Hunter Pavilion & 90th Residency Grand Opening
Marin Alsop, conductor / Yunchan Lim, piano
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DateJuly 11, 2026
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VenueHunter Pavilion
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Event Starts6:00 PM
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Donor Gates3:30 PM
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Public Gates4:00 PM
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Ticket Prices$35–$144
All tickets show the “all-in” price, fees included. Availability and prices are subject to change.
Reserved Seat Ticket: $144
Reserved Block Ticket: $101
Price per person; must reserve full block of 2, 4, or 6
General Admission Ticket: $35
Special pricing for guests ages 15 and under: More Info
Lawn Admission Ticket: More Info
All guests need a ticket for park admission, regardless of age
Wintrust Chair & Table Rental Reservation
About the Performance
An international star as the youngest-ever Van Cliburn Competition winner, Yunchan Lim returns to Ravinia for the highly anticipated Grand Opening of the Hunter Pavilion, adding gleams of Art Deco style as he performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major. Joined by the CSO and Marin Alsop, the “one-in-a-million talent” (Dallas Morning News) performs Ravel’s classic, a work brimming with Parisian jazz, Basque soulfulness, and American spirit.
Marking Ravinia’s 60th Gala Evening and the 90th CSO Opening Night, the event illuminates the festival’s legacy of artistic excellence, celebrating decades of unforgettable performances while opening a bold new chapter on the Hunter Pavilion stage.
Alsop brings her own fanfare to the grand opening, proclaiming this stage “the best of all possible worlds” with Bernstein’s Candide Overture and giving the pavilion its flowers with the concert suite of Strauss’s Rosenkavalier.
Woven around this concert are spotlights on our Reach Teach Play programs and the access to music they create, and our Women’s Board hosts the Gala before and after the performance to raise funds for Ravinia and these initiatives.
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yunchan Lim, piano
Program
Program to include:
Leonard BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
Maurice RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
Richard STRAUSS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, TrV 227d (arr. Artur RODZIŃSKI)
–No Intermission–