SAT SEP 5, 2026 | 7:30 PM
SUN SEP 6, 2026 | 2 PM
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Damon Gupton conductor
Here’s to the fools who dream. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Lionsgate’s 2016 Academy Award-winning film, La La Land, in a swoon-worthy concert experience featuring the Cincinnati Pops, conductor Damon Gupton (who also appears in the film), a full jazz band and all of the unbelievable piano solos performed live-to-film. Starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, written and directed by Damien Chazelle, with a score by Justin Hurwitz, La La Land showcases the captivating story of a promising pianist and aspiring actress who cross paths and fall in love, while attempting to harmonize their career journeys in the city of stars.
There will be one 25-minute intermission.
Please do not record the concert.
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation, the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The CSO in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.
Contemporary Considerations at the Intersection of Jazz and the Orchestra
September & October 2026 Fanfare Magazine
Dive into the evolving and complex relationship between jazz and orchestral music. Travel through more than a century of artistic and cultural exchange and consider how identity and history continue to shape one of America’s most influential art forms.
by Andre Jamal Cardine, Ph.D. Candidate in Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
