Classical concerts in Chicago

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• Tue, 29 Sept 2026 · 19:30 Balourdet Quartet “Strange Machines”: Album Showcasejust announced The Checkout
• Wed, 30 Sept 2026 · 19:30 ACM Presents: Score & Screen — Fantômas Part III The Checkout
• Thu, 1 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 9 Symphony Center
• Fri, 2 Oct 2026 · 13:30 Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 9 Symphony Center
• Fri, 2 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Flannau Duo presents: Flannau and Forever The Checkout
• Fri, 2 Oct 2026 · 20:00 Freedom Riders + special guests Kurt Elling & Lizz Wright Symphony Center
• Sat, 3 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 9 Symphony Center
• Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 15:00 AFROFUTURIST WEEKEND 11: AFRICLASSICAL FUTURES PRESENTS AUTOPHYSIOPSYCHIC MILLENNIUM’S ‘WHITE FLOWERS’ (DETROIT) + BSA GOLD [OFFSITE AT BRONZEVILLE’S BLANC GALLERY] Elastic Arts
• Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 15:00 Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 9 Symphony Center
• Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 15:00 Qui Sequitur Me: Daniel Schlosberg and Shi-An Costello Play Solo and Four Hand Piano Works The Checkout
• Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 16:00 NEW MUSIC CONCERT Green Mill
• Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 19:00 Three by Three The Checkout
• Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 20:00 Ludovico Einaudi: Solo Piano Symphony Center
• Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · 20:00 Frequency Series Presents: ~Nois Quartet - Curiosity X Constellation
• Mon, 5 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Ludovico Einaudi: Solo Piano Symphony Center
• Wed, 7 Oct 2026 · 20:00 Raaginder Beat Kitchen
• Thu, 8 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Mäkelä + Petrushka & Belshazzar’s Feast Symphony Center
• Fri, 9 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Mäkelä + Petrushka & Belshazzar’s Feast Symphony Center
• Sat, 10 Oct 2026 · 18:30 Symphony Ball + Klaus Mäkelä Symphony Center
• Sun, 11 Oct 2026 · 15:00 Fly Away: Keanon Kyles and Yasuko Oura The Checkout
• Sun, 11 Oct 2026 · 20:00 Kurtág@100: Chicago Festival of György Kurtágjust announced Constellation
• Tue, 13 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Emmett Jackson and Matt Sargent: Wooden Cathedral The Checkout
• Thu, 15 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Guerrero Leads Fandangos & Enigma Variations Symphony Center
• Thu, 15 Oct 2026 · 20:00 Composer Night: Alejandro Urzagastejust announced The Checkout
• Fri, 16 Oct 2026 · 13:30 Guerrero Leads Fandangos & Enigma Variations Symphony Center
• Fri, 16 Oct 2026 · 19:30 NLM Presents First Light: Rabia Brooke & Haddon Kay The Checkout
• Fri, 16 Oct 2026 · 20:00 JONATHAN HANNAU AND RICHARD BRASSEALE + MOMO AND ALVIN Uncommon Ground
• Sat, 17 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Guerrero Leads Fandangos & Enigma Variations Symphony Center
• Sat, 17 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Menu Concert + the Kyan Quartet The Checkout
• Sat, 17 Oct 2026 · 20:00 A.Martinez + Katherine Young & Friends, Norman Longjust announced Constellation
• Sat, 17 Oct 2026 · 21:00 Hear + There: Dylan Payne, Goa Joe b2b Harijust announced Epiphany Center for the Arts
• Sun, 18 Oct 2026 · 15:00 Thibaudet + Batiashvili & Capuçon Symphony Center
• Sun, 18 Oct 2026 · 20:00 Kurtág@100: Chicago Festival of György Kurtágjust announced Constellation
• Tue, 20 Oct 2026 · 18:30 CSO Chamber Music: Trillium Ensemble Symphony Center
• Wed, 21 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Nosferatu: Silent Film + Live Organ Epiphany Center for the Arts
• Thu, 22 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Sleeping Beauty & Dvorák Cello Concerto Symphony Center
• Thu, 22 Oct 2026 · 20:00 AACM + Ensemble Dal Nientejust announced Constellation
• Fri, 23 Oct 2026 · 17:00 Golden Hour + ZAZA Epiphany Center for the Arts
• Sat, 24 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Sleeping Beauty & Dvorák Cello Concerto Symphony Center
• Sun, 25 Oct 2026 · 15:00 Sleeping Beauty & Dvorák Cello Concerto Symphony Center
• Mon, 26 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Civic Plays Finlandia & Beethoven Eroica Symphony Center
• Thu, 29 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Brahms Requiem Symphony Center
• Fri, 30 Oct 2026 · 13:30 Brahms Requiem Symphony Center
• Sat, 31 Oct 2026 · 19:30 Brahms Requiem Symphony Center
• Sun, 1 Nov 2026 · 15:00 Bruce Liu Symphony Center
• Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Blade Runner Live The Chicago Theatre
• Thu, 5 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Beethoven 5 & Mao Fujita Symphony Center
