AN EVENING OF LATIN AMERICAN & SPANISH MUSIC

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra welcomes six time Grammy Award-winning Costa Rican conductor Giancarlo Guerrero for a sizzling program of Spanish and Latin American flavour. Now in his tenth season as Music Director of the Nashville Symphony, Guerrero makes his Chicago Symphony debut with the works of Ginastera, Chabrier, Piazzolla and Rodrigo. 

Perhaps the sonic jewel in the crown of the evening's programming, the concert comes to a close with the most revered work of the guitar concerto canon, Rodrigo's sweeping Concierto de Aranjuez, during which Spanish classical guitar icon Pablo Sainz Villegas will flex his dextrous fingers. The piece's stunning central Adagio has gone a long way in securing Rodrigo's legacy as one of the most important Spanish composers of the 20th century.