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June 11 - August 16, 2025

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The Grant Park Music Festival is a ten-week classical music concert series held annually in Chicago, Illinois’ Millennium Park.

It features the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus, along with guest performers and conductors, and is one of the only free outdoor classical-music concert series in the US.

Manuel Papale

Manuel Papale

Cello

Argentinian-born cellist Manuel Papale is currently a Diversity Fellow with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has performed as the principal cellist of Ballet Indiana Orchestra and McKinney Philharmonic Orchestra. Summer festivals attended include the National Orchestral Institute, Mimir Chamber Music Festival, and the Castleman Quartet Program. Mr. Papale received his Bachelor of Music from Texas Christian University as a full scholarship recipient; since then, he has received his Master of Music from Indiana University and is currently completing his Artist Diploma from University of Cincinnati.