• Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla to conduct an ambitious series of 26 concerts, working with the whole CBSO family, curating an internationally-significant Debussy Festival in March 2018, and conducting his opera Pelléas et Mélisande
• Clarinettist, composer and conductor Jörg Widmann is Artist in Residence for the season
• A strengthened commitment to new music with six premieres, including the world premiere of Gerald Barry’s Organ Concerto conducted by Thomas Adès
• The CBSO Chorus performs Haydn’s The Creation, Fauré’s Requiem and works by Lili Boulanger with Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla
• BBC Young Musician 2016 Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his CBSO debut conducted by Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla
• Debut artists include Yeol Eum Son, Ning Feng, Rafal Blechacz, Xavier de Maistre, Jérémie Rhorer, Constantinos Carydis, Joana Mallwitz and Leo McFall.  
• Friday Night Classics concerts include the music of David Bowie, Abba, Star Wars, and the Best of Bollywood
• The CBSO continues to offer accessible world class music for all, with an additional 1700 tickets available under £25, and tickets for young audiences from just £6

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is delighted to announce its 2017-18 Concert Season at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. ‘One of Europe’s best orchestras’ (The Economist, 2016), the CBSO is a cultural flagship organisation for the Midlands and every year shares its world-class music-making with over 200,000 concertgoers in Birmingham, around the UK and worldwide. Led by Osborn Music Director Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla(‘conducting’s next superstar’ The Telegraph) the CBSO’s 2017-18 season shares the talents and ambition of the entire CBSO family of ensembles with the widest possible audience.

Full season details can be found at www.cbso.co.uk