Guerrero Leads Fandangos & Enigma Variations

Oct 15-17, 2026
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Overview Schedule Program Performers Extras

Overview

Few contemporary violin concertos have made a splash with audiences like Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, which won a 2024 Latin Grammy. Composed for Anne Akiko Meyers, this riotously colorful work is a salute to the Spanish dance form and its New World offshoots. Framing the program are Roberto Sierra’s contemporary meditation on two 18th-century fandangos and Elgar’s musical portraits of family and close friends — some tender, others gently mocking.

  • Venue
    Symphony Center
  • Price
    $39.00+
  • Length
    1 hour 50 minutes
  • Preconcert conversation
    Stephen Alltop
Schedule
Program
Sierra

Fandangos

Márquez

Fandango

Elgar

Enigma Variations

Extras

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Explore the music in a free preconcert conversation featuring Stephen Alltop in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The talk will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.

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