Music lovers started returning to live concerts in Cincinnati in 2022, although not yet in pre-pandemic numbers. Perhaps because we were so starved for in-person shows, nearly everything I heard felt like a gift.
The CSO offered extra notes of intrigue as it searches for a new music director. That’s because guest conductors potentially are candidates to succeed current music director Louis Langrée. In its existence of more than a century, the CSO has never hired a woman as its music director.…
