On Tuesday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced its next music director, the Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä. Mäkelä will be the orchestra’s 11th music director, effective in the 2027-28 concert ...
The CSO’s 2026-27 season — the last before Klaus Mäkelä becomes full-time music director in fall 2027 — opens with a concert ...
Plus, there’s Andrew Bird and a good amount of Finnish music on deck, thanks to the incoming maestro, who walked us through ...