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EDO DE WAART LEADS CSO IN A PROGRAM OF WORKS BY MOZART, STRAUSS AND ADAMS

Violinist Augustin Hadelich Makes CSO Debut in Mozart’s Concerto No. 5

November 11-14

CHICAGO—Guest conductor returns to lead the Chicago Symphony (CSO) in works by Mozart, Strauss, and Adams in programs on Wednesday, November 11, at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, November 12, at 8:00 p.m., Friday, November 13, at 1:30 p.m., and Saturday, November 14, at 8:00 p.m. Violinist Augustin Hadelich, recent winner of the inaugural Warner Music Prize, makes his CSO debut with de Waart and Orchestra in performances of Mozart’s No. 5 in A Major, K. 219.

All of the programs include Mozart’s lively Violin Concerto No. 5 (Turkish) and American composer ’ large-scale symphonic work, . Inspired by Adams’ own dreams, as well as his reflection on the writings of Carl Jung, the piece was named after Schoenberg’s book Harmonielehre (Treatise on Harmony). In Adams own words, the composition is “a statement of belief in the power of tonality at a time when I was uncertain about its future.” The November 12-14 programs open with Strauss’ playful Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, which received its U.S. premiere in 1895 with the CSO under the baton of its first music director, Theodore Thomas.

Already a highly sought-after soloist, Augustin Hadelich has performed with many major U.S. and collaborated with conductors including Robert Abbado, Marc Albrecht and . Hadelich released his first orchestral recording in March 2014 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra on the AVIE label. In October 2015, he won the first Warner Music Prize, $100,000, awarded to a classical musician aged 35 or under who demonstrates exceptional talent and outstanding promise.

The Wednesday, November 11 performance is an Afterwork Masterworks® concert, featuring performances of the works by Mozart and Adams only, without intermission, and begins at

6:30 p.m. All ticketholders are invited to enjoy complimentary wine and an engaging Q&A session with the guest artists in the Grainger Ballroom after the concert.

Also on November 11, the CSO’s Overture Council hosts the opening event of its new series of postconcert events for young professionals called Soundpost. Each Soundpost ticket ($35 with promo code: SOUNDPOST) includes prime concert seating and access to a postconcert reception featuring light bites, drink specials and an opportunity to mix and mingle with musicians of the Orchestra. More information about all three Soundpost events, including specially-priced, three-event Soundpost subscriptions is at cso.org/post.

The Thursday, November 12 concert, part of CSO’s Classic Encounter series, includes a lively pre-concert scene complete with food and drinks, as well as a multimedia presentation and conversation with a CSO musician hosted by WXRT and Radio Hall of Fame DJ Terri Hemmert. For this Classic Encounter program, Hemmert welcomes Chicago Symphony Chorus Director and Conductor Duain Wolfe for the pre-concert conversation. Single tickets for the Classic Encounter reception can be added to any concert ticket order for November 12. More information is available here. Four-concert Classic Encounter series ticket packages start at $140 and include concert tickets and access to preconcert receptions. More information is available at cso.org/classicencounter.

Tickets for all CSOA-presented concerts can be purchased by phone at 800-223-7114 or 312- 294-3000; online at cso.org; or at the Symphony Center box office: 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60604.

Discounted student tickets for select concerts can be purchased, subject to availability, online in advance or at the box office on the day of the concert. For group rates, please call 312-294- 3040.

Artists, programs and prices are subject to change.

Bank of America is the Global Sponsor of the CSO.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Afterwork Masterworks® Chicago Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (Turkish) ADAMS Harmonielehre

Tickets: $27-$98

NOTE: The Q&A with the artists takes place immediately following the concert in Grainger Ballroom. The Soundpost event takes place immediately following the concert in the fourth floor Rotunda lobby. More information on Soundpost is at cso.org/post.

Classic Encounter Thursday, November 12, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Preconcert Reception Terri Hemmert, guest speaker Duain Wolfe, director and conductor, Chicago Symphony Chorus

Tickets: $15

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 12, 2015, 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 13, 2015, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 14, 2015, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Edo de Waart, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin

STRAUSS Till Eulenspliegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (Turkish) ADAMS Harmonielehre

Tickets: $40-$221

Edo de Waart Edo de Waart established a notable career in the last third of the 20th century, becoming known for clear, exciting performances in a wide range of repertory. He came from a musical family, being the son of a choral singer. He studied with Haakon Stotijn and also conducting at the Music Lyceum in Amsterdam. He became co-principal oboe of the Amsterdam Philharmonic in 1961 and associate principal of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1963. Meanwhile, he studied conducting, including a course with Franco Ferrara at Hilversum in 1964. This led to a debut with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic in 1964. That same year he won the prestigious Conductors' Competition in New York, which resulted in a year-long appointment as an assistant conductor of the (1965- 66). He became assistant conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw under in 1966. He made an impressive recorded debut with the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, which he founded in 1967, including classic recordings of Mozart wind music. He was also appointed co-music director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic with , becoming sole music director when Fournet vacated his appointment in 1973. His association with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, which lasted until 1979, became noted for firm, exciting orchestral performances and intriguing choices of repertory. In 1975 he became principal guest conductor of the Orchestra, and was elevated to music director in 1977. Although the orchestra was often capable of fine performances, it was variable and had weaknesses. De Waart lifted its standards, turning it into a consistently fine orchestra. In 1985 he conducted an acclaimed series of the complete Wagner Ring operas in San Francisco.

