Giancarlo Guerrero is a six-time Grammy Award–winning conductor now in his 16th and final season as music director of the Nashville Symphony. During his tenure there, he commissioned and premiered nearly two dozen pieces and released 21 commercial recordings, garnering 13 Grammy nominations and six Grammy Awards. Guerrero serves as music director designate of Sarasota Orchestra in 2024–25 and becomes music director in the 2025–26 season.

Guerrero has been a frequent guest conductor in North America, performing with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and Houston Symphony. He made his San Francisco Symphony debut in February 2013.

With the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, where he served as music director for six seasons, Guerrero recorded the Billboard chart-topping album Bomsori: Violin on Stage for Deutsche Grammophon. He has also held posts as principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, music director of the Eugene Symphony, and associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra.

Born in Nicaragua, Guerrero immigrated during his childhood to Costa Rica, where he joined the local youth symphony. He studied percussion and conducting at Baylor University and earned his master’s degree in conducting at Northwestern. Guerrero is particularly engaged with conducting training orchestras and has worked with the Curtis School of Music, Colburn School, National Youth Orchestra, and Yale Philharmonia, as well as with the Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando program and Composer Lab and Workshop.

Lorelei Ensemble is internationally recognized for its bold, inventive programs championing the extraordinary flexibility and virtuosity of the human voice. Led by founder and artistic director Beth Willer, Lorelei has established an inspiring mission, curating culturally-relevant and artistically audacious programs that challenge artists’ and audiences’ expectations.

Lorelei Ensemble collaborates with leading composers, commissioning more than 65 new works that expand and deepen the repertoire of sounds, timbres, words, and stories that women use to reflect and challenge our world. This new repertoire for women’s and treble voices allows unparalleled music making that is born from the unique position of power and cultural influence that women hold. Collaborating composers include David Lang, Julia Wolfe, George Benjamin, Kati Agócs, Lisa Bielawa, Kareem Roustom, and Jessica Meyer.

Lorelei Ensemble maintains a robust national touring schedule, including recent collaborations with numerous major symphony orchestras across the United States, in addition to Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and performances at Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They make their San Francisco Symphony debut with these performances.

On the New Focus, Sono Luminus, Cantaloupe, and BMOP Sound labels, Lorelei has recorded the music of Kati Agócs, Peter Gilbert, James Kallembach, William Billings, Guillaume Du Fay, Alfred Schnittke, and many others. Recent releases include James Kallembach’s Antigone: The Writings of Sophie Scholl (New Focus Recordings), David Lang’s love fail (Cantaloupe), and Impermanence (Sono Luminus).

(July 2023)