At the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts the CSO and artist-in-residence Hilary Hahn in a 2021 performance. Photo by Anne Ryan.
In Wednesday’s (2/28) Chicago Tribune (subscription required), Hannah Edgar writes, “The Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday unveiled its 2024-25 season and new artist-in-residence: Russian pianist and composer Daniil Trifonov, succeeding violinist Hilary Hahn in the role…. Trifonov’s appointment includes not just regular subscription and recital dates but to-be-announced master classes and engagement activities…. Programming for the MusicNOW series will be spearheaded by two composer/curators to be announced in the spring, albeit without the mainstage commission expectations of the resident composer position. Current composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery will remain connected to the CSO through her work with the CSO’s Young Composers Initiative, which she helped to create in 2022…. Next year’s subscription series [includes] two world premieres … Christopher Theofanidis’ ‘Indigo Heaven’ featuring principal clarinetist Stephen Williamson … [and] a suite drawn from onetime composer-in-residence Osvaldo Golijov’s score to the forthcoming sci-fi film ‘Megalopolis,’ directed by Francis Ford Coppola … Andrés Orozco-Estrada [will lead season-opening] programs featuring inaugural artist-in-residence Hahn and pianist Lang Lang.” The article lists Muti’s concerts with the CSO as well as other conductors, soloists, repertoire, and the orchestra’s chamber and other series.
