The story behind a platinum flute
Christina Smith has been principal flutist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1991 and was guest principal flutist on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's recent European tour. She will reunite with...
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‘Interview’ pulled after threat; U.S. says North Korea behind Sony hack
Many movies have faced protests and pickets over the years, yet the new Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy "The Interview" was deemed to be so potentially dangerous that Sony Pictures Entertainment...
Reports say North Korea ordered Sony hack; film’s opening canceled
Federal authorities have determined that hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government were behind the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to multiple reports. The news comes hours...
Renee Fleming is a Lyric operative
The diva sat at the conference table, pen in hand, taking notes and occasionally offering comments on administrative matters and programming ideas. Twelve hours earlier, she'd been elsewhere in the...
‘Blue Monday’ artist Annie Lee dead at 79
Besieged by women's requests for works by painter Annie Lee in the late 1990s, Hammond, Ind.-based art seller Yusuf Ali El traveled to the Annie Lee & Friends Gallery in...
The bond between a CSO musician and his oboe
Eugene Izotov has been the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's principal oboist since 2005. In the midst of While on the orchestra's recent European tour, he spoke about his instrument as well...
Does world travel make CSO first-class?
The term "cultural ambassadors" is heard often when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra travels the world and performs in places where it rarely, if ever, has appeared before, countries such as...
Have flute, will travel: CSO taps guest player for tour
PARIS — Christina Smith was home in Atlanta strategizing with her fellow locked-out musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra when she got the call: Could she join the Chicago Symphony...
For CSO in Geneva, a touch of drama, enthusiasm
GENEVA, Switzerland — The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's visit to this Swiss city — with its requisite lake and mountain views; Old Town cobblestone streets and hilltop cathedrals; and sleek boulevards...
Symphony and ivory: CSO contends with conservation rules
— Transporting a 100-piece orchestra and all of its instruments, wardrobe and other cargo items from Chicago to five European cities was already complicated before the U.S. Fish & Wildlife...