Ravinia Festival

Robert Spano	Opening Night: The Pavilion stage will come alive with Pulitzer Prize-winning John Adams's El Niño with actors, singers, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the legendary Robert Shaw's Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, all under the direction of the sensational young conductor Robert Spano. John Adams: El Niño Friday, June 6
Robert Spano

Marin Alsop Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg	CSO Opening Weekend - The CSO's opening weekend features the triumphant return of conductor Marin Alsop with soloists Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Lynn Harrell, the Beethoven triple concerto with Rachel Barton, Gary Hoffman and Jonathon Biss, plus the Ravinia debut of conductor Leif Bjaland in a program of Bernstein's New York-inspired classics. CSO Opening Night Brahms: Double Concerto, and Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (Organ). Friday, June 20 Beethoven Triple Beethoven: Triple Concerto, and John Corigliano: Symphony No. 1. Saturday, June 21 Bernstein's New York, New York - All Bernstein program: Selections from On the Town, Wonderful Town, West Side Story Sunday, June 22
Marin Alsop Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

Emanuel Ax	Emanuel Ax - Two nights with pianist Emanuel Ax, who treats us to concertos of Beethoven and Mozart with Leonard Slatkin at the helm of the CSO. Ax Plays Beethoven Saturday, July 5 Ax Plays Mozart Sunday, July 6
Emanuel Ax

Pierre-Laurent Aimard	All Beethoven - James Conlon conducts Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the CSO in an all Beethoven program featuring the Coriolan Overture, Piano Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 7. Friday, July 18
Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Susan Graham	Symphonie fantastique - The stunning Susan Graham is featured in a CSO concert featuring Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique Friday, July 25
Susan Graham

Rinat Shaham	Eschenbach and his Rising Stars - In his role as mentor, Christoph Eschenbach brings three gifted prodigies for their Ravinia debuts: mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, pianist Christopher Tainton, and cellist Dimitri Maslennikov. Prograsm features works by Beethoven, Bernstein and Shostakovich Sunday, July 27
Rinat Shaham

Leon Fleisher	Bernstein and Beethoven - Conductor John Axelrod leads pianist Leon Fleisher and the CSO in a program featuring Bernstein's Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish") and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emporer"). Friday, August 1
Leon Fleisher

Christop Eschenbach Lang Lang	Eschenbach's Finale - It's Christoph Eschenbach's final weekend, featuring the CSO's Season Finale, and a four-handed piano extravaganza with Eschenbach and Lang Lang August 9 - Berlioz's Harold in Italy -- essentially a violin concerto, with the beautiful and talented Kim Kasabian as soloist. August 10 - Eschenbach's final CSO concert, with Lang Lang performing Beethoven's fourth concerto, Christoph Taylor as soloist in Bernstein's Age of Anxiety, and the maestro himself playing a Mozart rondo. August 11 - One of Ravinia's most popular events: Eschenbach and Lang Lang playing four-handed piano music of Mozart.
Christop Eschenbach Lang Lang

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Ravinia Festival 2003 has created a compelling mix of time-honored classics with provocative, exciting new work! Click here for special Season Highlights!