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June 10 - August 15, 2026

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.

2015 Season

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Independence Day Salute

Wed, Jul 1, 2015, 6:30-8PM & Sat, Jul 4, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Terrence Wilson, Piano

Program

George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
and more!


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Beethoven Symphony No. 7

Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano

Program

Andrew Norman: Drip
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


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Mozart and Shostakovich

Fri, Jun 19, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Jun 20, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture: The Magic Flute
Kenji Bunch: Symphony No. 3, Dream Songs
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6


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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Wed, Jun 24, 2015, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Roberto Díaz, Viola

Program

William Walton: Viola Concerto
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


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Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony

Fri, Jun 26, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Jun 27, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Anima Young Singers
David James, Countertenor
Mark Dobell, Tenor
Steven Harrold, Tenor
Eamonn Dougan, Baritone

Program

Richard Wagner: Prelude: Parsifal
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation
James MacMillan: Quickening


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CYSO's Symphony Orchestra with Special Guests Blue Man Group

Wed, Jul 1, 2015, 6:30-8:15PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

CYSO's Symphony Orchestra
Allen Tinkham, Music Director
Terrance Gray, Associate Conductor
Blue Man Group, Special Guest Soloists

Program

Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Dmitry Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien 


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Schumann Rhenish Symphony

Fri, Jul 3, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello

Program

David Diamond: Rounds for String Orchestra
Édouard Lalo: Cello Concerto in D Minor
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish 


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Bernstein Fancy Free

Wed, Jul 8, 2015, 8-10PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, Guest Conductor

Program

John Adams: Lollapalooza
Leonard Bernstein: Suite from Fancy Free
César Franck: Symphony in D 


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A Sondheim Celebration

Fri, Jul 10, 2015, 8-10PM & Sat, Jul 11, 2015, 8-10PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Paul Gemignani, Guest Conductor
Elizabeth Stanley, Vocalist
Alex Gemignani, Vocalist
Tedd Firth, Piano

Program

Songs and Suites from Sondheim's greatest and most popular repertoire


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Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

Wed, Jul 15, 2015, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Thierry Fischer, Guest Conductor

Program

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Sergei Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet


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Brahms Requiem

Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Jul 18, 2022, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Thierry Fischer, Guest Conductor
Caitlin Lynch, Soprano
Stephen Hegedus, Bass-Baritone

Program

Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night
Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem 


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Grant Park Chorus: Songs from the Heart

Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 7-9PM & Thu, Jul 23, 2022, 7-9PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Chorus
Christopher Bell, Conductor

Program

Kenneth Leighton: Laudate Pueri
Stephen Paulus: The Lotus Lovers
Seán Doherty: Et clamabant
Jean Sibelius: Sydämeni laulu
Jean Sibelius: Sortunut ääni
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia Hymn
Douglas J. Cuomo: Kyrie
William Hawley: Four Reveries
Seán Doherty: Blessed Be That Maid Marie
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium


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Barber and Menotti

Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Ward Stare, Conductor
Artists From Lyric Opera's Patrick G. And Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center
Laura Wilde, Soprano
Anthony Clark Evans, Baritone
Annie Rosen, Mezzo-Soprano

Program

Jennifer Higdon: Fanfare Ritmico
Douglas J. Cuomo: The Boy's Nature from Doubt
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Telephone
Douglas J. Cuomo: Doubt Sermon
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1


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Saint-Saëns and Mozart

Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Jul 25, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Emmanuel Villaume, Guest Conductor
Andrew Von Oeyen, Piano

Program

Franz von Suppé: Overture to Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Georges Bizet: Roma 


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Bruckner Symphony No. 6

Fri, Jul 31, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Aug 1, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Christoph König, Guest Conductor

Program

Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 6


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Mozart Piano Concerto

Wed, Aug 5, 2015, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Inon Barnatan, Piano

Program

Randall Thompson: Symphony No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
George Antheil: A Jazz Symphony


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Haydn Harmony Mass

Fri, Aug 7, 2015, 6:30-8PM & Sat, Aug 8, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Layla Claire, Soprano
Julie Boulianne, Mezzo-Soprano
John Tessier, Tenor
Daniel Okulitch, Bass-Baritone

Program

Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B-flat Major, Harmoniemesse
John Adams: Harmonielehre


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An Evening with Kurt Elling

Wed, Aug 12, 2015, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Kurt Elling, Vocalist
Gary Versace, Piano
Clark Sommers, Bass
John Mclean, Guitar
Kendrick Scott, Drums
John Wojciehowski, Tenor Saxophone
Orbert Davis, Trumpet

Program

Kurt Elling: Passion World


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Strauss Ein Heldenleben

Fri, Aug 14, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Aug 15, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Natasha Paremski, Piano

Program

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Overture to The Secret of Suzanne
Paul Schoenfield: Four Parables
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


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Beethoven Violin Concerto

Fri, Aug 19, 2015, 6:30-8PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
James Ehnes, Violin

Program

Howard Hanson: Elegy
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Magnus Lindberg: Aventures


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Elgar The Kingdom

Fri, Aug 21, 2015, 6:30-8:30PM & Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 7:30-9:30PM
Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra And Chorus
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Erin Wall, Soprano
Jill Grove, Mezzo-Soprano
Garrett Sorenson, Tenor
Alfred Walker, Bass-Baritone

Program

Edward Elgar: The Kingdom