Muti dedicates Beethoven 9 performance to the people of Ukraine

On February 24, 2022, the day the world learned of Russia’s attack upon Ukraine, Music Director Riccardo Muti took the stage at Orchestra Hall to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. To open the evening, Muti dedicated the performance of the work, and its explicit message of universal kinship, to the people of Ukraine and other victims of needless violence around the world: “We make music that means joy and peace. But ... we will think in this moment that joy without peace cannot exist.“ Tickets and more info: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: