and Researcher
Gregory Vajda
Monica Rebholz
Narrator
Vocals and accordion
Jerome Fifer
’53 – 2022 CYSO Alumni Award Winner
Composer
Sound Healing Artist
Anya Plotkin
Production stage manager
Jessica Donaldson
Wardrobe assistant
The CSO's young professionals organization
Jonathan McCormick
Director, Education & the Negaunee Music Institute
Irene Taylor Trust
Narrator
LaRob K. Rafael
Host of WFMT's Weekend Mornings
Multidisciplinary Artist and Composer
Bahar Badieitabar
Oud, Iran
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