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Giancarlo Guerrero
Born
Managua, Nicaragua
NationalityCosta Rican
EducationBaylor University
Northwestern University
OccupationConductor
SpouseShirley Guerrero[1]
Children2 daughters

Giancarlo Guerrero (born 1969) is a Costa Rican orchestra conductor, born in Nicaragua. He is the music director of the Nashville SymphonyinNashville, Tennessee. Guerrero is also Music Director of the Wrocław Philharmonic at the National Forum of MusicinWrocław, Poland and has served as principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal. He was formerly the associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and the music director of the Eugene Symphony. He has won six Grammy Awards.

Early life

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Guerrero was born in Managua, Nicaragua.[2] He emigrated to Costa Rica,[3] where he joined the Costa Rica Youth Symphony and the Costa Rican National Symphony Orchestra.[2] He graduated from Baylor University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1991, and he earned a master's degree from Northwestern University.[2][4]

Career

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Guerrero was music director of the Táchira Symphony Orchestra in Venezuela.[2] From 1999 to 2004, he was the associate conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra,[5] where he made his subscription debut in March 2000 leading the world premiere of John Corigliano's Phantasmagoria on the Ghosts of Versailles. He was the music director of the Eugene Symphony from 2001 to 2008.[5] In June 2004, Guerrero was awarded the Helen M. Thompson Award by the American Symphony Orchestra League, which recognizes outstanding achievement among young conductors nationwide.[5]

Guerrero became the seventh music director of the Nashville Symphony at the beginning of its 2009–2010 season.[6] He has also served as principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.[7] From 2011 to 2016, he was the principal guest conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami Residency. In June 2023, Guerrero announced his intention to conclude his tenure as music director of the Nashville Symphony at the close of the 2024-2025 season.[8]

An advocate of new music and contemporary composers, Guerrero has collaborated with and championed the works of American composers, including John Adams, John Corigliano, Osvaldo Golijov, Roberto Sierra,[5] Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Jay Kernis, Michael Daugherty, and Roberto Sierra. His first recording with the Nashville Symphony, on Naxos, of Michael Daugherty's Metropolis Symphony and Deux Ex Machina, won three 2011 Grammy Awards, including the category of Best Orchestral Performance.[9] In 2018, Guerrero won his sixth GRAMMY Award for a recording of music by Jennifer Higdon.[10]

In 2017, he became music director of the Wroclaw Philharmonic at the National Forum of Music.[11] He is scheduled to conclude his NFM Wrocław Philharmonic tenure at the close of the 2023-2024 season.[12]

Personal life

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Guerrero resides in Brentwood, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, with his wife, Shirley, and their two daughters.[3][13]

Awards

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Guerrero has won six Grammy Awards in his career:[14]

References

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  1. ^ Klingbajl, Natalia. "NFM National Forum of Music". nfm.wroclaw.pl/en/ensembles/nfm-symphony-orchestra. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  • ^ a b c d Goodrich, Terry (February 13, 2017). "Baylor Music Grad Giancarlo Guerrero Wins Multiple Grammy Awards". Baylor University. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  • ^ a b Burch, Bonnie (September 24, 2008). "Meet and greet Nashville Symphony's new maestro. Guerrero throws support behind his new hometown library". The Tennessean. p. U9. Retrieved February 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Bienen School faculty, alumnus win Grammy Awards". Bienen School of Music. Northwestern University. January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  • ^ a b c d Reichel, Edward (March 2, 2010). "Guerrero to substitute for ill conductor". Deseret News. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  • ^ Kevin Shihoten (September 7, 2007). "Nashville Symphony Appoints Music Director". Playbill Arts. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  • ^ "Giancarlo Guerrero appointed principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra". The Tennessean. November 16, 2017.
  • ^ Cole Villena (June 1, 2023). "Giancarlo Guerrero to Step Down as Nashville Symphony Music Director". Nashville Scene. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  • ^ "53rd Annual GRAMMY Winners Announced: Daugherty wins three". boosey.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  • ^ "Costa Rican Giancarlo Guerrero Wins 2 Grammy awards | The Costa Rican Times". costaricantimes.com. January 29, 2018.
  • ^ "NFM website (in Polish)". Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  • ^ "Christoph Eschenbach is the new Artistic Director of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic" (Press release). NFM Wrocław Philharmonic. January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  • ^ "New conductor is country fan". The Tennessean. January 22, 2008. p. A3. Retrieved February 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Giancarlo Guerrero". GRAMMY.com. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
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    Cultural offices
    Preceded by

    Miguel Harth-Bedoya

    Music Director, Eugene Symphony
    2002-2009
    Succeeded by

    Danail Rachev

    Preceded by

    Kenneth Schermerhorn

    Music Director, Nashville Symphony
    2009-present
    Succeeded by

    incumbent

    Preceded by

    Benjamin Shwartz

    Music Director, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
    2017-present
    Succeeded by

    incumbent


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