Ravinia Past Performances 2022

Ruth Page Civic Ballet
Ruth Page Festival of Dance

Ruth Page Civic Ballet and Special Guests
Ruth Page Festival of Dance
Ruth Page Civic Ballet
Giordano Dance Chicago
DanceWorks Chicago
Hedwig Dances
Porchlight Music Theatre

Bridges Composition Competition Winners Concert
Ravinia Steans Music Insititute
Blaise Magnière, violin
Marie Wang, violin
Ai Melby, viola
Cheng-Hou Lee, cello
Greg Ward, saxophone
Glenn Zaleski, piano
Dan Chmielinski, bass
Kenneth Salters, drums

Jazz Grandstand
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Amos Lee with special guest Neal Francis

Rodrigo y Gabriela with special guest Abraham Alexander
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Abraham Alexander

Jackson Browne

Let Freedom Ring! with the Chicago Sinfonietta
Music from Florence Price and More Black Composers, Conducted by Jonathan Rush
Chicago Sinfonietta
Jonathan Rush, conductor

Common with special guest Black Violin

Legends of Jazz: Honoring Ramsey Lewis
Featuring Kurt Elling, Marquis Hill, Lizz Wright, and Bobby Lewis & the J.W. James A.M.E. Choir, with members of Urban Knights
Ramsey Lewis
Kurt Elling
Marquis Hill
Lizz Wright
Bobby Lewis with the J.W. James A.M.E. Church Choir
with members of Urban Knights

Miriam Fried and Jonathan Biss: Violin/Piano Duos
Miriam Fried, violin
Jonathan Biss, piano

Matthew Whitaker Quintet

Steve Miller Band with special guest Jimmie Vaughan
Steve Miller Band
Jimmie Vaughan
Summer Drive

Piano & Strings Master Class with Gilbert Kalish
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Béla Fleck & My Bluegrass Heart, Sam Bush, and The Jerry Douglas Band
Bluegrass Happening

Son Little

Trombone Shorty’s Voodoo Threauxdown
with special guests Tank & The Bangas, Cyril Neville, George Porter Jr. & Dumpstaphunk, and The Soul Rebels
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Tank & the Bangas
Cyril Neville (The Uptown Ruler)
George Porter Jr. and Dumpstaphunk (playing the music of The Meters)
The Soul Rebels

Emerson String Quartet

The Lion King: In Concert Live to Film
Chicago Philharmonic
Thiago Tiberio, conductor

Piano & Strings Master Class with Timothy Eddy
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

ReImagine The Beatles with Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael
Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Insititute

ABBA The Concert
A Tribute to ABBA

Piano & Strings Chamber Works from Jessie Montgomery
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Dwight Yoakam and Old Crow Medicine Show

Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to The Beatles
Classical Mystery Tour
Chicago Philharmonic
George Stelluto, conductor

The Goonies: In Concert Canceled
Complete film shown on Pavilion and Lawn video screens
Chicago Philharmonic
Thiago Tiberio, conductor

Sheryl Crow featuring special guest Keb’ Mo’ and Southern Avenue Postponed
Sheryl Crow
Keb’ Mo’
Southern Avenue

Piano & Strings Chamber Works Canceled
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

John Fogerty with special guest Hearty Har Canceled
John Fogerty
Hearty Har
Rookie

Piano & Strings Chamber Works Canceled
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Michael Franti & Spearhead with special guest Arrested Development Canceled
Follow Your Heart Tour

The Summit of Strings and Peak Piano: Jaakko Kuusisto Music and More Canceled
Miriam Fried, violin
Paul Biss, violin and viola
David McCarroll, violin
Atar Arad, viola
Frans Helmerson, cello
Christoph Richter, cello
Alessio Bax, piano

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band and Chris Isaak Canceled

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Piano & Strings Master Class with Miriam Fried
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

The Black Crowes Present Shake Your Money Maker, with special guest Mac Saturn
The Black Crowes
Mac Saturn

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Amjad Ali Khan Trio: The Sarod Trilogy
Amjad Ali Khan, master of the sarod
Amaan Ali Bangash, sarod
Ayaan Ali Bangash, sarod

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

CSO Opening Night: Tchaikovsky with Marin Alsop and Stewart Goodyear
The First Piano Concerto and Rimsky-Kosakov’s Sheherazade
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano

Laurie Berkner

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Marcus Roberts Trio Plays His Rhapsody in D with the CSO
Marin Alsop Conducts the “New World” Symphony
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio
Adrian Dunn Singers (Adrian Dunn, conductor)

Alpine and Pastoral Symphonies with Marin Alsop and the CSO
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Mames Babegenush
Klezmer X Scandi Ear Candy

