Giancarlo Guerrero

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Giancarlo Guerrero
Born
Managua, Nicaragua
NationalityCosta Rican
Education Baylor University
Northwestern University
OccupationConductor
SpouseShirley Guerrero [1]
Children2 daughters

Giancarlo Guerrero (born 1969) is a Costa Rican orchestra conductor, born in Nicaragua. He is currently music director of the Nashville Symphony and music director-designate of the Sarasota Orchestra, and artistic director and principal conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival. Guerrero was formerly music director of the Wrocław Philharmonic at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland and principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra.

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Biography

Guerrero was born in Managua, Nicaragua. [2] He emigrated to Costa Rica, [3] where he joined the Costa Rica Youth Symphony and the Costa Rican National Symphony Orchestra. [2] He graduated from Baylor University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1991, and he earned a master's degree from Northwestern University. [2] [4]

Guerrero was music director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela. [2] From 1999 to 2004, he was the associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, [5] where he made his subscription debut in March 2000 leading the world premiere of John Corigliano's Phantasmagoria on the Ghosts of Versailles. He was the music director of the Eugene Symphony from 2001 to 2008. [5] In June 2004, Guerrero was awarded the Helen M. Thompson Award by the American Symphony Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding achievement among young conductors nationwide. [5]

Guerrero became the seventh music director of the Nashville Symphony at the beginning of its 2009–2010 season. [6] He has also served as principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon. [7] From 2011 to 2016, he was the principal guest conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency. In June 2023, Guerrero announced his intention to conclude his tenure as music director of the Nashville Symphony at the close of the 2024-2025 season. [8]

An advocate of new music and contemporary composers, Guerrero has collaborated with and championed the works of American composers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Roberto Sierra, [5] Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Michael Daugherty, and Roberto Sierra. His first recording with the Nashville Symphony, on Naxos, of Michael Daugherty's Metropolis Symphony and Deux Ex Machina, won three 2011 Grammy Awards, including the category of Best Orchestral Performance. [9] In 2018, Guerrero won his sixth GRAMMY Award for a recording of music by Jennifer Higdon. [10]

In 2017, he became music director of the Wroclaw Philharmonic at the National Forum of Music. [11] He concluded his NFM Wrocław Philharmonic tenure at the close of the 2023-2024 season. [12]

In January 2024, Guerrero first guest-conducted the Sarasota Orchestra. In August 2024, the Sarasota Orchestra announced the appointment of Guerrero as its next music director, effective with the 2025-2026 season, with an initial contract of five seasons. He is scheduled to take the title of music director-designate for the 2024-2025 season. [13]

In July 2024, Guerrero first guest-conducted at the Grant Park Music Festival. [14] In October 2024, the Grant Park Music Festival announced the appointment of Guerrero as its next artistic director and principal conductor, with immediate effect, with an initial contract of three seasons. [15]

Guerrero resides in Brentwood, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, with his wife, Shirley, and their two daughters. [3] [16]

Awards

Guerrero has won six Grammy Awards in his career: [17]

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