Chicago Symphony Orchestra
symphony orchestra in Chicago, Illinois, USA
| Description | symphony orchestra in Chicago, Illinois, USA Source: Wikidata |
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| Formed | 1891 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
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| Formed in | Chicago Chicago Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
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| Area | United States Source: MusicBrainz |
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| Country | US United States Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
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| Genres | classical music Source: Wikidata |
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| Member of | League of American Orchestras Source: Wikidata |
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| Awards | Grammy Hall of Fame Source: Wikidata |
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Members
- Hans Letz 1909–1910 (violin); 1910–1912 (violin) · MusicBrainz
- Edward Kleinhammer 1940–1985-06-15 (bass trombone) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Sol Turner 1943–1949 · MusicBrainz
- Arnold Jacobs 1944–1988 (principal, tuba) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Wilbur Simpson 1946–1991 (bassoon); 1946–1991 (contrabassoon) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Adolph Herseth 1948–2001 (principal, trumpet); 2001–2004 (trumpet) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Ray Still 1953–1993 (oboe, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- János Starker 1953–present (cello) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Donald Peck 1957–1958 (flute); 1958–1999 (flute, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- György Bánhalmi 1957–present (piano) · MusicBrainz
- Edward Druzinsky 1957–present (harp, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Frank Kaderabek 1958–1966 (additional, principal, trumpet) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Samuel Magad 1958–2007 (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Richard Kanter 1961–2002 (oboe) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Joseph Guastafeste 1961–2010 (double bass) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Richard Oldberg 1963–1993 (horn) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Leonore Glazer 1964–1993 (cello) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Willard Somers Elliot 1964–1996 (bassoon, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Dale Clevenger 1966-02–2013 (horn, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Charles Geyer 1966–1978 (trumpet) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Eric Wicks 1968–2006 (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Richard Graef 1968–present (flute) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Thomas Howell 1971–1991 (horn) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Norman Schweikert 1971–1997 (horn) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Louise Dixon 1973–2015-10 (flute) · MusicBrainz
- Jennie Wagner 1974–2014 (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Fox Fehling 1979–2022 (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Jim Ross 1979–present (percussion) · MusicBrainz
- Paul Phillips 1980–2020 (violin) · MusicBrainz
- Gregory Smith 1983–present (clarinet) · MusicBrainz
- Rubén González 1986–1996 (violin) · MusicBrainz
- Bruce Grainger 1986–1996 (bassoon) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Charles Vernon 1986–present (trombone) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Gene Pokorny 1988–present (tuba) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Lawrence Neuman 1991–present (viola) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- William Buchman 1992–present (bassoon) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Sarah Bullen 1997–2021 (harp, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Mathieu Dufour 1999–2014 (flute, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Oto Carrillo 2000–present (horn) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Matthew Strauss 2002–2004 (percussion) · MusicBrainz
- Jennifer Gunn 2005-06–present (piccolo) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Kenneth Olsen 2005–present (cello) · MusicBrainz
- Cynthia Yeh 2007-06–present (percussion, principal) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Stephanie Jeong 2011–present (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Alexander Hanna 2012-06–present (double bass) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Gina Dibello 2013–present (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Emma Gerstein 2017–present (flute) · MusicBrainz