Little Big Town with special guest Lindsay Ell
Little Big Town
Lindsay Ell

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Henhouse Prowlers

Piano & Strings Chamber Works
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

German Requiem with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yeree Suh, soprano
Matthias Goerne, baritone

Let’s Misbehave! Cole Porter with Spider Saloff

Poi Dog Pondering

Leslie Odom Jr. with Marin Alsop and the CSO
Gala Evening Benefiting Reach Teach Play
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Leslie Odom Jr., vocalist

Baritone Matthias Goerne: Schubertiade
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Alexandre Kantorow, piano

Bonnie Raitt with special guest Mavis Staples
Just Like That … Tour

Chanticleer

Marin Alsop and Three Taki Alsop Fellows Conduct the CSO
Breaking Barriers series
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Anna Duczmal-Mróz, guest conductor
Laura Jackson, guest conductor
Jeri Lynne Johnson, guest conductor

Marin Alsop Leads Bernstein’s Kaddish with the CSO
Breaking Barriers series
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Children’s Choir
Marin Alsop, conductor
Cristina Pato, gaita (Galician bagpipes)
Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
David Krakauer, klezmer clarinet
Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion
Janai Brugger, soprano
Jaye Ladymore, narrator

Mo Willems’s Because In Concert with the Chicago Sinfonietta
Breaking Barriers series
Chicago Sinfonietta
Jeri Lynne Johnson, conductor
Rashada Dawan, grown narrator
Ziare Paul-Emile, young narrator
Nik Kmiecik, someone else

esperanza spalding with special guest Monsieur Periné
Breaking Barriers series

Singers Master Class with James Conlon
Ravinia Steans Music Institute
RSMI Program for Singers
James Conlon, conductor

West Side Story, Porgy & Bess Suites with Wayne Marshall and the CSO
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wayne Marshall, conductor and piano

Pianist Alexander Malofeev
Alexander Malofeev, piano

Singers Master Class with Matthew Polenzani
Ravinia Steans Music Institute
RSMI Program for Singers
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Yuntong Han, tenor & Javier Arrebola, piano
David Wolfe, baritone & Ting Ting Wong, piano
Korin Thomas-Smith, baritone & Nikolay Verevkin, piano
Lucy Baker, mezzo-soprano & Nikolay Verevkin, piano
ALTERNATE: Donghoon Kang, bass-baritone & Nikolay Verevkin, piano

Invenciones de México y Vasco with Carlos Miguel Prieto and the CSO
El Salón México and Mexican Composers; Conrad Tao Plays Ravel
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano

The Greatest Dinner Party of All Time
Ravinia Steans Music Institute
RSMI Program for Singers Fellows
Lucas Nogara and Ting Ting Wong, collaborative pianists

The Revivalists and Grace Potter

Singers’ Centuries of Art Song
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Yours, Stephen Sondheim: His Letters, Mentorship, and Music with the CSO
Featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Heather Headley, and Alexandra Billings
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kevin Stites, conductor and music direction
Rob Lindley, stage director and concept
Featuring vocalists Brian Stokes Mitchell, Heather Headley, Alexandra Billings, Susan Moniz, Bethany Thomas, Devin DeSantis, and Chicago Artists Chorale

Singers’ Centuries of Art Song
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas

Singers’ Centuries of Art Song
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Mozart’s Don Giovanni with James Conlon and the CSO
Mozart in the Martin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
James Conlon, conductor
Lucas Meachem, baritone (Don Giovanni)
Kristinn Sigmundsson, bass (Commendatore)
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano (Donna Anna)
Saimir Pirgu, tenor (Don Ottavio)
Amanda Majeski, soprano (Donna Elvira)
Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone (Leporello)
Brent Michael Smith, bass (Masetto)
Janai Brugger, soprano (Zerlina)
Vlad Iftinca, harpsichord and assistant conductor
Garnett Bruce, stage director

Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito with James Conlon and the CSO
Mozart in the Martin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
James Conlon, conductor
Matthew Polenzani, tenor (Tito)
Guanqun Yu, soprano (Vitellia)
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano (Sesto)
Janai Brugger, soprano (Servilia)
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano (Annio)
Kristinn Sigmundsson, bass (Publio)
Louis Lohraseb, harpsichord and assistant conductor
Harry Silverstein, stage director

Mozart’s Don Giovanni with James Conlon and the CSO
Mozart in the Martin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
James Conlon, conductor
Lucas Meachem, baritone (Don Giovanni)
Kristinn Sigmundsson, bass (Commendatore)
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano (Donna Anna)
Saimir Pirgu, tenor (Don Ottavio)
Amanda Majeski, soprano (Donna Elvira)
Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone (Leporello)
Brent Michael Smith, bass (Masetto)
Janai Brugger, soprano (Zerlina)
Vlad Iftinca, harpsichord and assistant conductor
Garnett Bruce, stage director

