Publications & Sites 
Ravinia Festival 2012
James Conlon conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Updated: March 27, 2012 12:39PM
JUNE
Ruth Page Festival of Dance, Concert Dance Inc. June 7 and 8, 7:30 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Ticket & dining package $40/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Earth, Wind & Fire with Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Guiding Lights Tour 2012. June 9, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $75/Lawn $33**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Iron & Wine+ featuring special guest Dr. John. June 10, 7 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $55/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Steans Music Institute Jazz Showcase. June 15, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Al Green + Chicago Children’s Choir. June 15, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $60/Lawn $16**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Fifth House Ensemble.+ June 16, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Jimmy Cliff.+ June 17, 7 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $60/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Miriam Fried, violin, Pamela Frank, violin, Kim Kashkashian, viola, Paul Biss, viola, Ralph Kirshbaum, cello, Leon Fleisher, piano. June 21, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Nnenna Freelon, Tribute to Lena Horne. June 22, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $75/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, live national broadcast. June 23, 4:45 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $65-$35/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Philip Glass at 75: Philip Glass, piano, Timothy Fain, violin. June 23, 8 p.m. —Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
An Evening of Bluegrass and Comedy: Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers. June 24, 7 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $80/Lawn $27**/Ticket & dining package $90/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Radio Music Society, Esperanza Spalding.+ June 25, 8 p.m. —Pavilion. Tickets: $55/Lawn $22**/Ticket & dining package $65/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Brian Kellow, Opera News and Welz Kauffman, Ravinia President and CEO, Lunch Discussion. June 26, Noon—Dining Pavilion. Tickets: $60/Park opens at 11:30 a.m.
Steans Music Institute Master Class, Menahem Pressler, piano. June 26, 2 p.m. —Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Zukerman Chamber Players. June 26, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens 5 p.m.
Go Brazil! Ramsey Lewis and His Electric Band, Sergio Mendes. June 27, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $65/Lawn $22**/Ticket & dining package $70/Park opens at 5 p.m. Concert features dance floor on the lawn/6th Annual Women’s Board Dance Contest.
The Goodbye Tour: Glen Campbell+ Ronnie Milsap. June 28, 8 p.m. —Pavilion. Tickets: $60/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Piano and Strings Concert, June 29, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Colbie Caillat, Gavin DeGraw.+ June 29, 7 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $55/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Piano and Strings Concert. June 30, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Sarah McLachlan+ with orchestra. June 30, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Ravinia Ultimate Picnic Contest sponsored by Terlato Wines. Tickets: $75/Lawn $33**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
JULY
Piano and Strings Concert. July 1, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Jake Shimabukuro+ with A Far Cry+ (chamber orchestra). July 1, 7 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $45/Lawn $16/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Tribute to Kate Smith: Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano, Craig Terry, piano. July 2, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Midori, violin. July 3, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $75/Lawn $10/July 3 & 5 reserved ticket package $125/Park opens at 5 p.m.
All-American Program: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Steven Reineke, conductor,+ Ashley Brown, vocalist.+ July 4, 5 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Steans Music Institute Master Class, Gary Hoffman, cello. July 5, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Midori, violin. July 5, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $75/Lawn $10/ July 3 & 5 reserved ticket package $125/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Emerson String Quartet. July 6, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Kraft Great Kids Concert: Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, George Stelluto, conductor. July 7, 11 a.m.—Pavilion. Noon-1 p.m.: “Instrument petting zoo” in the Martin Theatre Plaza. Tickets: $10/Lawn $5/Park opens at 10 a.m.
Piano and Strings Preview Concert. July 7, 5:30 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE with paid ticket for evening concert.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor.+ July 7, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Piano and Strings Concert. July 8, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Idina Menzel, vocalist,+ Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Marvin Hamlisch, conductor. July 8, 5 p.m.—Pavilion. 3-4:30 p.m. Family Space on the north lawn (music-related crafts, storytelling, and “instrument petting zoo”). 3:30 p.m. Ravinia Wine Club, Ticket & club package pavilion $100/Lawn $20. Tickets: $90/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Angel Romero, guitar. July 8, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Santana. + July 9, 7:30 p.m. —Pavilion. Tickets: $100/Lawn $38**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Piano and Strings Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. July 9, 8 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Steans Music Institute Master Class, Ida Kavafian, violin. July 10, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall Admission: FREE
An Evening with Natalie Merchant,+ Ravinia Festival Orchestra. July 10, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $50/Lawn $22**/Ticket & dining package $65/Park opens at 5 p.m.
