Festival Artistic Direction: Christopher Bell, conductor, Carlos Kalmar, chorus director
Festival Conductors: Christopher Bell, Giancarlo Guerrero, Eric Jacobsen, Carlos Kalmar, Ludovic Morlot, Anthony Parnther, Byron Stripling, Lucas Waldin
Festival Artists: Rod Gilfry, baritone; Kevin Short, bass-baritone; Alban Gerhardt, Johannes Moser, cello; Lauren Decker, contralto; Kayleigh Decker, Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Irika Sargent, narrator;Stewart Goodyear, Garrick Ohlsson, Clayton Stephenson, piano; Jane Archibald, Maeve Hoglund, Katelyn Lee, Gemma Nha, Lindsey Reynolds, Karen Slack, soprano; Martin Bakari, John Matthew Myers, tenor; David Gordon, Byron Stripling, trumpet; Jeremy Black, Vadim Gluzman, Anne Akiko Meyers, Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Common, Dan Domenech, LaKisha Jones, Chloe Lowery, Sydney McSweeney, vocalist
Featured Groups: Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Children’s Choir
Orchestra Affiliation: Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus