The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra faces an operating deficit by the end of its current fiscal year (Aug. 31) that is expected to be three times what it experienced last  year.  The $1.45 million shortfall has been caused largely by declining investment income from its endowment.  Adding urgency to the financial situation, the CSO players' contract expires in August.
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Cincinnati Opera is spicing up its Summer Festival format with special events this season, including theater, concerts, film, lectures and an art exhibit.  Partners will be the Ensemble theater of Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati Film Society and the Ethics Center at Hebrew Union College.  The season itself comprises Donizetti's "Daughter of the Regiment," a double bill of Viktor Ullmann's "The Emperor of Atlantis" and Peter Bengtson's "The Maids," Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and Bizet's "Carmen."  It's all part of Opera artistic director Nicholas Muni's attempt to enhance the festival format by giving local audiences "a fuller experience" and providing a greater incentive for out-of-towners to sample Cincinnati Opera, he said.
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After spending ten hours in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, half of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was ready to sleep upon their arrival in Vienna, first stop of the CSO's European tour.  Others climbed to the top of St. Stephen's Cathedral, shopped, sought out the best wienerschnitzel and won a few euros at the casino.
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How do you measure the success of a tour?  The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra counts the ways on its just-completed tour of Europe with music director Paavo Järvi.
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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra will travel 11,800 miles with 100 musicians, 10 staff members, three crew members, one doctor and 18,509 lbs. of instruments and equipment on its upcoming two-week, five-country tour of Europe.
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On hand to greet the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on its visit to Madrid this week was music director emeritus Jesus Lopez-Cobos, now music director of Madrid's Teatro Real.  CSO players milled around him and hugs were exchanged at a pre-concert rehearsal at the Auditorio Nacional del Musica and Lopez-Cobos occupied a choice seat behind the orchestra for their concert that night. He will return to Cincinnati to conduct the CSO in Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in October, 2005.
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Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra found themselves playing Tom Hanks' role in "The Terminal," in-flight movie on their way to Vienna for the first stop on their five-country tour of Europe.
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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra will make its first tour of Europe with music director Paavo Järvi the fall.  The five-country tour will include Vienna, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne, Mannheim, Paris, Enschede (The Netherlands), Madrid and Barcelona.  Pianist Helene Grimaud will be soloist in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 and the Schumann Piano Concerto.  It will be the CSO's debut in the French capital.  Järvi will conduct 14 of the CSO's 22 subscription concerts this season at Music Hall in Cincinnati, as well as a January date at Carnegie Hall in New York.
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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has a new three-year contract with its musicians. Approved Sunday by the CSO board of trustees and the Cincinnati Musicians Association, Local No.1 of the American Federation of Musicians, the agreement includes a two-year wage freeze, re-negotiation of the orchestra’s healthcare plan and a reduction through attrition in the number of full-time musicians from 99 to 92.   - [Read more]