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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM JOHN WILLIAMS’ OSCAR®-NOMINATED SCORE FOR STEVEN SPIELBERG’S ICONIC FILM RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

One of Hollywood’s Classic Summer Blockbusters Comes to Symphony Center for Three Performances

June 30, July 1 & 2

CHICAGO—The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) presents Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark on Thursday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m., Friday, July 1 at 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, July 2 at 2:00 p.m. The performances of the classic summer blockbuster feature the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), led by guest conductor Richard Kaufman, performing John Williams’ Oscar®-nominated score to accompany the film.

Released in 1982, Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark introduced audiences to one of film’s most beloved action heroes, the daring archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford). The film won four Academy Awards® and was nominated for an additional four, including a nomination for Best Original Score. Raiders of the Lost Ark is set during WWII, and famously depicts the rough-and-tumble hero Indiana Jones as he tries to stop Nazi soldiers from getting to the legendary artifact, the Ark of the Covenant.

Acclaimed composer John Williams’ first collaboration with Steven Spielberg was Jaws, earning Williams his first Oscar® for Original Score, and a recommendation from Spielberg to his friend George Lucas. Williams continued to collaborate with Lucas, Spielberg, and others, earning an abundance of awards for his film scores, arrangements, and original music. Williams, who remains active as a composer for film today, recently composed an Oscar-Nominated score for The Book Thief (2013) and received his 50th Oscar® nomination in 2016 for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. Williams is currently at work on scores for Indiana Jones 5 and Star Wars: Episode VIII.

Conductor Richard Kaufman is known both for his musical career as a classical conductor and as a conductor and supervisor for music in film and television productions. In addition to guest conducting traditional classical performances throughout the and the world,

Kaufman regularly leads performances of film scores to accompany movie screenings. For eighteen years Kaufman served as music coordinator for MGM, receiving two Emmy® nominations during his time there. Kaufman later received a Grammy® for Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1993 for a recording with the Nuremberg Symphony. In addition to serving as music director and conductor for numerous musicals, Kaufman has coached various actors such as Jack Nicholson, Dudley Moore and Tom Hanks for musical roles in film. As a violinist, Kaufman has performed on numerous film and television scores including Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Kaufman received the “Distinguished Alumni Award” in 2012 from California State University, Northridge, where he received his B.A. Kaufman—who has led performances on the CSO at the Movies series for 10 consecutive years—returns to lead performances of Amadeus, North by Northwest, and E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial for the 2016/17 season of the popular CSO series.

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.

These concerts are generously sponsored by Allstate Insurance Company.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 30, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Special Concerts Friday, July 1, 2016, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, July 2, 2016, 2:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Richard Kaufman, conductor

WILLIAMS Raiders of the Lost Ark

Tickets: $45-$150

Richard Kaufman Richard Kaufman has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. The 2015-16 concert season marks his tenth year with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert series, “CSO at the Movies.” Kaufman will soon begin his 25th season as Principal Pops Conductor of Pacific Symphony. He also holds the permanent title of Pops Conductor Laureate with the Dallas Symphony, This past May, Kaufman made his conducting debut with the Boston Pops Orchestra, substituting for John Williams at the Annual Boston Pops Film Night.

Kaufman regularly appears as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras throughout both the United States and around the world including Cleveland, Atlanta, St. Louis, London, Calgary, Edmonton, Liverpool, the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin, Rotterdam and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In addition to conducting “traditional” concert presentations, Kaufman often leads performances of complete film scores in concert, synchronizing the music to the actual film as it is shown on the screen above the orchestra. These legendary film titles include Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, Psycho, Casablanca, The Bride of Frankenstein, Pirates of the Caribbean and various silent films.

Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Instrumental Performance. In addition to his two recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, he has recorded CDs with the Nuremberg Symphony, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Brandenburg Philharmonic in Berlin.

He has conducted for performers including John Denver, Andy Williams, Mary Martin, Nanette Fabray, Sir James Galway, Diana Krall, Chris Botti, The Pointer Sisters, The Beach Boys, Peter Paul and Mary, Robert Goulet, David Copperfield, The Righteous Brothers and Art Garfunkel.

As a violinist, Kaufman performed on numerous film and television scores including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saturday Night Fever and (in a moment of desperation) Animal House. He has recorded with artists including John Denver, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka, The Carpenters and Ray Charles.

Kaufman joined the music department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1984 as music coordinator, and for the next 18 years supervised music for MGM. He received two Emmy Award nominations, one for the animated series, The Pink Panther, in the category of Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and another for Outstanding Original Song co-authored for the series, All Dogs Go to Heaven. For the MGM television series In the Heat of the Night, Kaufman composed songs with actor/producer Carroll O’Connor. He conducted the scores for films including Guarding Tess and Jungle to Jungle. As a unique part of his career in film, Kaufman has coached various actors in musical roles including Jack Nicholson, Dudley Moore and Tom Hanks.

Kaufman has served as music director and conductor for numerous musicals, including a national tour of Sweet Charity starring Juliet Prowse, the first national tours of Company (for Hal Prince) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (for the New York Shakespeare Festival). He has conducted numerous musicals for the and San Francisco Civic Light Operas (for one of these, he was nominated by the San Francisco Theater Critics for Outstanding Music Direction).

In 2012, Kaufman received the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). While a student at CSUN, he composed the University’s Alma Mater and Fight Song, and was the keynote speaker for the CSUN Honors Convocation Ceremony. He has appeared as a guest speaker at various universities including USC, Georgia and the California State Universities at Northridge and Fullerton. He is a member of the Music Advisory Board of the Young Musicians Foundation.

Born in Los Angeles, Kaufman began violin studies at age 7, played in the Peter Meremblum California Junior Symphony and was a member of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra. He attended the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in the fellowship program, and earned a B.A. in Music from California State University, Northridge. Kaufman lives in Southern California with his wife, Gayle, a former dancer in film, television and on Broadway. His daughter, Whitney is a graduate (with honors) from Chapman University in Orange, Calif., and for 2 ½ years was a member of the cast of the National Tour of Mama Mia.

Kaufman is proud to be represented by Opus 3 Artists.

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. Yo-Yo Ma is the CSO’s 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 59 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 Requiem (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 led by Muti, 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.