Dispatch and O.A.R. with special guest G.Love

Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito with James Conlon and the CSO
Mozart in the Martin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
James Conlon, conductor
Matthew Polenzani, tenor (Tito)
Guanqun Yu, soprano (Vitellia)
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano (Sesto)
Janai Brugger, soprano (Servilia)
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano (Annio)
Kristinn Sigmundsson, bass (Publio)
Louis Lohraseb, harpsichord and assistant conductor
Harry Silverstein, stage director

Ziggy Marley with special guest Kazayah
A Live Tribute to His Father

Singers’ Centuries of Art Song
Ravinia Steans Music Institute

Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
Al Olender

Mezzo Emily D’Angelo: enargeia Songs and Late Romantics
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
Kevin Murphy, piano

String Masters’ Mendelssohn and Mussorgsky with the CSO
Itzhak Perlman Performs with Protégé Peter Oundjian Conducting
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Itzhak Perlman, violin

Once Upon a Time: Alan Menken’s Broadway with the CSO
Music of the Disney Renaissance
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Steven Reineke, conductor
Katie Rose Clarke, vocalist
Montego Glover, vocalist
Jordan Donica, vocalist
Matt Doyle, vocalist

Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players

Saturday in the Park with Sondheim featuring Lee Musiker
Ravinia Steans Music Institute
RSMI Program for Singers
Lee Musiker, piano and program curator
Joel Spencer, drums
Lawrence Gray, bass
Stephen Leinheiser, clarient/saxophone
Alex Hersh, cello
Walter Huff, musical preparation

A.R. Rahman
Oscar, Grammy & Golden Globe winning film composer plays his Bollywood hits and more

Tchaikovsky Spectacular with the CSO
Featuring the 1812 Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou, conductor
Inmo Yang, violin

Pianist Bryan Wallick
Virtuosic Fugue, Vol. 2
Bryan Wallick, piano

Pitbull with special guest Iggy Azalea
Also featuring SiriusXM Globalization DJs
Pitbull
Iggy Azalea
SiriusXM Globalization DJs

Culture Club with special guest Berlin
Culture Club
Berlin
License to Sail DJs

Anthony de Mare: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano

Sting with special guest Joe Sumner
My Songs

NEXUS Chamber Music: Dancing with the Shadow
Works Featuring Clarinet and a World Premiere from Felipe Tovar-Henao
Yoonah Kim, clarinet
Brian Hong, violin and co-artistic director
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Alexander Hersh, cello and co-artistic director
Drew Petersen, piano

Sting with special guest Joe Sumner
My Songs

The Four Seasons with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Vadim Gluzman
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Vadim Gluzman, violin

Sheryl Crow

Yacht Rock Revue

Emmylou Harris and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Emmylou Harris
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Tobacco City

Geneva Lewis and Audrey Vardanega: Suite Sonatas
Geneva Lewis, violin
Audrey Vardanega, piano
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Music for the Royal Fireworks with Music of the Baroque
Brandenburg No. 3; Garrick Ohlsson Plays Mozart
Music of the Baroque
Dame Jane Glover, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Diana Ross with special guest Naturally 7 and Rhonda Ross
Diana Ross
Rhonda Ross
Naturally 7

The Australian Pink Floyd Show
All That’s to Come Tour

Stevie Nicks

Too Many Zooz with special guest Grace Kelly
NYC Brass House pioneers

Pianist Inna Faliks: Reimagine Beethoven and Ravel, Nine Premieres
Inna Faliks, piano

Stevie Nicks

Lincoln Trio: Chicago and Chopin
Lincoln Trio
Martha Guth, soprano

Erykah Badu with special guest Ravyn Lenae
Erykah Badu
Ravyn Lenae
KAINA

The Kreutzer Project with The Knights
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, artistic director and conductor
Colin Jacobsen, artistic director and violin

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Evolution
Ruth Page Festival of Dance

Pianist Einav Yarden: Fantasies, Fugue, and Rondos
Einav Yarden, piano

Queen! featuring Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, and Garrett David
Metro and Smartbar 40th Anniversary at Ravinia
QUEEN!
featuring resident DJs Derrick Carter, Michael Serafini, and Garrett David
plus resident hosts Lucy Stoole, Nico, and JoJo Baby

Fiesta Ravinia: Dos Santos and Flor de Toloache
A FREE day-long celebration of Mexican culture

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet
Esteban Batallán, trumpet
John Hagstrom, trumpet
David Griffin, horn
Michael Mulcahy, trombone
Gene Pokorny, tuba

Ben Rosenblum Sextet

Pianist Geoffrey Duce: Fantasies and Rhapsodies Through the Ages
Geoffrey Duce, piano
