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Nino Rota

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by Dennis Polkow | March 3, 2026

Blooming Sounds: Classical Music Picks for Spring What to see and hear in Chicago's classical music world as winter ends and the new season begins.

by Brian Hieggelke | September 21, 2011

Reaching Out: Riccardo Muti on expanding the CSO’s urban horizons, Nino Rota and why you won’t hear him doing Mahler

by Dennis Polkow | April 6, 2011

How He Conducts His Life: The CSO music director discusses “the accident,” mortality and the public and private Muti

by Dennis Polkow | September 15, 2010

Muti Musing: The CSO’s new maestro looks ahead to making music for Chicago

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