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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ravel Piano Concertos & Suite from Carmen
Sep 25-28, 2025
Overview
Ravel’s jazz-fueled Piano Concerto in G Major fits Alice Sara Ott “like a custom suit,” raves The New York Times. Ott presents the glittering score alongside Ravel’s magnificent Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. Bizet’s fiery Carmen Suite and Camille Pépin’s shimmering Celestial Waters, led by esteemed conductor Mikko Franck, expand upon the French theme.
Program
Pépin
Les Eaux célestes
Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel
Piano Concerto in G Major
Bizet
Carmen Suite
Pärt
For Alina [Sep 28 Encore]
Performers
Extras
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Preconcert Dining
Enhance your concert experience by dining at the Thomas Club, offering a prix fixe menu featuring traditional American fare for a seamless preconcert dining experience. Reservations | Learn more and view the menu
Preconcert Conversation
Explore the music in a free preconcert conversation featuring Robbie Ellis in Grainger Ballroom 75 minutes before the performance. The talk will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.
Postconcert CD Signing
Please join us for a postconcert CD signing with Alice Sara Ott on Saturday, September 27. The signing will take place in the Rotunda and is open to all ticketholders. Merchandise can be purchased at the Symphony Store prior to the event.
Underground: A Night for Creatives at Symphony Center
On Thursday, September 25, musicians, artists and creatives are invited to make connections and conversation at an exclusive postconcert event built to welcome newcomers to Symphony Center. Learn more »
Sponsors & Partners
The appearance of Mikko Franck is made possible by the Juli Plant Grainger Fund for Artistic Excellence.
These concerts are generously sponsored by United Airlines.
Media Partner
Discover more on Experience CSO
The nocturnes of John Field had an instant attraction for pianist Alice Sara Ott: “I can still remember how the melody in the right hand [of No. 1] had something nostalgic and familiar. It was as if I had known it since my childhood."
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After a decade as music director of Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck will draw on his Gallic experience to lead the CSO in an all-French program that includes two works by Maurice Ravel.
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Young French composer Camille Pépin describes her works as standing “at the crossroads of French impressionism and American contemporary music.”
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