Riccardo Muti addresses the audience at Symphony Center

[@orinobrien6955]

So wonderful to hear a conductor/Music Director speak these words of truth and comfort. Maestro Muti has given so much to orchestras he has conducted and to the audiences who have heard these concerts.

[@lightswitch847]

Orchestras MATTER. Music MATTERS. Maestro, SO we’ll said…. ‘You are not here tonight because you did not know what to do with your evening…..you are here tonight because you NEED music….without music, the world would become ever more savage’. Bravo, bravo, bravo.

[@trapezemusic]

This man is simply amazing. I hope that people in the Chicago area will heed his beautiful words and support the orchestra more than ever.

[@raymondfallon7429]

Pretty good for a guy that couldn't find the way to say deep things. Chicago is lucky. Amazing this guy is going strong at 80. Great orchestra, great history. One of the best, deepest explanation of music and culture, and our universal need. Glad you posted this. Time for me to get tickets to see the BSO. We need it.

[@jeankroeber2481]

Oh, Mr. Muti's words have left me in 😭 tears, especially when he said the words of Beethoven...".. Brotherhood"--that brought a crescendo. Thank you so much.

[@chopin65]

Chicago is truly blessed to have the Maestro as a cultural leader. Dear sir, your presence is a great boon to us. And your English is very fine. Thank you, sir. Bless you.

[@erexford]

This is very, very moving. Thank you for posting!

[@eduardotorres9743]

Audio and video recordings can and will never replace the experience of a live performance.

[@mimiseton]

There is so much Beauty in this Truth! Thank you, Maestro Muti. Tears...

[@chaucerintherain]

Everyone on the planet should hear this and take it to heart!

[@danyahal7]

Thank you for these thoughtful words, Maestro.

[@ChongQingWu]

“How much the lack of music can damage a society” - So much, Maestro. So glad you point it out. Your audiences are like candles. It is you and your musicians who light it up. Thank you.

[@willbaren]

So true. I wish I could give this a thousand likes.

[@wythetrumpet6419]

Maestro your speech is very special. It is wonderful to see the Chicago Symphony performing again! Over the course of my life I have seen music bring people together, even when they may differ in their political and personal views. I have seen Russian, Chinese and American musicians perform together. Music adds the element of love and respect for one another. Music is the universal language that bonds us together. Thank you Maestro and the wonderful musicians of the Chicago Symphony for bringing us together. God Bless You All!

[@jenibern5801]

in tears, you are here because you need music.... xxxxx bravo maestro

[@jesuisravi]

Chicago has a treasure in Riccardo Muti

[@helenroper7985]

Thank you!!

[@JoeWilsonKolb]

Brotherhood, yes! Thank you, Bravo, Maestro Muti!

[@roberthoffhines5419]

Truth with compassion for everybody. Thank you Maestro.

[@jkviolinstudio1741]

Grazie Maestro Muti! Your English is better than many American high school students today. Thank you Chicago Symphony, one of the best orchestras on the planet & Maestro Muti, one of the greatest musicians in history 👍

[@bkwilco]

Wonderful testament on the power of music. Bravo!

[@wbmusik]

Caro Maestro Muti, grazie per le parole che sono così appropriate per i tempi che stiamo vivendo. Possa tutti noi considerare seriamente l'importanza dell'armonia nella musica e dell'armonia oltre la musica. Bravo!

[@cammillar4068]

Beautifully spoken. Timeless words.

[@alexhamilton9758]

His words were moving and inspiring, as was the choice of music that was to be played, the most moving and inspiring (in my opinion) piece of music ever composed.

[@MrBassflute]

Beautifully expressed from a very eloquent and cultured man. Thank you for a lifetime of wonderful music, maestro. May you play on for many many years to come.

[@pauldunn326]

I LOVE the CSO.// First season tickets in 1971//. We saw Leonard Bernstein, on a Friday afternoon in May of 1973, rehearse the CSO for high school kids only. Full House!! (We had a box with several nice chairs. :Me, Laurie Marino, Stan Sheft, Grant Peterson, Kris Nelson, Beckah Levin.. ) Maestro would stop, and turn around, and start talking to all of us. Like we're in his living room. Awesome!!!

