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.