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Welcome to the Columbus Symphony Press Room. Check here for press releases on upcoming shows and the latest news.
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Celebrated Violinist Gil Shaham to Perform One-Night-Only Concert with the Columbus Symphony
Heralded as “one of today’s pre-eminent violinists” by The New York Times and recently named Musical America Worldwide’s 2012 Instrumentalist of the Year, Gil Shaham is sought after throughout the world for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors. This international star joins the Columbus Symphony for a one-night-only event which will be the centerpiece of the organization’s annual gala celebration...
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CSO’s Folk Roots Program to Feature the Musical Folk Traditions of the Western World
Led by guest conductor Rossen Milanov, the Columbus Symphony celebrates the grand orchestral visions and intimate cultural voices of Kodály, Poulenc, and Prokofiev in works which take their Hungarian, French, and Russian folk traditions as musical inspiration...
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First CSO Concert of 2012 to Showcase Works of Mozart and Brahms
Guest conductor Matthias Bamert, guest violinist Yossif Ivanov, and the Columbus Symphony will explore the emerging maturity of Mozart’s first minor-key symphony and the transformational appeal of a Brahms’ string quartet transcribed as a work for full orchestra in the “Mozart & Brahms” program...
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CSO Honors the Gershwins’ Artistic Legacy in Here to Stay with Pianist Kevin Cole
Created by members of the Gershwin family and their Tony/Grammy Award-winning team, the all-new multimedia symphony show, Here to Stay, features a number of newly arranged charts for orchestra plus rarely seen visual and audio elements from the Gershwin archives...
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Columbus Symphony’s 2011 Holiday Pops Continues its Beloved Holiday Tradition in Columbus
A great annual Columbus tradition continues as Ronald J. Jenkins leads the Columbus Symphony and Chorus in some of the season’s most-loved holiday songs and carols.
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CSO Musicians to Be Featured Soloists in “Dialogues”
Great musical conversations will abound when Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni conducts the Columbus Symphony and Symphony soloists in artistically engaging dialogues...
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Columbus Symphony to Pay Tribute to Sinatra
Conductor, arranger, pianist, and vocalist Matt Catingub returns to pay tribute to the music of Frank Sinatra with Ol’ Blue Eyes standards including “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” “Come Fly With Me,” “I’ve Got the World on a String,” and “It Had to Be You...”
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Columbus Symphony to Examine the Russian Soul
Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni and the Columbus Symphony will perform great works from Russian composers in the Russian Soul program...
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String Summit to Be First 2011-12 CSO Masterworks Concert Performed in the Southern Theatre
For the Columbus Symphony’s inaugural concert in the Southern Theatre, CSO Music Director Jean-Marie has selected three 20th-century masterpieces showcasing orchestral strings...
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Columbus Symphony Kicks Off the Pops Series with “Opera to Broadway”
Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni opens the CSO’s 2011-12 Pops Series with his own selection of works from “Opera to Broadway...”
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Columbus Symphony to Open 2011-12 Season with a One-Night-Only Performance of Carmina Burana
Guest vocalists Aline Kutan, Frédéric Antoun, and Keith Phares join the Columbus Symphony Chorus, Columbus Children’s Choir, Columbus Symphony, and Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni for a one-night-only season opening performance of Carmina Burana, Carl Orff’s brazen, evocative, and explosive musical showcase...
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Columbus Symphony Announces Lineup for First Full Season Under Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Subscriptions go on sale today for the Columbus Symphony’s 2011-12 Masterworks and Pops Seasons, the first full schedule under the leadership of recently installed Music Director Jean-Marie Zeitouni...
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