[@lindadavies6109]

We had the same privilege with the Maestro in our city when we were growing up. He gave me my lifelong love of music 🎶🎻

[@craigcollins6904]

Bravo, Maestro! Thank you for speaking and sharing these deep heartfelt truths!

[@samueljaramillo4221]

So beautifully said by Maestro Muti. Bravo👏👏👏👏 music is a lifeline to human mankind.

[@embouchure]

Bravo Maestro Muti, so well said!!!! wonderful words!!!

[@notlih11]

Maestro, you are indeed eloquent in English. Thank you for sharing your noble thoughts.

[@BarrySmithviolin]

Music is FAR beyond life... A mystery we long for, it heals beyond all 🌹

[@redpeg97]

One of the most beautiful and moving nights with Maestro Muti and the BEST ORCHESTRA in the world. I was brought to tears by his words. To watch the interaction between him and the musicians is a thing of beauty. Respect,admiration and love flow back and forth between them. My soul is fed by their incredible music. Muti and the CSO give me hope.

[@tenortonyvillecco2404]

moving and wonderful

[@ESilva-gw9ig]

That is all very true. Thanks maestro.

[@parvinamini90]

Thank you! 🎼❤️

[@mauriceworgan9760]

Yes, yes, yes - wonderful!

[@MahlerHolic1860]

Bravo Maestro Muti.

[@gesualdodavenosa6537]

This is, for me, an unexpectedly heartfelt speech and quite intellectually convincing. I totally agree with him even if I do not particularly care for him personally (non mi è simpatico per niente!). He remains, of course, a great conductor with an extensive comprehension of musicality. I wish there were more like him.

[@JonathanQuintin]

Music nourishes the soul.

[@Evinrudeeee]

I was there and definitely it has been one of the most touchy speech I’ve ever enjoyed

[@claudiosuriano]

So true! ♥️

[@amandahogg681]

How incredible and how well said! Bravo!!!

[@b286guy]

Powerful comments. Grazie, Maestro!

[@the.artist.donaldb]

Bravo Maestro! Bravissimo!

[@RICK12123]

Spot on!

[@allemande_]

Thank you Maestro Mutti! 💫🤍 Bravo!!

[@amangogna68]

Amazing !

[@lindadavies6109]

Standing ovation, Maestro 👏👏👏👏👏🎶🎻

[@ginopagnani7286]

Truly inspiring, thank you Maestro !!!

[@amandabrieno3487]

Thank you

[@evanjlawson]

Amazing words!

[@robertmanno5749]

Bravo Maestro!

[@matthewpaluch777]

Without doubt thee best Symphony Orchestra in this or any other world!

[@Nonavaiable]

Symphony, it may be, but the best orchestra is Berlin Phil… no other comes close to them. In my opinion…

[@02151963]

Maybe Wiener philharmonic?

[@chopin65]

Truly, Chicago should be proud!

[@randall8379]

@@chopin65 He learned it all from the Philadelphia Orchestra.

[@angelomonticelli5042]

A great conductor and a great MAN 🤗

[@1954951]

good as a conductor in his repertoire, certainly, as a person, much less !!

[@saarlooswolfhund6237]

Danke. "Alle Menschen werden Brüder." In dieser entsetzlichen Zeit der Spaltung, Existenzvernichtung und Kulturbarbarei durch die Regierungen ein kultivierter humanistische Mensch.

[@annkathryn8293]

Hear, hear!!❤️

[@scarpiapiano]

Muti is a true mensch!!

[@ForrestHarstad]

Yes.

[@barbarabottcher1797]

thank you very much

[@Chianks]

Very touching

[@patrizioserino5367]

Splendido discorso, grazie

[@brian4276]

Great. Beautiful. 🙏🏻

[@sdAlex46and2]

Amen Brother

[@mtmals9786]

Bravo Maestro!!!

[@michaelmonnikendam8556]

Who the hell gave that a thumbs down? Good grief.

