2015 Season Highlights

Opening Night of the 81st Season — June 17, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar celebrates the Blackhawks victory — June 17, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Carlos Kalmar conducts the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of Kenji Bunch’s Symphony No. 4, Dream Songs — June 19, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Roberto Diaz performs Walton’s Viola Concerto — June 24, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Project Inclusion fellows perform at various venues around Chicago, including the Chicago Cultural Center — June 24, 2015

Tanja Tetzlaff performs Lalo’s Cello Concerto — July 3, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Pianist Terrence Wilson performs Gershwin’s Piano Concerto on Independence Day — July 4, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Christopher Bell shows off his festive attire during the Independence Day Salute — July 4, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Patriotic picnickers on the Great Lawn — July 4, 2015

Karina Canellakis conducts Bernstein’s Fancy Free — July 8, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Broadway actors Elizabeth Stanley and Alex Gemignani perform in a concert celebrating the music of Stephen Sondheim — July 10, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Thierry Fischer conducts Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet — July 15, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Caitlin Lynch joins the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus for Brahms' German Requiem— July 17, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Stephen Hegedus performs in Brahms' German Requiem— July 17, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Chorus Director Christopher Bell leads the Grant Park Chorus at South Shore Cultural Center, as part of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s Night Out in the Parks — July 21, 2015. Photo by Patrick Pyszka

Ward Stare conducts a night of American opera music, including excerpts from Cuomo’s Doubt — July 22, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Anthony Clark Evans of the Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center performs excerpts from Cuomo’s Doubt — July 22, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Annie Rosen of the Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center performs excerpts from Cuomo’s Doubt — July 22, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Laura Wilde of the Lyric Opera’s Ryan Opera Center performs Menotti's The Telephone— July 22, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Winners of the 2015 Picnic Contest on the Great Lawn — July 25, 2015

Emmanuel Villaume conducts the Grant Park Orchestra — July 24, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Andrew von Oeyen performs Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor — July 25, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Children from neighborhoods throughout Chicago are introduced to classical music through the Festival's Classical Campers initiative. Photo by Patrick Pyszka

Thomas Wilkins conducts William Grant Still’s Sunday Symphony — July 29, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Christoph König conducts Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 inside the Harris Theater for Music and Dance — July 31, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

The Grant Park Orchestra performs in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion  — August 5, 2015. Photo by Christopher Neseman

Inon Barnatan performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 — August 5, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Kurt Elling performs with the Grant Park Orchestra — August 12, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

James Ehnes performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto — August 19, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera

Carlos Kalmar conducts the closing concert of the 2015 Season, featuring Elgar's The Kingdom — August 21, 2015. Photo by Norman Timonera