Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to Santa Barbara once again under the baton of its esteemed Music Director Emeritus for Life, Riccardo Muti.

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RICCARDO MUTI, Music Director Emeritus for Life 

For more than five decades, Maestro Muti has been a commanding presence on the world's concert stages, shaping the sound of leading orchestras and opera houses as one of the last of the great Italian maestros in the tradition of Toscanini. The program features two pinnacle masterworks, Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and then Maurice Ravel's Boléro with its mesmerizing orchestral crescendo that builds from a quiet whisper to perhaps the most most thrilling climax of the symphonic repertoire. 

“Under Maestro Muti, the Chicago Symphony plays with a grandeur that is mighty yet grounded, with a unified sweep from the first row of strings to the back of the brass.”–Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times

Ticket prices include a $7 Granada Facility Fee.An additional Granada web service fee of $3 per ticket will be applied at seat selection.

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