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The Music Center at Strathmore
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The CSO and Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä continued their first tour together with a train ride south out of NYC’s Penn Station toward their third U.S. tour stop and next destination, Bethesda, Md. The CSO’s concert on February 27 represented a debut appearance at The Music Center at Strathmore and the Orchestra’s first performance presented by Washington Performing Arts since 2018.
Designed by William Rawn Associates Architects, Inc., acousticians Kirkegaard Associates and Theatre Project Consultants, the Music Center and its extraordinary Concert Hall opened in 2005 and have provided an outstanding new venue with exceptional acoustics for live music. Embracing this new environment, Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra shared their tour program that opened with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and concluded with Berlioz’s dramatic Symphonie fantastique. Before the concert and at intermission, musicians found time to reconnect with more family, friends and patrons who stopped by to catch the CSO on tour.
Principal Cello John Sharp says goodbye to New York as he and the musicians anticipate their next stop of the 2026 U.S. Tour with Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä.
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CSO Violin So Young Bae and CSO Viola Wei-Ting Kuo pick up some tasty treats for the train trip to Bethesda, Md.
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CSO musicians queue up for departure from New York’s Penn Station to their next destination.
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Director of Tour and Media Operations Jiwon Sun and Vice President of Orchestra and Building Operations Vanessa Moss enjoy looking at some photos to pass the time on their train journey from New York to Maryland.
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In the lobby before the concert in Bethesda, Md., CSO Trumpet Tage Larsen reconnects with friends and colleagues from “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band, where he played trumpet from 1995-1999 (Christian Ferrari on the left, and Fred Marcellus on the right).
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CSO Bass Bradley Opland warms up onstage at the Music Center at Strathmore ahead of the CSO’s third 2026 East Coast tour concert with Klaus Mäkelä.
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Laser focus in place, headphones on and warm up is in progress for Principal Timpani David Herbert as he prepares for the evening concert in Bethesda, Md.
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Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä and CSO Violin Simon Michal compare notes backstage ahead of the Orchestra’s evening concert presented by Washington Performing Arts.
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Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny and guest musician Matthew Gaunt are gearing up for twice the tuba fun in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique on the stage of the Music Center at Strathmore.
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Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 to open the program at The Music Center at Strathmore, the CSO’s debut appearance in the venue.
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Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä and the CSO in their debut appearance together at the Music Center at Strathmore.
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Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra respond to audience applause and a standing ovation following their performance of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
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Assistant Principal Bassoon Bill Buchman greets his brother and family members at intermission during the CSO’s tour concert in Bethesda, Md.
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Retired CSO bass Roger Cline and his wife greet Principal Percussion Cynthia Yeh and CSO Bassoon Miles Maner at the CSO concert in the Music Center at Strathmore.
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The Music Center at Strathmore with its beautiful concert hall designed by William Rawn Associates Architects, Inc. provides audiences and musicians with an exceptional experience for live music.
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Longtime CSO supporter Terry Truax enjoys being part of the audience cheering for the Orchestra during its tour concert presented by Washington Performing Arts.
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Audiences are on their feet following the performance and venue debut by Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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Members of the CSO’s Overture Council and the young professionals group from Washington Performing Arts join Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä backstage after his performance with the CSO at Strathmore.
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Stage Manager Chris Lewis oversees load out to the next and final stop on the CSO’s 2026 tour to Ann Arbor and the East Coast.
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