(Photo credit: Norman Timonera) The Grant Park Music Festival has announced its 2025 season. For the purposes of this article only classical vocal concerts are included. The Grant Park Music Festival Orchestra and Chorus give the Illinois premiere of Jake Runestad’s “Earth Symphony.” Also programmed on this concert is Gustav Holst’s “The Planets, and Lili Boulanger’s “Psalm 24.” Christopher Bell {…}
(Photos by Chuck Osgood) Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival held its annual fundraiser “the Advocate for the Awards Benefit” on Oct. 24, 2025 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park. The event has generated close to $1 million in support of the organization’s 10-week season of free concerts at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The event featured Giancarlo Guerrero, {…}
(Photo by Charles Osgood) Giancarlo Guerrero has been named Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival. Guerrero is a six-time Grammy Award winner and led the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for three concerts throughout 2024. He is the current music director of the Nashville Symphony and Music Director Designate of the Sarasota Orchestra. In 2025, {…}