From the skies over Chicago to the streets of Amsterdam, the @csomusicians have safely landed in Europe, and are enjoying some free time — and stroopwafel! — before tour performances begin. Who is coming to hear our Mahler Festival concerts this week? 👀 @concertgebouw #csoontour #mahlerfestival (fb)

Composer-conductor Gustav Mahler had a complex yet profound connection with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Amsterdam, and eventually came to regard it as his second musical home, cherishing the way the audience and orchestra truly understood his music. Learn more before the CSO’s performances at the Mahler Festival this week Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15, aptly held at the Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam. #CSOonTour (fb)