The Blues Brothers starring Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi and The Sacred Hearts.+ July 11, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $70/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Benedetti, Elschenbroich, Grynyuk Trio. July 12, 8 p.m. —Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Piano and Strings Preview Concert. July 13, 5:30 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE with paid ticket for evening concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor, Nicola Benedetti, violin,+ Leonard Elschenbroich, cello. July 13, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Ralph’s World, Kraft Great Kids Concert. July 14, 11 a.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $15/Lawn $5/Park opens at 10 a.m.
Piano and Strings Preview Concert. July 14, 5:30 p.m. —Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE with paid ticket for evening concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor, Erik Schumann, violin. July 14, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $45/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Piano and Strings Concert. July 15, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Barbara Cook’s 85th Birthday: Barbara Cook, vocalist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kaufman, conductor.+ July 15, 5 p.m.—Pavilion. 3:30 p.m. Ravinia Wine Club, Ticket & club package pavilion $100-$60/Lawn $20. Tickets: $90-$50/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Piano and Strings Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute. July 16, 8 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No lawn sales/Ticket & dining package $40/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Matthias Goerne, baritone, Christoph Eschenbach, piano. July 16, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $75/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Diana Krall, July 17, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $80/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Tedeschi Trucks Band.+ July 18, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $55/Lawn $27**/Ticket & dining package $65/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Piano and Strings Preview Concert. July 19, 5:30 p.m. —Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE with paid ticket for evening concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor, Janai Brugger, soprano. July 19, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
BoDeans. July 20, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $55/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Gala Benefit Evening Benefiting Ravinia’s REACH*TEACH*PLAY Education Programs; 50th anniversary of the Women’s Board of Ravinia Festival; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; James Conlon, conductor ,^ Rob Fisher, guest conductor, # Patricia Racette, soprano,~ Patti LuPone, vocalist. July 21, 7 p.m.—Pavilion. Cocktail Reception. Tickets: $100-$70/Lawn $10/Park opens at 4 p.m./The concert will have no intermission. For more information on the benefit dinner, contact gala@ravinia.org.
Piano and Strings Postlude Concert, July 21, Postlude Concert—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE with paid ticket for evening concert
Seal.+ July 22, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $80/Lawn $33**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra String Players, James Conlon, conductor, Rachel Schutz, soprano.+ July 23, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Tokyo String Quartet. July 24, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m. Tickets: $90-$50/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Joshua Bell, violin, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor. July 25, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $90-$50/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor. July 26, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $45/Park opens at 5 p.m.
James Taylor, July 27 and July 28, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $115/Lawn $33**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Steans Music Institute Program for Singers Master Class, James Conlon. July 28, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Vocal Concert. July 29, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Denis Matsuev, piano, all-Tchaikovsky program, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor. July 29, 5 p.m.—Pavilion. 3-4:30 p.m. Family Space on the north lawn (music-related crafts, storytelling, and “instrument petting zoo”). 3 p.m. Cannon Ball 2012, free pre-concert party for teens. 3:30 p.m. Ravinia Wine Club, Ticket & club package pavilion $80-$50/Lawn $20. Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Misha Dichter, piano, Cipa Dichter, piano. July 29, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Denis Matsuev, piano, all-Russian program. July 30, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
One Score, One Chicago: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Axelrod, conductor, Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Gabriela Montero, piano. July 31, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m. Video screen on the lawn.
AUGUST
Miriam Fried, violin, Jonathan Biss, piano. Aug. 1, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Vocal Preview Concert. Aug. 2, 5:45 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE with paid ticket for evening concert
Nicole Cabell, soprano, Sean Botkin, piano,+ all-Rachmaninoff program: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, conductor.+ Aug. 2, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/ Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Crosby, Stills & Nash. Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $80/Lawn $33**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist, John Pizzarelli Quartet, A Tribute to Harold Arlen, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ted Sperling, conductor. Aug. 5, 5 p.m.—Pavilion. 3-4:30 p.m. Family Space on the north lawn (music-related crafts, storytelling, and “instrument petting zoo”). Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Martinez-Urioste-Brey Piano Trio. Aug. 5, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 3 p.m.