Over the years he has made many appearances as an opera conductor, including Bayreuth, Covent Garden, the , Paris' Bastille Opera, and the . He conducted the first recording of Adams' , which won a Grammy Award in 1988. In 1996 he debuted at the Salzburg Festival with Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro.

In 1993 he was appointed chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney (Australia) Symphony Orchestra, and in August 1995 led it on its first European tour in 20 years. In 1996 he took it on its first tours of Japan and Taiwan, and in 1998, on an American tour. He was appointed artistic director of the Netherlands Dutch Radio and Television Organization, and chief conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. At the beginning of the 1999-2000 season he began his tenure as chief conductor of the Netherlands Opera. In that year De Waart became music director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, with his contract extended until 2012. He assumed responsibilities as musical director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in 2009. An advocate of modern and contemporary music, he has conducted the work of Reich, Torke, Wuorinen, and Britten.

Augustin Hadelich Continuing to astonish audiences with his phenomenal technique, poetic sensitivity, and gorgeous tone, Augustin Hadelich has established himself as one of the great violinists of his generation. His remarkable consistency throughout the repertoire, from Paganini to Adès, is seldom encountered in a single artist.

Highlights of the 2015/2016 season include debuts with the Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, and the Finnish Radio Orchestra, as well as return performances with the London Philharmonic, The , and the symphonies of Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Louisville, Milwaukee, New Jersey, Oregon, Seattle, Utah, and Vancouver. Other projects include a return to the Wigmore Hall in London, a recording with the London Philharmonic, a residency with the Bournemouth Symphony, and recital appearances in Germany.

With this season’s addition of the Chicago and Pittsburgh symphonies, Hadelich will have appeared with every major orchestra and chamber orchestra in the U.S., several on numerous occasions. Festival appearances include his 2015 debuts at Ravinia and the Grand Teton Music Festival, as well as return engagements at Aspen and Bravo! Vail Valley. He has also performed at Blossom, Britt, Chautauqua, Eastern Music Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, Marlboro, and Tanglewood. Recital appearances include Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw/Amsterdam, The Frick Collection/New York, Kennedy Center/Washington, D.C., Kioi Hall/Tokyo, the Louvre, and the chamber music societies of Detroit, La Jolla, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Vancouver.

Among Augustin Hadelich’s recent and upcoming worldwide appearances are the BBC Philharmonic/Manchester, BBC Symphony/London, Danish National Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysia Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, NHK Symphony/Tokyo, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Dublin, São Paulo Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, and a highly acclaimed tour of China with the San Diego Symphony.

Hadelich’s first major orchestral recording, featuring the violin concertos of and Thomas Adès (Concentric Paths) with Hannu Lintu conducting the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, was released to great acclaim in March 2014 on the AVIE label. The disc was nominated for a Gramophone Award and listed by NPR on their Top 10 Classical CDs of 2014. Other recordings for AVIE include a CD with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra under Miguel Harth-Bedoya featuring the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Bartók’s Concerto No. 2.

The 2006 Gold Medalist of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Augustin Hadelich plays on the 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra: www.cso.org and www.csosoundsandstories.org Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. Since 2010, the preeminent conductor Riccardo Muti has served as its 10th music director. is the CSO’s Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus, Yo-Yo Ma is its Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant, and Samuel Adams and Elizabeth Ogonek are its Mead Composers-in-Residence.

From baroque through contemporary music, the CSO commands a vast repertoire. Its renowned musicians annually perform more than 150 concerts, most at Symphony Center in Chicago and, each summer, at the suburban Ravinia Festival. They regularly tour nationally and internationally. Since 1892, the CSO has made 58 international tours, performing in 29 countries on five continents. People around the globe listen to weekly radio broadcasts of CSO concerts and recordings on the WFMT radio network and online at cso.org/radio . Recordings by the CSO have earned 62 Grammy Awards, including two in 2011 for Muti’s recording with the CSO and Chorus of Verdi's Messa da (Muti’s first of four releases with the CSO to date). Find details on these and many other CSO recordings at www.cso.org/resound.

The CSO is part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, which also includes the Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, Director and Conductor) and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, a training ensemble for emerging professionals. Through its prestigious Symphony Center Presents series, the CSOA presents guest artists and ensembles from a variety of genres—classical, jazz, world, and contemporary.

The Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO offers community and education programs that annually engage more than 200,000 people of diverse ages and backgrounds. Through the Institute and other activities, including a free annual concert with Muti and the CSO, the CSO is committed to using the power of music to create connections and build community.

The CSO is supported by thousands of patrons, volunteers and institutional and individual donors. Bank of America is the Global Sponsor of the CSO. The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation. The Negaunee Foundation provides generous support in perpetuity for the work of the Negaunee Music Institute.