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 …

Edwin Outwater is redefining the concert experience as a groundbreaking conductor, curator, and producer, known for his dynamic approach and genre-blending collaborations. Working with a wide range of artists from Metallica …

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner is a musician of “intelligence, integrity and all- encompassing technical prowess” (New York Times), a performer of “fascinating and astounding virtuosity” (Philippine Star), renowned for her “thoughtful …

An ​“undeniably exciting composer” (Opera News), Jimmy López’s music displays ​“a brilliant command of orchestral timbres and textures” (Dallas Morning News) and ​“a virtuoso mastery of the modern orchestra” (The New …

Lou Harrison became recognized particularly in three broad areas: music for percussion ensemble, experiments with just intonation, and syntheses of Asian and Western styles. His works at times call for Chinese, …

Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860-1919), née Ward, was an English composer born in 1860. She was the youngest of Alfred and Virginia Worthington Heath Ward’s nine children, and began life in Valparaís, Chile, …

Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky’s operas, ballets, and symphonies are firmly entrenched in the classical canon. His three Pushkin-based operas—Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, and Mazeppa—are staples of major opera houses. …