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The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts hosted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on its U.S. Winter Tour.
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From Miami, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra traveled north on Jan. 17 to West Palm Beach, Florida, for the third stop on its 2025 U.S. Winter Tour.
After boarding buses on a rainy morning and arriving at the hotel midday, the musicians headed to the elegant Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall at Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts to begin preparations for the evening’s concert. Built in 1992, the Kravis Center consists of several stages, of which the 2,195-seat Dreyfoos Concert Hall is the largest.
Before the concert, Vanessa Moss, CSO vice president for operations, and Cristina Rocca, CSO vice president for artistic planning, led a Q&A session in Dreyfoos Concert Hall. Meanwhile, an area youth orchestra gave a preconcert performance in the Kravis Center lobby.
A capacity audience rose to its feet after the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed a program of Bellini, Schubert and Tchaikovsky, led by Maestro Riccardo Muti, Music Director Emeritus for Life. Along with the concert were receptions for musicians and donors.
Next, the CSO closes out the Florida leg of its 2025 U.S. Winter Tour, with a concert in Orlando, followed by concerts at New York City’s Carnegie Hall and then Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Violin substitute Polina Borisova relaxes before the orchestra departs for West Palm Beach.
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Violist Weijing Michal (left) and daughter greet Yuan-Qing Yu, assistant concertmaster, and guest violin Polina Borisova.
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CSO musicians queue up as they arrive at their hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Principal Bassoon Keith Buncke gets in some rehearsal time at Dreyfoos Hall, the site of the CSO's concert.
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At a reception, CSO donors Rich and Ruthie Ryan (far right) and guests greet CSO horn Oto Carillo (far left).
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CSOA Women’s Board member Ruthie Ryan (left) and Yuan-Qing Yu, assistant concertmaster, attend a preconcert reception.
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Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. Concert Hall serves as the main venue of the Kravis complex, which opened in 1992.
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Vanessa Moss, CSO vice president of operations, and Cristina Rocca, CSO vice president for artistic planning, conduct a preconcert question-and-answer session..
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Principal Horn Mark Almond gets in some rehearsal time ahead of the evening concert.
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CSO trumpet Tage Larsen strides across the backstage area at Alexander Dreyfoos Concert Hall.
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The West Palm Beach performance begins with the overture to Bellini's opera "Norma."
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Principal Timpani David Herbert awaits an entrance in the overture to "Norma."
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The CSO woodwind section, with guest flute Henrik Henrik Heide (center), stands after the "Norma" overture.
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The concert continues with Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished").
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Riccardo Muti, Music Director Emeritus for Life, leads the CSO in Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished").
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The CSO brass section zooms into camera focus during Schubert's Symphony No. 8.
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The CSO horn section, led by principal Mark Almond, takes a bow after Schubert's Symphony No. 8.
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The CSO woodwinds and strings come into view in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
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As the concert ends, Muti and the CSO acknowledge the audience's warm applause.
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After the concert, CSO stage technician Chris Grannen packs up equipment for the trip to Orlando.
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