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June 10 - August 15, 2026

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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.

Sara Davis Buechner
Concert

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

Fri, Jun 26 · 6:30pm & Sat, Jun 27 · 7:30pm
Harris Theater

Conductor Edwin Outwater takes the podium for Tchaikovsky’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 1, featuring award-winning pianist Sara Davis Buechner. Jimmy López’s Loud, Lou Harrison’s Elegiac Symphony No. 2, and Amy Woodforde-Finden’s Kashmiri Song round out the eclectic program celebrating LGBTQ+ pride.

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra

Edwin Outwater Conductor

Sara Davis Buechner Piano

Program

Jimmy López Loud

Lou Harrison Symphony No. 2, Elegiac

Amy Woodforde-Finden Kashmiri Song

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

Performances

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Featuring

  • Grant Park Orchestra

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Orchestra

  • Edwin Outwater
    Edwin Outwater

    Edwin Outwater

    Conductor

  • Sara Davis Buechner
    Sara Davis Buechner headshot

    Sara Davis Buechner

    Piano

Composers

  • Jimmy López
    Jimmy Lopez

    Jimmy López

    Composer

  • Lou Harrison
    Lou Harrison

    Lou Harrison

    Composer

  • Piotr_Iyich_Tchaikovsky

    Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Composer

  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Composer