- Esteban Batallán 2018-10–present (trumpet) · MusicBrainz
- Philip Farkas ?–1960 (French horn) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Lawrie Bloom ?–present (clarinet) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Robert Chen ?–present (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Rebecca Cole ?–present (violin) · MusicBrainz
- Donald Moline ?–present (cello) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Channing Philbrick ?–present · MusicBrainz
- Brant Taylor ?–present (cello) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- John Weicher ?–present (violin) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Yuan-Qing Yu ?–present (violin) · MusicBrainz
- Karina Canellakis ?–present (violin) · MusicBrainz
- Charles Clark ?–present (double bass) · MusicBrainz
- Nathan Cole ?–present · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- Franklyn D’Antonio ?–present (violin) · MusicBrainz
- Michael Krasnopolsky ?–present (double bass) · Discogs, MusicBrainz
- David Krehbiel ?–present · MusicBrainz
- Philip Smith ?–present (trumpet) · MusicBrainz
- Richard Lottridge · Discogs
- Fred Spector · Discogs
- Robert La Marchina · Discogs
- David Greenbaum · Discogs
- Joseph Golan · Discogs
- William Faldner · Discogs
- Leonard Chausow · Discogs
- Jerry Sabransky · Discogs
- Theodore Silavin · Discogs
- Philip Blum · Discogs
- William Schoen · Discogs
- Florence Schwartz · Discogs
- Fritz Reiner · Discogs
- Joseph Sciacchitano · Discogs
- Robert Kassinger · Discogs
- Larry Combs · Discogs
- Franklyn D'Antonio · Discogs
- Karl Fruh · Discogs
- Harold D. Klatz · Discogs
- Herman Clebanoff · Discogs
- Akiko Tarumoto · Discogs
- Theodore Ratzer · Discogs
- Gail Williams · Discogs
- Samuel Thaviu · Discogs
- George Palermo · Discogs
- Tim Cobb · Discogs
- Peter Ellefson · Discogs
- Wayne Barrington · Discogs
- Laura Hamilton · Discogs
- Samuel Feinzimer · Discogs
- Edgar Muenzer · Discogs
- Richard Ferrin · Discogs
- Charles Pikler · Discogs
- Frank Fiatarone · Discogs
- Adrian Da Prato · Discogs
- Robert Swan · Discogs
- Joyce Noh · Discogs
- Sidney Harth · Discogs
- Mary Sauer · Discogs
- Roberta Freier · Discogs
- Victor Aitay · Discogs
- Mitchell Lurie · Discogs
- Craig Morris (3) · Discogs
- Eugene Izotov · Discogs
- David Herbert (3) · Discogs
- Alfred Wallenstein · Discogs
- Julius Baker · Discogs
- Jerry Grossman · Discogs
- Frederick Stock · Discogs
- Harold Siegel · Discogs
- Sherman Walt · Discogs
- Qing Hou · Discogs
- Ronald Satkiewicz · Discogs
- Baird Dodge · Discogs
- Karen Dirks · Discogs
- Katinka Kleijn · Discogs
- Lee Lane · Discogs
- Lei Hou · Discogs
- Susanna Drake · Discogs
- Frank Miller (3) · Discogs
- Jorja Fleezanis · Discogs
- Laurence Thorstenberg · Discogs
- Paul Phillips (4) · Discogs
- John Swallow · Discogs
- Oscar Chausow · Discogs
- Jonathan Pegis · Discogs
- Carl Racine · Discogs
- Edwin Barker · Discogs
- Joseph Stepansky · Discogs
- George Schick · Discogs
- Allan Graham (2) · Discogs
- Irwin Fischer · Discogs
- Edward Metzenger · Discogs
- Thomas Glenecke · Discogs
- Lionel Sayers · Discogs
- Clark Brody · Discogs
- David Schrader · Discogs
- George Vosburgh · Discogs
- Francis Akos · Discogs
- Milan Yancich · Discogs
- Edmund Schuëcker · Discogs
- Tom Hall (6) · Discogs
- Irving Ilmer · Discogs
- Leonard Sorkin · Discogs
- George Sopkin · Discogs
- Jacques Israelievitch · Discogs
- Floyd Cooley · Discogs
- Arthur Krehbiel · Discogs
- Frank Brouk · Discogs
- Joseph Di Bello · Discogs
- Charlie Schuchat · Discogs
- Stephen Lester · Discogs
- John Hagstrom · Discogs
- Mark Ridenour · Discogs
- Alfred Frankenstein · Discogs
- Leonard Sharrow · Discogs
- Sheppard Lehnhoff · Discogs
- Nisanne Howell · Discogs
- David Filerman · Discogs
- Harry Brabec · Discogs
- Yuan Qing Yu · Discogs
- Stuart Knussen · Discogs
- Sam Denov · Discogs
- Tauno Hannikainen · Discogs
- Alex Klein (4) · Discogs
- Byron Peebles · Discogs
- David Van Vactor · Discogs
- Li-Kuo Chang · Discogs
- Stephen Balderston · Discogs
- John Sharp (6) · Discogs
- Rubén González (2) · Discogs
- Samuel Gardner · Discogs
- Jay Friedman · Discogs
- Glenn Dodson · Discogs
- Frank Crisafulli · Discogs
- Vincent Cichowicz · Discogs
- Michael Mulcahy · Discogs
- David McGill · Discogs
- Catherine Brubaker · Discogs
- Melanie Kupchynsky · Discogs
- Richard Hirschl · Discogs
- Mihaela Ionescu · Discogs
- Matthew Comerford · Discogs
- Gordon Peters · Discogs
- Susan Synnestvedt · Discogs
- Russell Hershow · Discogs
- David Taylor (20) · Discogs
- David Inmon · Discogs
- Wilhelm Middelschulte · Discogs
- Mischa Mischakoff · Discogs
