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On Thursday, Martin Helmchen played Beethoven's First Piano Concerto with the CSO, in which he showcased stellar expressive depth. 山田和樹の指揮棒 also made his podium debut showcasing a CSO first performance of Takemitsu's exquisite piece How slow the Wind. 📷: Todd Rosenberg

The program concluded with one of Franck's best known orchestral works, the D Minor Symphony. 📷: Todd Rosenberg

In response to explosive applause, Kissin gifted the audience with three encores of additional works by Chopin, Prokofiev and Brahms, including Chopin Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 67, No. 4. 📷: Todd Rosenberg

Proposals. A wager. A test of fidelity—and friendships. Join Northwestern University Opera Theater for Mozart's classic comedy "Così fan tutte" May 23-26: spr.ly/6010dICOa 📷 : Todd Rosenberg

With 13 Grammy Awards between them, jazz stars Dianne Reeves (vocals), Chucho Valdés (piano) & Joe Lovano (saxophone) drew an enthusiastic crowd to close out the 2023/24 Season of SCP Jazz last Friday, performing an intimate set of duets spanning generations. 📷: Todd Rosenberg

Cynthia Yeh, CSO principal percussion, takes on a new concerto created by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery. Hear an excerpt from Procession before Yeh performs the full melodic concerto with the CSO on May 30-June 1. Buy tickets at cso.org/ps/23978

This Thursday evening’s CSO concert led by Juraj Valčuha featured the kinetic first Chicago performance of The Elements, a programmatic suite commissioned by leading American violinist Joshua Bell that celebrates the beauty of the natural world. 📷: Todd Rosenberg

Celebrated film composer Joe Hisaishi joined the CSO on Thursday for the first of four sold-out concerts featuring several of his musical highlights, including selections from beloved Studio Ghibli films Princess Mononoke and Howl’s Moving Castle. 久石譲 📷: Todd Rosenberg

There was a palpable energy in Orchestra Hall as Hisaishi also led the Orchestra in his much-anticipated Third Symphony, nicknamed Metaphysica. Soprano Diana Newman lent her ethereal voice to the famous title track of the Princess Mononoke Suite. 久石譲 📷: Todd Rosenberg

The night we've all been waiting for... The San Diego Symphony Orchestra is finally back home at Jacobs Music Center! 🎆🎼#ExperienceJMC 📸: Todd Rosenberg

Pianists and brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen enchanted the audience in their CSO debut at Friday’s matinee performance of Mozart’s exuberant Concerto for Two Pianos, led from the podium by the esteemed Christoph Eschenbach. Lucas Arthur Jussen 📷: Todd Rosenberg

Along with this rare chance to experience a dual keyboard collaboration, the Orchestra delivered a nuanced performance of Beethoven’s popular Pastoral Symphony and an emotion-filled rendition of Strauss’ Dreaming by the Fireside from Intermezzo. 📷: Todd Rosenberg

On Tuesday, the Orchestra flew from Beijing to Chengdu for the next leg of the tour. Upon arrival, a group of musicians and staff attended a Chengdu Symphony Orchestra concert at the Financial City Twin Towers. 📸 Todd Rosenberg

On Wednesday, a string quartet of musicians performed two pop-up concerts in Chengdu—the first at the Chengdu Giant Panda Museum and the second at the Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum. 📸Todd Rosenberg

The evening featured a special side-by-side concert with members of the Chengdu Symphony Orchestra. 📸Todd Rosenberg

Thursday night’s concert was held in the Phoenix Hill Sports Park. With 5,000 people in attendance at the arena, and the combined viewership from livestreams, including on Chunxi Road and on WeChat, Thursday night’s concert amassed over one million viewers. 📸 Todd Rosenberg

The final residency activities took place in the city of Nanchang. On Friday evening, musicians performed a joint concert with the Nanchang Symphony Orchestra. To conclude the trip, the musicians performed Saturday morning at the Jianxi Provincial Museum. 📸 Todd Rosenberg

Since 1973 the Philadelphia Orchestra has been building bridges between the U.S. and China. This year we supported their first ever trip to Wuxi, Jiangsu, home of the great blind musician Abing, for a co-performance with the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra. 📸 Todd Rosenberg

I am glad that the Philadelphia Orchestra could join ShanghaiTech University and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra. Continuing 50+ years of sharing the beauty of classical music.

.The Philadelphia Orchestra's inaugural visit to Wuxi wasn’t complete without a pop-up concert at the historic Jichang Garden. 📸 Todd Rosenberg