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Public booking is now open for our 2019-20 concert season - the first of two seasons celebrating our Centenary in 2020

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Applications Open: Youth Ambassadors

Aged 16-21 and passionate about music? Apply to be one of our twelve new Youth Ambassadors - an amazing opportunity to get involved in the CBSO's work.

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The Damnation Of Faust.

The Damnation of Faust

What would you trade for your wildest dreams? Young Faust makes the deadliest possible bargain – but he has one hell of …

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Stephen Hough Plays Beethoven.

Stephen Hough plays Beethoven

Sir Michael Tippett's luminous Concerto for Double String Orchestra is an inspired way to introduce the one-and-only Stephen Hough, in Beethoven’s most …

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Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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Mirga conducts Mahler’s Fourth

​Mahler’s Fourth Symphony is quiet by his standards – but it still aims at the stars, and it ends with an utterly …

Symphony Hall, Birmingham
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Youth Orchestra Academy

Youth Orchestra

The energy of these unstoppable young musicians is matched only by the inspiring power of Shostakovich and Dvořák, in a performance like …

Town Hall, Birmingham
CBSO Youth Chorus in Concert.

Support Us: Youth Bursaries

The CBSO’s four youth ensembles provide children and young people with unparalleled opportunities - support us in inspiring the next generation of young musicians...

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Baltic Way.

Baltic Way

Our 2018-19 concert season celebrates the independence of the Baltic States with music from Latvia, Estonia and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla's native Lithuania.

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Meet the Orchestra

Meet the people behind the music - find out more about the CBSO's world-class musicians.

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  • Stephen Hough Plays Beethoven.

    Stephen Hough plays Beethoven

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    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    Sir Michael Tippett's luminous Concerto for Double String Orchestra is an inspired way to introduce the one-and-only Stephen Hough, in Beethoven’s most personal …

  • The Damnation Of Faust.

    The Damnation of Faust

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    What would you trade for your wildest dreams? Young Faust makes the deadliest possible bargain – but he has one hell of a time finding out the price.

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    KS2: The Firebird

    Schools Concerts

    Symphony Hall, Birmingham

    ​Princesses, magic spells and demons: when Stravinsky retold the Russian legend of the Firebird, he used every instrument in the orchestra to bring it to life.