- Otakar Sroubek · Discogs
- Gary Stucka · Discogs
- James Smelser · Discogs
- Blair Milton · Discogs
- Milton Preves · Discogs
- Lois Schaefer · Discogs
- Edmund Kurtz · Discogs
- Daniel Saidenberg · Discogs
- Rachel Goldstein · Discogs
- Burl Lane · Discogs
- Isadore Zverow · Discogs
- Perry Crafton · Discogs
- Loren Brown · Discogs
- Chicago Symphony Winds · Discogs
- David Chickering · Discogs
- Harold Newton · Discogs
- Grover Schiltz · Discogs
- John Bartholomew · Discogs
- William Hector · Discogs
- John Bruce Yeh · Discogs
- Mark Kraemer · Discogs
- Carol Baum · Discogs
- Mihaly Virizlay · Discogs
- Wendell Hoss · Discogs
- Chicago Symphony Strings · Discogs
- Ernst Friedlander · Discogs
- Carroll Martin · Discogs
- Stephen Williamson · Discogs
- Daniel Gingrich · Discogs
- Karin Ursin · Discogs
- Erik Harris · Discogs
- Adolph Weiss · Discogs
- Barbara Fraser · Discogs
- Roger Cline · Discogs
- Jocelyn Davis-Beck · Discogs
- Hermine Gagné · Discogs
- Royal Johnson (2) · Discogs
- Paul Kahn (2) · Discogs
- Kimberly Wright (3) · Discogs
- Sidney Weiss · Discogs
- Clarke Kessler · Discogs
- Alison Dalton · Discogs
- Patricia Dash · Discogs
- Albert Igolnikov · Discogs
- Donald Koss · Discogs
- Edward Atkatz · Discogs
- Hui Liu · Discogs
- Alice Lawrence Baker · Discogs
- Sando Shia · Discogs
- Heidi Turner · Discogs
- Cornelius Chiu · Discogs
- Ella Braker · Discogs
- Maxwell Raimi · Discogs
- Diane Mues · Discogs
- Thomas Wright (4) · Discogs
- Daniel Orbach · Discogs
- Nancy Park · Discogs
- Arnold Brostoff · Discogs
- Michael Hovnanian · Discogs
- Bradley Opland · Discogs
- Michael Henoch · Discogs
- David Griffin (2) · Discogs
- Louise Dixon (2) · Discogs
- Lynne Turner · Discogs
- Walfrid Kujala · Discogs
- James Gilbertsen · Discogs
- James Ross (16) · Discogs
- Jerry Sirucek · Discogs
- Gil Breines · Discogs
- Donald Evans (2) · Discogs
- Betty Lambert · Discogs
- William Scarlett · Discogs
- Albert Payson · Discogs
- Gregory Smith (4) · Discogs
- Raymond Niwa · Discogs
- Timothy Kent · Discogs
- David Sanders (6) · Discogs
- Renold Schilke · Discogs
- Hugh A. Cowden · Discogs
- Louis Lowenstein · Discogs
- Christopher Leuba · Discogs
- Karen Basrak · Discogs
- David Gauger II · Discogs
- Benjamin Wright (3) · Discogs
- Vadim Karpinos · Discogs
- Tage Larsen · Discogs
- Christopher Martin (14) · Discogs
- Yukiko Ogura (2) · Discogs
- Robert Mayer (8) · Discogs
- Dennis Michel · Discogs
- William Welter · Discogs
- Max Pottag · Discogs
- Wayne Balmer · Discogs
- David Cooper (30) · Discogs
- Daniel Armstrong (4) · Discogs
- Weijing Wang · Discogs
- Ni Mei · Discogs
- Jeanette Bittar · Discogs
- Youming Chen · Discogs
- Daniel Katz (3) · Discogs
- Kenneth Olsen (5) · Discogs
- Scott Hostetler · Discogs
- Lora Schaefer · Discogs
- Kozue Funakoshi · Discogs
- Rong-Yan Tang · Discogs
- Wendy Koons Meir · Discogs
- Yevgeny Faniuk · Discogs
- Mark Almond (3) · Discogs
- De Vere Moore · Discogs
- Sunghee Choi · Discogs
- Matous Michal · Discogs
- Simon Michal · Discogs
- So Young Bae · Discogs
- Sylvia Kim Kilcullen · Discogs
- Aiko Noda (2) · Discogs
- Danny Lai (3) · Discogs
- Wei-Ting Kuo · Discogs
- Miles Maner · Discogs
- Keith Buncke · Discogs
- Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson · Discogs
- Jerome Stowell · Discogs
- Beatrice Chen · Discogs
- Ralph Johnson (17) · Discogs
Also known as
CSO Chicago Chicago Orchestra Chicago Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Chicago S. O. Chicago S.O. Chicago SO Chicago Simphony Chicago Sym. Orch. Chicago Symfoniorkester Chicago Symph. Chicago Symph. Orch. Chicago Symphon Chicago Symphonic Orchestra Chicago Symphonie Orchester Chicago Symphonie-Orchester Chicago Symphonies Chicago Symphony Chicago Symphony Orch. Chicago Symphony Orchestra And Chorus Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Chicago Symphony-Orchester Chicago Symphoy Chicagoer Simfonie-Orchester Chicagoer Symphonie Orchester Chicagoer Symphonie Orchestra Chicagoer Symphonie-Orchester Chicagoer Symphonieorchester Chicagoer Symphony-Orchester Chicagoer-Symphonie-Orchester Chicagos Symfoniorkester Chikago Symphony Orchestra Das Chicago Symphony Orchestra Grande Orchestra Sinfonica L'Orchestre Symphonique De Chicago L'Orchestre Symphonique de Chicago L'orchestre Symphonique De Chicago La Chicago Symphony Orchestra Members Of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Members Of The Chicago Symphony
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Identifiers
mbid: 509c772e-1164-4457-8d09-0553cfa77d64 · wikidata: Q1050470 · isni: 0000000121870097 · discogs: 406281, 837562 · spotify: 6TD08jYeuN128P2MZTbc8E
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