• Fri, 6 Nov 2026 · 13:30 Beethoven 5 & Mao Fujita Symphony Center
• Sat, 7 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Beethoven 5 & Mao Fujita Symphony Center
• Sat, 7 Nov 2026 · 19:30 OLEA Ensemble The Checkout
• Sun, 8 Nov 2026 · 15:00 Beethoven 5 & Mao Fujita Symphony Center
• Wed, 11 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Yo-Yo Ma & the CSO Symphony Center
• Fri, 13 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Andrew Bird & the CSO Symphony Center
• Sat, 14 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Andrew Bird & the CSO Symphony Center
• Mon, 16 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Civic Plays Shostakovich 11 Symphony Center
• Tue, 17 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Spectrum Ensemble: Chicago Debut!just announced The Checkout
• Wed, 18 Nov 2026 · 20:00 Cortex Subterranean
• Thu, 19 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Jaap van Zweden & Vadim Gluzman Symphony Center
• Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 10:15 School: Symphonic Superheroes Symphony Center
• Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 12:00 School: Symphonic Superheroes Symphony Center
• Fri, 20 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Jaap van Zweden & Vadim Gluzman Symphony Center
• Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 11:00 Symphonic Superheroes Symphony Center
• Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 12:45 Symphonic Superheroes Symphony Center
• Sat, 21 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Jaap van Zweden & Vadim Gluzman Symphony Center
• Sun, 22 Nov 2026 · 15:00 Nemanja Radulovic & Double Sens Symphony Center
• Mon, 23 Nov 2026 · 19:30 Music of the Baroque Chorus & Orchestra + Joélle Harvey, Clara Osowski, Colin Ainsworth, Roderick Williams Symphony Center
• Fri, 27 Nov 2026 · 19:30 How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert Symphony Center
• Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 13:30 Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna Symphony Center
• Sat, 28 Nov 2026 · 19:30 How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert Symphony Center
• Sun, 29 Nov 2026 · 15:00 How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert Symphony Center
• Thu, 3 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Muti + Welter & Dvorák 8 Symphony Center
• Fri, 4 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Muti + Welter & Dvorák 8 Symphony Center
• Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 10:00 Once Upon a Symphony: Stone Soup Symphony Center
• Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 11:45 Once Upon a Symphony: Stone Soup Symphony Center
• Sat, 5 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Muti + Welter & Dvorák 8 Symphony Center
• Sun, 6 Dec 2026 · 15:00 Lukas Sternath Symphony Center
• Mon, 7 Dec 2026 · 10:15 School: Stone Soup Symphony Center
• Mon, 7 Dec 2026 · 11:30 School: Stone Soup Symphony Center
• Tue, 8 Dec 2026 · 19:30 A Chanticleer Christmas Symphony Center
• Thu, 10 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Postcard from Vienna: Muti & Bronfman Symphony Center
• Fri, 11 Dec 2026 · 13:30 Postcard from Vienna: Muti & Bronfman Symphony Center
• Fri, 11 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Elf in Concert Symphony Center
• Sat, 12 Dec 2026 · 13:30 Elf in Concert Symphony Center
• Sat, 12 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Postcard from Vienna: Muti & Bronfman Symphony Center
• Sun, 13 Dec 2026 · 15:00 Elf in Concert Symphony Center
• Tue, 15 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Symphony Center
• Thu, 17 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Handel’s Messiah Symphony Center
• Fri, 18 Dec 2026 · 13:30 Handel’s Messiah Symphony Center
• Fri, 18 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Merry + Merry Chicago! Symphony Center
• Sat, 19 Dec 2026 · 13:00 Merry + Merry Chicago! Symphony Center
• Sat, 19 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Handel’s Messiah Symphony Center
• Sun, 20 Dec 2026 · 13:00 Merry + Merry Chicago! Symphony Center
• Sun, 20 Dec 2026 · 16:30 Merry + Merry Chicago! Symphony Center
• Mon, 21 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Merry + Merry Chicago! Symphony Center
• Tue, 22 Dec 2026 · 19:30 Merry + Merry Chicago! Symphony Center
• Wed, 23 Dec 2026 · 13:00 Merry + Merry Chicago! Symphony Center
• Sun, 27 Dec 2026 · 14:30 Strauss Symphony of America + Nir Kabaretti, Rebecca Nelsen, Brian Cheney, International Champion Ballroom Dancers Symphony Center
• Sun, 10 Jan 2027 · 15:00 Rudolf Buchbinder Symphony Center
• Mon, 11 Jan 2027 · 19:30 Civic Plays Mozart 40 & Tchaikovsky Pathétique Symphony Center
• Sat, 16 Jan 2027 · 14:00 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition Finals Symphony Center

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