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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

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Thomas Adès
Conductor
David Afkham
Conductor
Marin Alsop
Conductor
Emanuele Andrizzi
Conductor
Anna Rakitina
Conductor
Giovanni Antonini
Conductor
James Bass
Guest chorus director
Harry Bicket
Conductor
Herbert Blomstedt
Conductor
Karina Canellakis
Conductor
Mei-Ann Chen
Conductor
Cliff Colnot
Conductor
James Conlon
Conductor
Johannes Debus
Conductor
Mikko Franck
Conductor
Justin Freer
Conductor
Fabien Gabel
Conductor
James Gaffigan
Conductor
Edward Gardner
Conductor
Gustavo Gimeno
Conductor
Dame Jane Glover
Conductor
Andrew Grams
Conductor
Giancarlo Guerrero
Conductor
Dana Hall
Conductor
Manfred Honeck
Conductor
Jakub Hrůša
Conductor
Marek Janowski
Conductor
Vladimir Jurowski
Conductor
Paavo Järvi
Conductor
Richard Kaufman
Conductor
Col. Jim Keene
Conductor
Constantine Kitsopoulos
Conductor
Bernard Labadie
Conductor
Josephine Lee
Artistic director
Michael Lewanski
Conductor
Hannu Lintu
Conductor
Nicholas McGegan
Conductor
Rossen Milanov
Conductor
Jeffrey Milarsky
Conductor
Tania Miller
Conductor
Klaus Mäkelä
Conductor
David Newman
Conductor
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Conductor
Edwin Outwater
Conductor
Donald Palumbo
Guest chorus director
Vinay Parameswaran
Conductor
Sameer Patel
Conductor
Kirill Petrenko
Conductor
Carlos Miguel Prieto
Conductor
Julian Rachlin
Conductor, violin and viola
Steven Reineke
Conductor
André de Ridder
Conductor
Lt. Col. Domingos Robinson
Conductor
Arnie Roth
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Conductor
Stefano Sarzani
Conductor
Lahav Shani
Conductor
Scott Speck
Conductor
Dalia Stasevska
Conductor
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Conductor
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
Conductor and violin
Thomas Søndergård
Conductor
Christian Thielemann
Conductor
Maximiano Valdés
Conductor
Jean-Sébastien Vallée
Guest chorus director
Jaap van Zweden
Conductor
Osmo Vänskä
Conductor
Edo de Waart
Conductor
Ashley Wheater
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director, Joffrey Ballet
Thomas Wilkins
Conductor
John Williams
Conductor
Alastair Willis
Conductor
Jenny Wong
Guest chorus director
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Conductor
Xian Zhang
Conductor
Tinkham, Allen
Music Director
Dr. Allan Dennis
Conductor
Emil de Cou
Conductor
Stéphane Denève
Conductor
Daniel Harding
Conductor
Philippe Jordan
Conductor
Susanna Mälkki
Conductor
Gemma New
Conductor
John Morris Russell
Conductor
John Storgårds
Conductor
Kazuki Yamada
Conductor
Z. Randall Stroope
Conductor
Na'Zir McFadden
Conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes
Piano
Emanuel Ax
Piano
Yefim Bronfman
Piano
Kirill Gerstein
Piano
Martin Helmchen
Piano
Evgeny Kissin
Piano
Spencer Myer
Piano
Aaron Parks
Piano
Andrea Swan
Piano
Daniil Trifonov
Piano
Kenny Barron
Piano
Cameron Carpenter
Organ
Seong-Jin Cho
Piano
David Fray
Piano
Marc-André Hamelin
Piano
Francesco Piemontesi
Piano
Maria João Pires
Piano
Maurizio Pollini
Piano
Danilo Pérez
Piano, Panama
Beatrice Rana
Piano
Christian Sands
Piano
Vincenzo Scalera
Piano
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Piano
Simon Trpčeski
Piano
Chucho Valdés
Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson
Piano
Awadagin Pratt
Piano
Noah Kim
Piano
Patrick Godon
Piano
Adam Neiman
Piano
Ben Folds
Piano and vocals
Paul Jacobs
Organ
Xavier Foley
Bass
Yo-Yo Ma
Cello
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Violin
Rachel Barton Pine
Violin
Seth Parker Woods
Cello
Joshua Bell
Violin
Gautier Capuçon
Cello
María Dueñas
Violin
Julia Fischer
Violin
Amanda Forsyth
Cello
Vadim Gluzman
Violin
Dave Holland
Bass
Andrei Ioniţă
Cello
Midori
Violin
Yasushi Nakamura
Bass
John Patitucci
Bass, United States
Itzhak Perlman
Violin
Christian Tetzlaff
Violin
Mark O’Connor
Violin
Maggie O’Connor
Violin
Andrea Casarrubios
Cello
Kearston Gonzales
Violin
Semi-finalist (junior division) of the 2022 Sphinx Competition
Julimar Gonzalez Leon
Violin
Kevin Eubanks
Guitar
Ángela Varo
Violin, Spain
Karen Cargill
Mezzo-soprano
Capathia Jenkins
Vocals
Mari Eriksmoen
Soprano
Ashley Dixon
Mezzo-soprano
Ying Fang
Soprano
Christian Gerhaher
Baritone
Lucas Meachem
Baritone
Matthew Polenzani
Tenor
John Relyea
Bass
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Soprano
Gregory Porter
Vocals
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Mezzo-soprano
Issachah Savage
Tenor
CCPA Conservatory and Alumni Choruses
Ensemble
CCPA Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble
Chanticleer
Vocal ensemble
Civitas Ensemble
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
Ensemble
DePaul Jazz Workshop
DePaul Symphony Orchestra
Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Emerald Ensemble
International Contemporary Ensemble
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Ensemble
Lincoln String Quartet
Magic Circle Mime Company
Ensemble
Pink Martini
Ensemble
Pressenda Trio
Puerto Rican Symphony Orchestra
Sequoia Quartet
Shinra Symphony Orchestra
The Voices of Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
Ensemble
Berliner Philharmoniker
Brubeck Brothers Quartet
Uniting Voices Chicago
Vocal ensemble
Danilo Pérez's Global Messengers
Emerson String Quartet
Jerusalem Quartet
String quartet
Kodo
Lorelei Ensemble
Vocal group
Masters of Percussion
Ensemble
Mutter Virtuosi
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Children of Light
Trio
Chicago Sinfonietta
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
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
Symphony Orchestra, Vocal Point and Concert Jazz Band Ensembles
Windy City Festival Choir
The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest
Branford Marsalis
Saxophones
Julian Velasco
Saxophone
Ilene Stahl
Clarinet
Sean Jones
Trumpet
Zakir Hussain
Percussion
Eric Harland
Drums
Brian Blade
Drums
George Lernis
Percussion, Cyprus
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Michael Alpert
Vocals, guitar, accordion and violin
Judy Bressler
Vocals and percussion
Dan Brown
Speaker
Jasmin Cardenas
Adapter and storyteller
Brian Cheney
R.J. Foster
Actor
Visda Goudarzi
Assistant Professor of Audio Arts and Acoustics at Columbia College Chicago
Terri Hemmert
Classic Encounter Lecturer & Host
Merritt Janson
Actor
David Joseph
Actor
Stevi Marks
MYA choral director
Meagan McNeal
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
Anna Xambó
Experimental Electronic Music Producer and Researcher
Naseer Shamma
Oud
Gregory Vajda
Monica Rebholz
Shawn Pfautsch
Narrator
Shermann ‘Dilla’ Thomas
Co-host
Julia Coronelli
Harp
Lorin Sklamberg
Vocals and accordion
Jerome Fifer
’53 – 2022 CYSO Alumni Award Winner
Julia Wolfe
Composer
Davin Youngs
Sound Healing Artist
Anya Plotkin
Production stage manager
Jessica Donaldson
Wardrobe assistant
Overture Council
The CSO's young professionals organization
Robbie Ellis
Host
Jonathan McCormick
Director, Education & the Negaunee Music Institute
Irene Taylor Trust
Felix Mayes
Narrator
LaRob K. Rafael
Host of WFMT's Weekend Mornings
Rachel Steele
Multidisciplinary Artist and Composer
Bahar Badieitabar
Oud, Iran
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