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.
Pianist Maxim Lando joins the Grant Park Orchestra for Manuel de Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain and Liszt's Rhapsody Espagnole. The evening also includes Rossini’s charming overture to The Barber of Seville and Ravel's exhilarating Bolero.
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Lee Mills Conductor
Maxim Lando Piano
Program
Gioachino Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville
Manuel de FallaNights in the Gardens of Spain
Franz Liszt/orch. Ferruccio BusoniRhapsody Espagnole
The Grant Park Orchestra was formed in 1944 when the Chicago Park District assembled a single resident orchestra under the direction of Principal Conductor Nikolai Malko to perform at the Grant …
Five-time winner of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award, Lee Mills is internationally recognized as a passionate, multifaceted and energetic conductor. In naming Mills as the ‘New Artist of the …
22 year old American pianist Maxim Lando was lauded by Anthony Tommasini in the New York Times for his “brilliance and infectious exuberance.” He is hailed as “one of the …
(March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) The French composer Maurice Ravel was also a pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with Claude Debussy, although neither composer …
(23 November 1876 – 15 November 1946) Manuel de Falla is one of Spain's most important composers. His most famous works include The Three-Cornered Hat, Nights in the Gardens of Spain …
(1792-1868) Born in Pesaro along the Adriatic Sea, Gioachino Rossini is considered one of the greatest of the Italian opera composers. He was extremely prolific, writing 39 operas between 1812 and …
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor, renowned for his profound influence on the world of classical music. Born in Raiding, Hungary, Liszt displayed extraordinary musical talent …
