Spain and Portugal
Giancarlo Guerrero is a six-time GRAMMY® Award-winning conductor whose imaginative programming and “curatorial and interpretive creativity” (Chicago Tribune) draw out of his orchestras “exceptionally powerful and enchanting performances” (BBC Music Magazine).
The 2024-25 season marks Guerrero’s sixteenth and final season as Music Director of the Nashville Symphony, with whom he commissioned and premiered nearly two dozen pieces and released twenty-one commercial recordings, garnering thirteen GRAMMY® nominations and six GRAMMY® Awards. Guerrero will serve 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, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and the orchestras of Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Montréal, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and Houston. Internationally he has led orchestras in Germany, London, Spain, Portugal, France, Brazil, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Australia.
Guerrero made several recordings with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic – where he served as Music Director for six seasons – including the Billboard chart-topping Bomsori: Violin on Stage on Deutsche Grammophon. He has also held posts as Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, Miami Residency and the Gulbenkian Symphony in Lisbon; 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 in Los Angeles, National Youth Orchestra (NYO2), and Yale Philharmonia, as well as Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando program and biannual Composer Lab & Workshop for young and emerging composers.