Vocal Artists from Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, All-French program. Aug. 6, 8 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Ticket & dining package $40/Park opens at 6 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, all-French program, James Conlon, conductor, Jean Yves Thibaudet, piano. Aug. 7, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Yefim Bronfman, piano, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor. Aug. 8, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $70-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Gerald Finley, baritone, Kevin Murphy, piano. Aug. 9, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Steans Music Institute Master Class, Gerald Finley, baritone. Aug. 10, 2 p.m. —Bennett Gordon Hall Admission: FREE
Train. Aug. 11, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $65/Lawn $33**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Steans Music Institute Master Class, Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano. Aug. 12, 2 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Admission: FREE
Train. Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m. —Pavilion. Tickets: $65/Lawn $33**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Vocal Artists, program to include songs by American composers. Aug. 13, 8 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Ticket & dining package $40/Park opens at 6 p.m.
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano, Kevin Murphy, piano. Aug. 14, 8:30 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $90/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Vladimir Feltsman, piano. Aug. 15, 8:30 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
The Passion of Romantic Music, the Mystique of the Paganini Legend, the Magic of Variations, Jade Simmons, piano.+ Aug. 16, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (“The Magic Flute”), Michael York, narrator, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, James Conlon, conductor. Aug. 16, 7 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $80/Lawn $10/Park opens at 4 p.m.
David Greilsammer, piano. Aug. 17, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Mozart: “Idomeneo,” Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, James Conlon, conductor. Aug. 17, 7 p.m. —Martin Theatre. Tickets: $80/Lawn $10/Park opens at 4 p.m.
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (“The Magic Flute”), Michael York, narrator, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, James Conlon, conductor. Aug. 18, 1 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $80/Lawn $10/Park opens at 12 p.m.
Zuill Bailey, cello, Awadagin Pratt, piano, all-Brahms program. Aug.18, 6:30 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5:30 p.m.
Tony Bennett. Aug.18, 8:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $91/Lawn $28**/Park opens at 5:30 p.m.
Mozart: “Idomeneo,” Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, James Conlon, conductor. Aug. 19, 1 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $80/Lawn $10/Park opens at 12 p.m.
Daniil Trifonov, piano.+ Aug. 19, 6:30 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5:30 p.m.
Happy 100th Birthday Woody Guthrie: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Arlo Guthrie. Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $55/Lawn $22**/Park opens at 5:30 p.m.
Soloists from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor. Aug. 20, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $75/Park opens at 5 p.m.
River North Dance Chicago, Kraft Great Kids Concert. Aug. 21, 1 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $10/Lawn $5/Park opens at noon
River North Dance Chicago. Aug. 21, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $45/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Sara Davis Buechner, piano. Aug. 21, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/ Ticket & dining package $40/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Wolfgang Schmidt, cello,+ Marta Aznavoorian, piano. Aug. 22, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
The Dukes of September: Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald,+ Boz Scaggs. Aug. 22, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $85/Lawn $27**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Rachel Barton Pine, violin. Aug. 23, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Breakfast in America with the Legendary Voice of Supertramp: Roger Hodgson.+ Aug. 23, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $55/Lawn $16**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Lincoln Trio, Masumi Per Rostad, viola,+ Yuan-Qing Yu, violin. Aug. 24, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Reginald Robinson, jazz/stride/ragtime piano.+ Aug. 25, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Inon Barnatan, piano.+ Aug. 26, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Sean Botkin, piano, all-Rachmaninoff program. Aug. 28, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Momix, Ruth Page Festival of Dance. Aug. 28, 8 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $45/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $60/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Duran Duran.+ Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $85/Lawn $38**/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Behzod Abduraimov, piano.+ Aug. 31, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
SEPTEMBER
Orion Weiss, piano. Sept. 3, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Johannes Moser, cello,+ Orion Weiss, piano. Sept. 4, 6 p.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Juilliard String Quartet. Sept. 6, 8 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $60-$40/Lawn $10/Park opens at 5 p.m.
The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor, Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Sept. 7, 8 p.m. —Martin Theatre. Tickets: $75/Lawn $15/Sept. 7, 8, 9 reserved ticket package $150/Park opens at 5 p.m.
Ruth Page Civic Ballet, Kraft Great Kids Concert. Sept. 8, 11 a.m.—Bennett Gordon Hall. Tickets: $10/No Lawn Sales/Park opens at 10 a.m.
The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor, Itzhak Perlman, violin. Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m.—Pavilion. Tickets: $75/Lawn $15/Sept. 7, 8, 9 reserved ticket package $150/Park opens at 5 p.m.
The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor, Dawn Upshaw, soprano. Sept. 9, 7 p.m.—Martin Theatre. Tickets: $75/Lawn $10/Sept. 7, 8, 9 reserved ticket package $150/Park opens at 4 p.m.
