As war ravaged Europe, Carl Nielsen responded with a Fourth Symphony whose thundering drums represent a struggle for the future of life itself.

“Gloriously entertaining” is how one critic described the playing of the young American violinist Benjamin Beilman – and he went down a storm with CBSO …

There’s only one John Wilson – and CBSO regulars don’t need telling that there isn’t a conductor alive who can handle British light music with more elegance, …

Alpesh Chauhan needs no introduction to audiences in Birmingham – and nor does Felix Mendelssohn.

Some music was just born to be played in Symphony Hall – and however well you know (and love) Tchaikovsky’s great ballets Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, …

They called him “the Russian Mendelssohn” – but if you don’t know the music of Alexander Glazunov, try and imagine Rachmaninov, but with a smile on his face! …

On 5 September 1920, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra gave its very first concert. It was a gamble: in unprecedented times, a city recovering from war …

The CBSO join forces with Birmingham Opera Company to perform Wagner's RhineGold

In preparation for our upcoming performance at the BBC Proms 2021, we join Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla to champion the music of a too-long neglected …

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla champion the music of Ruth Gipps

On 10 November 1920 Sir Edward Elgar conducted the City of Birmingham Orchestra in its first symphonic concert – and the future CBSO took its first steps on the …

What could be more uplifting than the CBSO’s annual Christmas concerts at Symphony Hall?

What could be more uplifting than the CBSO’s annual Christmas concerts at Symphony Hall?

What could be more uplifting than the CBSO’s annual Christmas concerts at Symphony Hall?

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins Mirga and the CBSO to perform works by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.