Chicago, IL (Violin Concerto No.1)

August 12, 2026

Dvořák New World Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Dvořák’s New World Symphony, a Czech composer’s interpretation of the American folk songs and spirituals he had come to admire while living in the United States. Two works by prominent American minimalist composers open the program—John Adams’s Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Philip Glass’s Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers.

Find out more: https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/events/dvorak-new-world-symphony/

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Featuring

Grant Park Orchestra

Giancarlo Guerrero Conductor

Anne Akiko Meyers Violin
Program

John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Philip Glass Violin Concerto No. 1

Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9, From the New World