Guerrero Leads Fandangos & Enigma Variations

Hear Márquez’s Fandango played by Anne Akiko Meyers — for whom it was written — along with another fandango and a touching series of musical portraits by Elgar.Program Show/Hide Sierra Fandangos Márquez Fandango Elgar Enigma VariationsPerformers Show/Hide Chicago Symphony Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero conductor Anne Akiko Meyers violin Few contemporary violin concertos have made a splash with audiences like Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, which won a 2024 Latin Grammy. Composed for Anne Akiko Meyers, this riotously colorful work is a salute to the Spanish dance form and its New World offshoots. Framing the program are Roberto Sierra’s contemporary meditation on two 18th-century fandangos and Elgar’s musical portraits of family and close friends — some tender, others gently mocking.