• Get your tickets to Noche de Bellas Artes on Sunday, January 18
• Read the Latino Alliance member spotlight: Xavier Beteta
• Subscribe to the Latino Alliance’s 2025/26 Season
• View recent photo highlights
• Use your special membership pricing on an upcoming concert
• Learn more about IMPACT
• Explore sounds and stories on Experience CSO
• Stay connected!

Mexico’s leading orchestra, the Sinfónica de Minería, makes its Symphony Center debut on January 18 with Carlos Miguel Prieto conducting works by Revueltas, Haydn and Paquito D’Rivera.

After the concert, join the Latino Alliance in Grainger Ballroom for a Q&A with Carlos Miguel Prieto and trumpet soloist Pacho Flores.

Specially priced concert tickets start at $29 using promo code LASEASON. A separate ticket to attend the reception is free.

Your concert ticket pricing will be adjusted after you have added your seats to the order. When ordering your concert ticket, follow the prompts to add your free reception ticket to the order. A separate ticket to attend the Latino Alliance reception is free and required. For questions or assistance, contact Patron Services.

How Chopin, Muti and tango inspire a lifelong love of music and belonging

By Ramiro J. Atristaín-Carrión, Founding Co-Chair, Emeritus, CSO Latino Alliance

His most memorable moment with the Latino Alliance happened at Open House Chicago at Symphony Center. “So many Latino families came by with their children to learn about our concerts — it was wonderful to see our community so curious and engaged. I think Latino audiences are growing, and classical music is becoming more accessible every day.”

If he could share dinner with one conductor, his answer is clear: Riccardo Muti. “He seems approachable and fun, and his interpretations — like his Schubert Symphonies — unveil landscapes I’d never heard before.”

And when he’s not at Symphony Center? You’ll find him between the pages of poetry or on the dance floor, moving to the rhythm of tango.

A couple of years ago, I grabbed a beer with Xavier and quickly realized how fortunate we are in the CSO Latino Alliance to count him among our community — not only a passionate and thoughtful voice, but also a gifted composer. He reminds us that music is at its most powerful when it fulfills its true purpose: bringing people together.

There are three more Latino Alliance events this season, and the best way to secure your seats is to become a Nuestras noches season subscriber.

Combine all three to secure your seats at special Latino Alliance pricing, plus enjoy access to additional subscriber rewards.

Join us for this extraordinary season of music and community!

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is hosting IMPACT: Showcasing Education & Community Programs of the CSO. A special concert and fundraising benefit, IMPACT features performances by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, students from the Percussion Scholarship Program, musicians from the CSO and more.

Co-chaired by League member Margo Oberman, CSOA Trustee Paul Watford and Overture Council president Matthew Fry, the IMPACT Host Committee aims to raise $200,000 in support of these programs. The Latino Alliance is working to help raise $5,000 to support IMPACT and the CSO’s education and community engagement department, the Negaunee Music Institute. The Negaunee Music Institute is committed to transforming lives in the greater Chicago area, across the United States and around the world. Learn more about the profound effects of its many programs.

IMPACT is a wonderful way to experience this transformative programming; tickets for the event are free and open to the public. Event packages and sponsorships grant you access to pre- and postconcert festivities, reserved seating and recognition on the IMPACT webpage. Learn more »

If you can’t attend the event, you are welcome to contribute a fully tax-deductible gift to the CSO’s educational and community engagement programming. Make a gift today »

For more information and to find out how to get involved, email Alyssa Greenberg, audience engagement manager, at greenberga@cso.org.

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