LISZT PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2

Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30PM

Piano virtuoso and Festival favorite Kirill Gerstein returns to Chicago to perform Liszt's Second Piano Concerto. The music of Douglas Lilburn and Jean Sibelius round out the program, conducted by Gemma New, who wowed audiences last year in her Grant Park Music Festival debut.

MENDELSSOHN SCOTTISH SYMPHONY   

Jay Pritzker Pavilion 
Friday July 27 at 6:30PM
Saturday, July 28 at 7:30PM

Embark on an epic adventure with the orchestra as percussionist Colin Currie tackles Andrew Norman's eclectic Switch. The journey starts with Vaughan Williams' Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 and closes with Mendelssohn's heroic Scottish symphony; conducted by David Danzmayr.

BEYOND MILLENNIUM PARK: THE FESTIVAL ON THE MOVE

Join us for these free chamber concerts with the Festival's Project Inclusion String Quartet in neighborhoods throughout Chicago.

Tuesday, July 17, 6PM
Washington Square Park
901 N Clark Street

Monday July 23, 11AM
Hamilton Park
513 W 72nd Street
Kids Concert with Classical Campers

Thursday, July 26, 7PM
Lake Shore Park
808 N Lake Shore Drive

a part of Mayor Emanuel's Night Out in the Parks program

THE GRANT PARK CHORUS HEADS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS

Christopher Bell and the Grant Park Chorus return to two of the city's cultural hubs with a concert of a cappella music, featuring works by Bruckner, Britten, Tippet, Leighton and more.

Thursday July 19, 7PM  
South Shore Cultural Center 
7059 S South Shore Drive

Sunday, July 22, 7PM 
Columbus Park Refectory
5701 W Jackson Boulevard

South Shore Cultural Center is an indoor venue; parking is available for $2 per hour. Columbus Park Refectory has indoor, outdoor, and picnic table seating options; sound is amplified for outdoor seating; parking is available in an adjacent lot. 

a part of Mayor Emanuel's Night Out in the Parks program

A PROJECT INCLUSION FELLOW RETURNS HOME

Tomorrow, Minnesota Orchestra Associate Conductor Roderick Cox leads the Grant Park Orchestra in a program that includes Beethoven Symphony No. 2 and Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante. But before his arrival at the Minnesota Orchestra, he was a Project Inclusion conducting fellow with the Chicago Sinfonietta, where he was mentored by Music Director Mei-Ann Chen.

Cox credits his time working with the Sinfonietta as instrumental to his success as a conductor.  A graduate of Northwestern University's School of Music, Cox spent his summers watching the Grant Park Orchestra in Millennium Park. He returns to Chicago as the 2018 winner of the Sir Georg Solti Award, the most prestigious honor for a young conductor in the United States.

Welcome home Roderick Cox!

A HOMECOMING FOR A WORLD-CLASS VIOLIN

The legendary violin, the 'Wieniakwski' Guarneri del Gesù, returns to Chicago for the first time since 2010 in the trusted hands of guest violinist, Paul Huang.

Named after its original owner, Henryk Wieniawski, the 1743 Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù was loaned to Huang for the first time by the acclaimed Stradivari Society of Chicago. At the time, Huang was just 16 years old, about to make his European debut at the Louvre in Paris. The pair were reunited by the Stradivari Society in 2012, and have been together even since. 

The Washington Post called Huang "an artist with the goods for a significant career" after making his recital debut at the Kennedy Center. 

Festival audiences can see him this weekend performing Barber's Violin Concerto.