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CSO Bass Brad Opland tunes while warming up before the first rehearsal on tour Thursday morning.
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CSO stagehand Dave Hartke makes sure a cello chair is set properly before rehearsal.
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CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny finds a seat in the front of house to warm up Thursday morning.
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CSO Principal Timpani David Herbert chats with fellow percussionist Vadim Karpinos before rehearsal.
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CSO Assistant Concertmaster Yuan-Qing Yu finds something for her son to do backstage while she's in rehearsal.
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Principal Second Violin Baird Dodge warms up backstage before rehearsal.
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CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti greets staff and stagehands before rehearsal begins.
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Concertmaster Robert Chen is greeted by Maestro Muti as he takes the stage for rehearsal.
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Before Maestro Muti begins rehearsal, Candelaria Rodriguez, director of the Canary Islands Music Festival, welcomes the CSO to Gran Canaria.
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The CSO rehearses in Alfredo Kraus Auditorium. The window at the back looks out onto the ocean.
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Principal Viola Charles Pikler rehearses on Thursday morning.
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Maestro Muti talks with Assistant Principal Bassoon William Buchman and CSO Violin Susan Synnestvedt backstage during a break.
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CSO Clarinet Lawrie Bloom takes a moment to warm up backstage for rehearsal.
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CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in the second rehearsal of this tour on Thursday.
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The CSO horn section begins rehearsal Thursday.
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CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in rehearsal at Alfredo Kraus Auditorium on Thursday.
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CSO Viola Diane Mues snaps a quick photo in the rain on Thursday near the concert hall in Las Palmas.
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CSO Violin Blair Milton is focused on the music during rehearsal in Las Palmas.
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Maestro Muti and the CSO rehearse on stage at the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
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A happy Maestro Muti smiles during rehearsal with the CSO on Thursday.
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A press conference with Inés Rojas, Counselor of Culture and Social Welfare, (left), Maestro Muti and Candelaria Rodriguez, Festival Director (right).
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CSO Trustee Leslie Henner Burns chats with CSO Cellist Katinka Kleijn at a reception on Thursday.
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CSO Principal Bass Alex Hanna, and his wife, Johanna (left), talk with patron tour participants Shelley Ochab and Judy Konen (right).
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Jeronimo Acevedo, former President of the Canary Islands and founder of the Music Festival, is applauded by VIPs and guests.
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A happy Maestro Muti smiles during a rehearsal Thursday before the CSO’s debut at the Canary Islands Music Festival.