[@gesualdodavenosa6537]

Someone who cannot uderstand the value of what he is saying or perhaps doesn't even care.

[@stanislaosenatore9612]

Thanks a lot, Maestro !

[@AndrewLumsden]

What more needs to be said!!?

[@scottjanssens9978]

I was there. Strange seeing it on YT.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Why so strange?... you searched for it

[@scottjanssens9978]

@@Marcel_Audubon It appeared in my feed, I didn't seek it out.

[@robertherrington2145]

Please don't apologize for your English, Maestro. You speak with more cogency than the vast majority of native English speakers.

[@DrahomiraBiligova]

🌹

[@alcanzandolafelicidadconce4889]

What a great and fantastic comment. That's is true. Very true. Lack of culture........

[@omegamale7880]

Somehow I envisioned a larger orchestra for the Eroica.

[@davidwhittaker4328]

Unlikely Beethoven would have had anything larger...

[@RosaAnnunziata-p8r]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@ugotuninetti1103]

Sei un fenomeno Riccardo! Hai spaccato :)

[@ANGE__LICA]

@0:11 "COSA FAI? IL GAGÀ?" PAGINA 16 "L'INFINITO TRA LE NOTE", RICCARDO MUTI, 2019

[@gnubbolo]

quest'uomo è un gigante ! siamo stanchi di pagliacci che fanno carriera sproloquiando sulla lotta di classe. basta !

[@randall8379]

Looks as though they aren't social distancing. Is that right?

[@zackl7467]

The cdc guidelines were updated to 3 feet of distancing, and everyone there is vaccinated and wearing masks.

[@randall8379]

@@zackl7467 Does that mean that every other seat remains vacant? In the video people seemed to be sitting next to each other. Vaccinated people can spread the virus and quite a few are getting sick so I think distancing is a necessity.

[@zackl7467]

@@randall8379 hmm… maybe I agree with you now. They do seem a bit close.

[@randall8379]

@@zackl7467 It's not just the Chicago Symphony. They're doing the same at Lincoln Center. I'm not comfortable with it. Under normal conditions people cough and sneeze. Masks aren't a guarantee of no transmission. Consider how fogged up glasses get - air is getting through.

[@koofdome]

I had no idea tickets for these things are like $500 OMG why lol

[@Evinrudeeee]

This is not true. Tickets can be less than $100.

[@AnnaSpielbergTarantinoJackson]

Ciao zio Ric! Penso, che Kisdin e andaro a court contro me, e ho paura per ,a miz vita, allors, ho scritto 3 5 opere "Anne Framk", "Evgeny Van Gogh ", "9/11", "Santa Cecilia " ec"Frida Kahlo" allora prendo il nome di mio papa, per srare viva. Tu puoi farmi u. Messaggio, checla opera e' mia, e non da Kissin. LUCIANA PAVAROTTI

[@1954951]

Ormai da tempo il Maestro Muti, continua a dire inesattezze su alcuni suoi colleghi. Ultimamente ha parlato di direttori clowns per la loro gestualità! Il Maestro Muti, ottimo nel suo repertorio, forse se facesse solamente musica, e pontificasse di meno, ci potreebbe essere la possibilità di risultare meno arrogante. La vedo dura!!

[@02151963]

Come sei simpatico in America. In Italia invece hai distrutto la cultura con il tuo finanziere, il ministro della cultura. I Teatri d'opera in Italia sono distrutti. La colpa è anche tua. Complimenti per l'inglese.

[@donatellomasellis7351]

firmati con nome e cognome@02151963. Since Muti left MIlano, La Scala has not been the same. I think that Italians do not merit a Man like Muti. Shame on you writing tose words. Donatello Masellis from yokohama. Si vergogni.

[@lorenzorossi6567]

Ma stai zitto.

[@02151963]

@@lorenzorossi6567 questo è il modo con quale discuti con le persone che hanno un'opinione diversa alla tua?

[@lorenzorossi6567]

La tua non è un opinione, è una sciocchezza. Un attacco stupido e falso.

[@claudiavillela1]

Thank you!