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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.

C1 Rhapsody in Blue
Concert

Rhapsody in Blue

Wed, Jun 11 · 6:30 pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
1h 30m
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The Festival’s 2025 season opens with George Gershwin's iconic Rhapsody in Blue, featuring renowned conductor and pianist Andrew Litton leading the Grant Park Orchestra. The program also features the vibrant Three Latin American Dances by Gabriela Lena Frank, and Manuel de Falla’s suite from the Three-Cornered Hat.

Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra

Andrew Litton Conductor and Piano

Program

Gabriela Lena Frank Three Latin American Dances

George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Manuel de Falla Suites from The Three-Cornered Hat

Featuring

  • Andrew Litton
    Andrew Litton

    Andrew Litton

    Conductor and Piano

  • Grant Park Orchestra
    Grant Park Orchestra

    Grant Park Orchestra

    Orchestra

Composers

  • Manuel de Falla
    Manuel de Falla

    Manuel de Falla

    Composer

  • Gabriela Lena Frank
    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Gabriela Lena Frank

    Composer

  • George Gershwin
    George Gershwin

    George Gershwin

    Composer

Event Sponsors

This concert is generously supported by American Accents Series Sponsor AbelsonTaylor Group and the Mazza Foundation.

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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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