The Chicago Symphony is the world’s busiest orchestra — how that’s counted and what that means

The annual list by British publication Bachtrack ranked the CSO as No. 1 busiest orchestra in the world in 2025. But with any such list, it's difficult to get a truly accurate count of performances.

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