{"id":7758,"date":"2016-03-02T14:48:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=7758"},"modified":"2016-03-02T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T20:51:06","slug":"ravinia-announce-2016-line-includes-bob-dylan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=7758","title":{"rendered":"Ravinia Announce 2016 Line Up That Includes Bob Dylan, Hollywood Vampires &#038; Duran Duran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks Ravinia&#8217;s ?? return to live concert series and brings back some fan favorites as well as new acts that have never played the Highland park festival. Ravinia is the nation\u2019s most diverse music festival presents more than 140 events from June\u00a02 through September\u00a011, featuring the 80th-anniversary summer residency of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the highlights this year include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span data-mce-mark=\"1\"><strong>Classical artists include:<\/strong> Jean-Yves Thibaudet; Matthias Goerne; Gil Shaham; Joshua Bell and Chris Botti; Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma; Itzhak Perlman; Alisa Weilerstein; Lynn Harrell; Daniil Trifonov; Jeffrey Kahane; Zukerman Trio; Danielle de Niese; Midori;\u00a0<\/span><span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra; the Juilliard, Emerson, and Tak\u00e1cs String Quartets;\u00a0<\/span><span data-mce-mark=\"1\">and RSMI alumni in the Chiara, Avalon, and Ariel String Quartets<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong>Non-classical artists include<\/strong>\u00a0:Seal; Train and Andy Grammer; Bonnie Raitt;<br \/>\nHollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, and Johnny Depp; Billy Bob Thornton &amp;\u00a0The Boxmasters and Marty Stuart; Don Henley; Bryan Ferry; Barenaked Ladies;\u00a0Seth MacFarlane; Duran Duran; Buddy Guy and Jeff Beck; Tony Bennett; Patti LaBelle;\u00a0Phillip Phillips and Matt Nathanson; and Chris Cornell<\/p>\n<p>Legendary artists\u00a0<strong>Frankie Valli &amp; the Four Seasons<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a012),\u00a0<strong>Paul Simon<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a018), and\u00a0<strong>Diana Ross<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a027) make their Ravinia debuts this summer.\u00a0<strong>Bob Dylan<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a024) returns for the first time since 1964, when he was billed as \u201cRobert Dylan,\u201d with Chicago\u2019s own\u00a0<strong>Mavis Staples<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere remain a handful of artists whose style and careers seem so custom-built for Ravinia\u2019s environment that some people are amazed to discover they are making their festival debuts. This was certainly the case when I first booked Crosby, Stills &amp; Nash in 2010, and I predict it will be that way this summer for legends like Paul Simon and Frankie Valli,\u201d Kauffman said. \u201cYou can just picture them on our stage. They belong here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also among the nonclassical artists making their Ravinia debuts this summer are\u00a0<strong>Duran Duran<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>CHIC featuring Nile Rodgers<\/strong>\u00a0(July 8\/9); as seen on the recent Grammy Awards, the\u00a0<strong>Hollywood Vampires<\/strong>, comprising\u00a0<strong>Alice Cooper<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Joe Perry<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Johnny Depp<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a017);\u00a0<strong>Billy Bob Thornton &amp; The Boxmasters<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Marty Stuart<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a02);\u00a0<strong>Barenaked Ladies<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Howard Jones<\/strong>\u00a0in his second visit (June\u00a09);\u00a0<strong>The Commodores<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a023);\u00a0<strong>Shawn Mullins<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a01);\u00a0<strong>Neil Finn<\/strong>\u00a0of Crowded House with\u00a0<strong>Guster<\/strong>, similarly making its second appearance (July\u00a07);\u00a0<strong>Chris Cornell<\/strong>\u00a0of Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog (July\u00a03); guitarist\u00a0<strong>Jeff Beck<\/strong>\u00a0on a double bill with festival favorite\u00a0<strong>Buddy Guy<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a031);\u00a0<strong>Bryan Ferry<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a06);\u00a0<strong>Mariachi Flor de Toloache<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a05); and\u00a0<strong>Katharine McPhee<\/strong>, star of TV\u2019s\u00a0<em>Smash<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Scorpion<\/em>, opening for the return of\u00a0<em>Family Guy<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Seth MacFarlane<\/strong>\u00a0with the Ravinia Festival Orchestra (June\u00a022).<\/p>\n<p>Ravinia is proud to welcome the following classical artists making their debuts at the festival.\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Ensembles<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Ariel Quartet<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a030),\u00a0<strong>Avalon String Quartet<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a031),\u00a0<strong>Chiara String Quartet<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a07\/8),\u00a0<strong>Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a011);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Conductors<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Mei-Ann Chen<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a016),<strong>Cristian M\u0103celaru<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a012\/13),\u00a0<strong>Vasily Petrenko<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a020),\u00a0<strong>Ben Gernon<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a026),\u00a0<strong>Gustavo Gimeno<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a02),\u00a0<strong>Kirill Karabits<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a05),\u00a0<strong>George Hanson<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a012), and\u00a0<strong>George Daugherty<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a011);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Vocalists<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Klea