In the Spotlight
June 06, 2017
Set Sail with "A Sea Symphony"
Opening weekend is always a favorite when the Grant Park Chorus joins the orchestra for their first concert of the summer. This year will be no exception. more
May 02, 2017
Chicagoan Vadim Gluzman Comes Home
When Chicagoan Vadim Gluzman returns to the Festival to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, he will be playing on the Stradivarius once owned by the great violinist Leopold Auer, to whom Tchaikovsky originally dedicated the concerto. more
April 27, 2017
Getting Ready for Summer
Sunny skies, blossoming flowers, and the increase in the number of visitors flooding the streets of downtown Chicago are sure signs that warm weather is approaching, but for the team at Millennium Park, it's time to get the Park ready for summer. more
April 04, 2017
Murasaki Duo Performs for the Impresario SoirÉe
Last month's Impresario Society Soirée featured an intimate concert with the Murasaki Duo on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion stage. Over 70 Festival supporters and friends gathered as Grant Park Orchestra cellist Eric Kutz and pianist Miko Kominami performed selections by Schumann, Cassado, De Falla and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. more
March 07, 2017
Experience a Festival Season to Remember
In February, Festival Circle and Impresario Society members attended an exclusive Season Preview event on the stage of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, in which WFMT's Candice Agree interviewed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar and Chorus Director Christopher Bell about the 2017 Festival season. more
March 02, 2017
PLAN AN EVENT TO REMEMBER
When a Chicago businessman decided to throw a surprise birthday party for his wife, he reached out to Lou Ann Hayes, the Festival’s group sales associate, to help organize the perfect celebration for 50 of the couple’s family and friends. more
February 07, 2017
Soprano Susanna Phillips Returns to Chicago
The Festival is excited to feature guest soloist Susanna Phillips in Aaron Copland's Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson. This piece will be part of the program featuring Beethoven's Fourth Symphony on Wednesday, June 21. more
February 02, 2017
Catching Up with Christopher Bell
After leading the Grant Park Chorus in another outstanding season and directing the National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) and the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras during the Festival’s 2016 Independence Day Salute, Chorus Director Christopher Bell has been busy making music in Scotland and Ireland. We had a chance to catch up with him and learn what he’s currently working on and what he’s the most excited for this summer with the Grant Park Chorus. more
January 03, 2017
Catching up with the 2016 Project Inclusion Fellows
As the Grant Park Music Festival prepares for auditions for the next cohort of Project Inclusion Fellows, we had the opportunity to catch up with the 2016 String Quartet. more