Giancarlo Guerrero has been appointed music director of Florida’s Sarasota Orchestra. Photo by Lukasz Rajchert.
In Thursday’s (8/22) Observer (Sarasota, Florida), Monica Roman Gagnier writes, “After a two-year search, Sarasota Orchestra has named Grammy Award-winning conductor Giancarlo Guerrero the seventh music director in its 75-year history. Guerrero, who currently is music director of the Nashville Symphony, succeeds Bramwell Tovey, who died in July 2022. Guerrero will serve as music director designate during the 2024-25 season as he completes his 16th season in Nashville before officially taking the baton at Sarasota Orchestra in its 2025-26 season…. Guerrero said he fell in love with Sarasota when he came in January as a guest conductor for a Masterworks concert featuring Mahler’s ‘Titan’ Symphony and Marimba Concerto by Grammy winner Kevin Puts … Guerrero collaborated with the Nashville Symphony to premiere over two dozen new works and release 21 commercial albums … The recordings received 13 Grammy nominations and six Grammy awards…. Guerrero recently completed a six-season tenure as music director of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic…. Guerrero joins the Sarasota Orchestra as it embarks on an ambitious plan to build a new music center…. Guerrero said his job is to attract everyone in the community to the orchestra.”