Blackhurst<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a017) and\u00a0<strong>Ryan VanDenBoom<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a017);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Sopranos<\/span>:<strong>Delaram Kamareh<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a010),\u00a0<strong>Ying Fang<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a023), and\u00a0<strong>Danielle de Niese<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a04);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Mezzo-soprano<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Karen Cargill<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a023);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Bass-baritone<\/span>:<strong>Stephen Bryant<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a010);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Violinists<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Shalini Vijayan<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a010) and\u00a0<strong>Alejandro Loguercio<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a019);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Cellists<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Cecilia Tsan<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a010),<strong>Christoph Richter<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a06),\u00a0<strong>Adolfo Guti\u00e9rrez Arenas<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a016), and the\u00a0<strong>Juilliard String Quartet<\/strong>\u2019s incoming member,\u00a0<strong>Astrid Schween<\/strong>(June\u00a027);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Double bassist<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Roberto Koch<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a019);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Pianists<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Shani Diluka<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a010),\u00a0<strong>Julia Hsu<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a022),\u00a0<strong>George Li<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a024),\u00a0<strong>Paul Lewis<\/strong>(Aug.\u00a05),\u00a0<strong>Christopher Park<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a016),\u00a0<strong>Michael Abramovich<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a019),\u00a0<strong>Lucas Debargue<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a025),\u00a0<strong>Lindsay Garritson<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a030),\u00a0<strong>Ran Dank<\/strong>(Sept.\u00a01),\u00a0<strong>Joseph Moog<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a03),\u00a0<strong>Dmitri Levkovich<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a04), and\u00a0<strong>Simon Savoy<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a06);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Guitarists<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Reentko Dirks<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a019) and\u00a0<strong>Jason Vieaux<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a02);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Harpist<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Yolanda Kondonassis<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a02);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Accordionist<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Ksenija Sidorova<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a019);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Percussionists<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Theresa Dimond<\/strong>(June\u00a010),\u00a0<strong>John Wakefield<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a010), and\u00a0<strong>Itamar Doari<\/strong>(Aug.\u00a019);\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Sound engineer<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Yuanlin Chen<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a010); and\u00a0<span data-mce-mark=\"1\">Actor<\/span>:\u00a0<strong>Jack Gilpin<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a030).<\/p>\n<p>Ravinia looks forward to welcoming back\u00a0<strong>Train<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Andy Grammer<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a026\/27);\u00a0<strong>Seal<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a028);\u00a0<strong>Bonnie Raitt<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a03);\u00a0<strong>Los Tigres del Norte<\/strong>(Sept.\u00a05);\u00a0<strong>Tony Bennett<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a015);\u00a0<strong>Patti LaBelle<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a023);\u00a0<strong>O.A.R.<\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a04);\u00a0<strong>Don Henley<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a014\/15);<strong>Indigo Girls<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a01);\u00a0<strong>Steve Miller Band<\/strong>(July\u00a02);\u00a0<strong>Chick Corea<\/strong>, with his trio and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and\u00a0<strong>Lisa Fischer<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a04);\u00a0<strong>Phillip Phillips<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Matt Nathanson<\/strong>(July\u00a010);\u00a0<strong>Ladysmith Black Mambazo<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Sweet Honey in the Rock<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a011);\u00a0<strong>Lyle Lovett &amp; his Large Band<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Emmylou Harris<\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a018); and\u00a0<strong>War<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Los Lonely Boys<\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a011).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-mce-mark=\"1\">TRIBUTE CONCERTS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several Ravinia events will celebrate the lives and art of music\u2019s brightest lights.