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Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, which opened in 2014, houses multiple theater and event spaces.
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The Winter Tour 2023 rolled on to Florida for the first of four concerts this week in the Sunshine State. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti traveled to Orlando for the orchestra’s first-ever concert Feb. 28 in that city and at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, which presented the CSO for this debut.
The center, which opened in 2014, is named for Dr. Philip Phillips (1874-1959), a physician, philanthropist and citrus magnate, who once owned more than 5,000 acres of central Florida groves. Several theaters are in the complex, including Steinmetz Hall, which opened in 2022.
Before the concert at Steinmetz Hall, the CSO performed an open rehearsal, followed by a pre-concert reception with donors and sponsors. During its concert, the CSO brought the sold-out house to its feet with performances of works by Beethoven, Mussorgsky and Liadov. A post-concert party hosted by longtime CSO supporter Joyce Green rounded out the activities.
Next up, the CSO and Muti journey to Sarasota and then head to Naples for a two-concert residency.
Assistant Concertmaster David Taylor flashes a thumbs-up sign as he arrives at Orlando’s art-filled Grand Bohemian hotel ahead of the CSO’s first stop on its 2023 Florida tour.
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CSO viola Sunghee Choi and her family share a smile after the travel day to Orlando.
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CSO stage technicians Paul Christopher (left) and Todd Snick set out cello and bass trunks before the morning rehearsal.
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CSO cello Karen Basrak and her daughter visit her tour trunk backstage at the rehearsal.
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Seen in silhouette, violinist Simon Michal heads onstage for the morning rehearsal in Orlando.
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Before the rehearsal in Orlando, harpist Lynne Turner warms up onstage.
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Trombonist Michael Mulcahy (right) models his tenor tuba for curious young listener Mariana Cooper (daughter of Principal Horn David Cooper, left), who takes a seat with Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán.
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CSO trombone Michael Mulcahy switches to tenor tuba during Mussorgsky’s "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in rehearsal before the first concert in Orlando.
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Riccardo Muti and the CSO take a rehearsal before the opening concert of the 2023 Florida tour.
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Former CSOA Trustee Joyce Green (left) extends a warm welcome to Orlando as CSOA President Jeff Alexander and CSOA Board Chair Mary Lou Gorno join her for a pre-concert event.
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CSOA President Jeff Alexander welcomes CSO musicians, including Assistant Principal Clarinet John Bruce Yeh (far left), and supporters at a pre-concert event hosted in the Kessler Tier of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando.
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Concertgoers fill the soaring lobby spaces of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, designed by American architect Barton Myers, before the CSO’s debut in Orlando.
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CSO violin Matous Michal enters Steinmetz Hall before the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s debut concert in Orlando, which was presented by the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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Swirling concentric circles are among the impressive architectural details of Steinmetz Hall in Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
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CSO violin Cornelius Chiu warms up before the first concert in Orlando.
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The CSO and Riccardo Muti appear onstage in the dramatic setting of Steinmetz Hall, which opened for concerts in 2022.
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To open the first concert in Orlando, Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.
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CSO string sections perform music of Beethoven during the opening concert of the 2023 Florida tour.
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Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8.
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Members of the low brass section (from left, Principal Trombone Jay Friedman, Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny, trombone Michael Mulcahy and bass trombone Charles Vernon) are seen in action during Mussorgsky’s "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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Riccardo Muti and the CSO perform music of Beethoven, Liadov and Mussorgsky during the first stop on the Florida tour.
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Riccardo Muti and CSO acknowledge the audience's enthusiastic applause following their performance in Orlando.
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CSO violin Susan Synnestvedt shares a toast with two guests at a post-concert reception for CSO members.
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