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1 May 2025
Our 2025-26 season is yours to explore! 🤩 Experience a live orchestra that’s right up your street. Whatever you’re in the mood for this season – you’re invited to discover your perfect music mix with us. Find your CBSO: cbso.co.uk/season-25-26
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8 Aug 2025
Did you manage to find us during CBSO in the City? 🎶 If you spotted us across the city in July, we hope you felt the joy of our orchestra's music-making 🫶 Read more about what we got up to on our website: cbso.co.uk/stories/cbso-in-t…
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🎺A fitting tribute to @OzzyOsbourne in the station today, from the amazing @TheCBSO 🎸Playing @BlackSabbath in front of @BrummieBull was an emotional moment 👊🏼 We’re so proud to host events that celebrate this great city and its amazing people #birminghamforever
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16 Jul 2025
CBSO in the City is back! From Wednesday 23 July to Monday 28 July, we'll be popping up in unexpected spaces across Birmingham, filling the city with great music 🎶 find out more: cbso.co.uk/cbso-in-the-city #cbsointhecity #cbso #birmingham #orchestra #freemusic
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24 Jun 2025
We're looking back at the past few months of joyful music-making🫶 From our jam-packed European Tour and reuniting with former Music Director Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla, to celebrating our season finale with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Hisako Kawamura - it's been a blast!
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8 May 2025
Supporting the Shireland CBSO Academy is one of our most treasured parts of our work at the CBSO ❤️ Today @aborchestras announce their #AnOrchestraInEverySchool campaign - find out how you can bring live music to your local schools: tinyurl.com/AnOrchestraInEve…
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1 Apr 2025
March: a month filled with celebration! 🌟 Kazuki Yamada won the 2025 RPS Conductor Award, Project Remix celebrated a decade of music-making and after 4 sell-out Key Stage 1 concerts, we are proud to have reached a total of 28,000 children in this year's Schools' Concerts! 🤩🫶
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28 Feb 2025
Let's recap February! 15,000 pupils attended our Key Stage 2 & 3 Schools' Concerts, we had another sell-out concert for the music of John Williams, plus CBSO Youth Orchestra got the chance to play side-by-side with CBSO Musicians - we've had a lot of fun this month 😄
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31 Jan 2025
2025 has been off to a busy start at the CBSO! From movie music presented by @PetrocTrelawny and Relaxed Concerts welcoming 15,000 pupils, to kickstarting rehearsals for @0121Legacy and even two @RoyalPhilSoc Award nominations 🤩 January has been a great first month of 2025 🥰
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29 Jan 2025
We are excited to announce a two-year contract extension for Music Director, Kazuki Yamada! Read more: cbso.co.uk/press/cbso-announ…
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26 Jan 2025
Happy Birthday Kazuki! 🥳 We wish our Music Director Kazuki Yamada a very 'Happy Birthday' from all of us at the CBSO - we hope your day is as joyful as it is to work with you 🌟 #cbso #birmingham #KazukiYamada
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I'll be back with the @TheCBSO this Thursday with Mendelssohn's 1st concerto. Here's a clip from @CarnegieHall back in 2022. I'll be bringing this also to Paris at @OrchambreParis on 7th February.
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2 Jan 2025
2024 Highlights: CBSO edition ✨️ What a year it's been! Thank you to everyone who's supported the CBSO this past year ❤️ We can't wait to bring you even more joy in 2025 😄 You are listening to: Orchestral Qawwali Live at Birmingham Symphony Hall #2024recap #cbso #birmingham
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17 Dec 2024
After 8 impactful years with NCO, much-loved @Cath_Arlidge will be moving on to new adventures @TheCBSO Cath has NCO’s heartfelt congratulations - we will miss her very much. For the full update, visit our website nco.org.uk/news/2024-12-17/c… #NCOMusicMatters #youthorchestra

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17 Dec 2024
We're delighted to announce that Catherine Arlidge MBE has been appointed as our new Director of Artistic Planning. Read more: cbso.co.uk/stories/the-cbso-…
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No plans this week? Check out our top picks of things to do in the region from 16-21 December! 🎄 🌟 Winter Funland at @thenec 🌟 Alice in Wonderland at the @albanytheatre 🌟 @TheCBSO Christmas Party at Symphony Hall More inspiration 👉 bit.ly/3O59zKb
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5 Dec 2024
Kazuki Yamada led audiences on an emotional journey in last night's concert at Symphony Hall 🎶 Our leader Eugene Tzikindelean dazzled in Elgar's moving Violin Concerto, followed by a powerful performance of Walton's Symphony No.2. #cbso #orchestra #elgar #walton
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Roundhouse Birmingham, @TheCBSO and @canalrivertrust held a unique celebration of light, music and heritage in the heart of Birmingham.⭐✨ Our cobbled courtyard was filled with light, lanterns and music - what a day! #SeeTheCityDifferently #Birmingham 📸 Photos: Pete Medlicott
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