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Gershwin Experience\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(June\u00a011): Pianist\u00a0<strong>Richard Glazier<\/strong>, whose music journey \u201cFrom Broadway to Hollywood\u201d was one of last year\u2019s fast-selling concerts, returns with his musical storytelling style to essay the works of George Gershwin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tribute to Jazz Greats<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a019): Creating the perfect Father\u2019s Day outing, jazz giants\u00a0<strong>Ramsey Lewis<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>John Pizzarelli<\/strong>\u00a0salute the late, great jazz pianist and velvet-voiced singer Nat \u201cKing\u201d Cole. On the same program, renowned pianist\u00a0<strong>Monty Alexander<\/strong>\u00a0makes his Ravinia debut with a tribute to one of the festival\u2019s all-time favorites, Tony Bennett (who returns to Ravinia on Aug.\u00a013). This concert also celebrates the next generation of jazz talent by welcoming the Grammy-nominated 12-year-old piano wunderkind\u00a0<strong>Joey Alexander<\/strong>\u00a0for his first performance on the Pavilion stage after making his Ravinia debut in Bennett Gordon Hall last summer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration<\/strong>\u00a0(June\u00a026): Singer-songwriter and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band\u00a0<strong>Warren Haynes<\/strong>\u00a0evokes the style and sound of the late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia with a symphonic dimension provided by the Ravinia Festival Orchestra.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Over the Moon<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(July\u00a019): Billed as \u201can orchestra of voices,\u201d the Grammy-winning male chorus\u00a0<strong>Chanticleer<\/strong>\u00a0performs an evening of classic songs and new works in praise and awe of the Moon\u2014everything from the Sinatra standard \u201cFly Me to the Moon\u201d and Henry Mancini\u2019s timeless \u201cMoon River\u201d to Nico Muhly\u2019s\u00a0<em>Pierrot Lunaire<\/em>, written just for them.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>You\u2019re the Top: Cole Porter\u2019s 125th Birthday Celebration<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a017): Pianist\u00a0<strong>Kevin Cole<\/strong>, fresh off his heartfelt tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at Ravinia last summer, returns with the\u00a0<strong>Chicago Symphony Orchestra<\/strong>\u00a0as host and pianist to honor one of the wittiest songwriters of all time. The program also features singers\u00a0<strong>Klea Blackhurst<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Sylvia McNair<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Ryan VanDenBoom<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>David Alan Miller<\/strong>\u00a0conducting.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim<\/em><\/strong>(Aug.\u00a018): The singer who gave Stephen Sondheim his biggest chart-topping hit with \u201cSend in the Clowns,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Judy Collins<\/strong>\u00a0devotes an entire evening to the works of her favorite composer with the\u00a0<strong>Passenger String Quartet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Something About Oscar<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Aug.\u00a029):Singer\/dancer\/actor\u00a0<strong>Morris Gearring<\/strong>\u00a0celebrates his friend and mentor, Chicago jazz great Oscar Brown Jr., in this one-man show on the $10 BGH Classics series.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Bowie\u2014The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(Sept.\u00a09):\u00a0<strong>Classic Albums Live<\/strong>, known for its pitch-perfect, note-by-note re-creations of rock\u2019s all-time most important records, will give a faithful performance of David Bowie\u2019s fifth studio album, which tells the story of the fictitious rock star Ziggy Stardust. The group will end the show with a sample of other Bowie hits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">From Ravinia, Longtime, former music director James Levine returns for the first time in over two decades\u00a0to conduct Mahler\u2019s Second Symphony, as he did at his Ravinia debut 45 years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Eight conductors make their Ravinia debuts, and four of those make their CSO debuts, including Kirill Karabits, Gustavo Gimeno, George Hanson, and Ben Gernon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Legends Paul Simon, Diana Ross, and Frankie Valli &amp; the Four Seasons among 74 Ravinia debuts; Bob Dylan returns for the first time since 1964.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Ten premieres include the first violin concerto by Wynton Marsalis, co-commissioned by Ravinia, and Tan Dun\u2019s\u00a0<em>Water Passion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Stravinsky\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Firebird<\/em>\u00a0named \u201cOne Score, One Chicago\u201d selection as Ravinia co-commissions dramatic new staging from the puppeteers behind Broadway\u2019s\u00a0<em>War Horse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Orchestras perform scores live as Ravinia shows the complete films\u00a0<em>Titanic<\/em>, <em>The Planets: An HD Odyssey<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">A series of vocal programs, including Rachmaninoff\u2019s \u201cVespers,\u201d\u00a0celebrates the centennial of master choral director Robert Shaw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Tributes to David Bowie, Oscar Brown Jr., Nat \u201cKing\u201d Cole, Jerry Garcia, and Stephen Sondheim are featured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Fourteen chamber programs explore \u201ccomplete\u201d works by Haydn, Bach, and Bart\u00f3k\u00a0and launch a three-year cycle of Beethoven\u2019s piano sonatas by Jonathan Biss.<\/p>\n<p>The first event kicks off Thursday, June 2nd 2016. \u00a0It will be the Ruth Page Festival of Dance feature Concert Dance Inc. \u00a0The first concert will be Thursday, June 9th 2016 and will be The Bare Naked Ladies featuring OMD and Howard Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The season lasts concert will be\u00a0Sept 7th, 2016. \u00a0The final live performance will be Complete Bartok String Quartets and will perform 2 show back to back.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the 2016 concert season including tickets and show times, click <a href=\"https:\/\/ravinia.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks Ravinia&#8217;s ?? return to live concert series and brings back some fan favorites as well as new acts that have never played the Highland park festival. 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