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June 11 - August 16, 2025

Welcome

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.

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Concert

Mahler Symphony No. 1

Fri, Jun 20 · 6:30 pm & Sat, Jun 21 · 8 pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
2h 15m

Giancarlo Guerrero leads the Grant Park Orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s majestic Symphony No. 1. This electrifying program also highlights a vibrant orchestral work by Clarice Assad and the Chicago premiere of Arturo Marquez’ Concierto de Otoño featuring Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores.

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra

Giancarlo Guerrero Conductor

Pacho Flores Trumpet

Program

Clarice Assad Baião N’ Blues

Arturo Márquez Concierto de Otoño

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1, Titan

Featuring

  • Grant Park Orchestra
    Grant Park Orchestra

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Orchestra

  • Giancarlo Guerrero
    Welcome Letter from Giancarlo

    Giancarlo Guerrero

    Conductor

  • Pacho Flores
    Pacho_Flores

    Pacho Flores

    Trumpet

Composers

  • Gustav Mahler
    Gustav_Mahler

    Gustav Mahler

    Composer

  • Clarice Assad
    Clarice_Assad

    Clarice Assad

    Composer

  • Arturo Márquez
    Arturo_Marquez

    Arturo Márquez

    Composer

Event Sponsors

This concert is graciously sponsored by David H. Whitney and Juliana Y. Chyu. Additional support for this program is generously provided as part of the Hanson Community Connections Series.

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Jay Pritzker Pavilion

201 E Randolph St, Chicago

The centerpiece for Millennium Park and home of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus.

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Performances

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