The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director Stilian Kirov.
In Saturday’s (9/15) Chicago Tribune, Jessi Virtusio writes, “The Park Forest-based Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s opening night for its 2024-25 season features ‘Three Great American Symphonies’ on Sept. 21 … ‘More and more orchestras in the United States are discovering a lot of works from the past that haven’t been performed so much. It is part of our mission to do that as well,’ music director Stilian Kirov said. he said. ‘Three Great American Symphonies’ is a collaboration with American Music Project, a nonprofit … ‘It’s always exciting to present something to a new region or new demographic,’ said Kirov, who is also music director of Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra in California and interim artistic adviser and principal conductor for Southwest Florida Symphony.” The concert includes John Vincent’s Symphony in D, William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 3, and David Diamond’s Symphony No. 2. “The Still and Diamond works will be belated Midwest premieres…. The 47th season also includes traveling to Governors State University … for ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ … Carmon DeLeone returns for Rachmaninoff on Nov. 16 … the conductor laureate will lead the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time since 2011.” The article discusses the orchestra’s entire coming season.
