Giancarlo Guerrero has been the Nashville Symphony's music director since 2008. Under his direction, the symphony has risen in prominence and reputation, premiering important compositions and taking home 14 Grammy awards. Maestro Guerrero also helped guide the symphony through difficult times: The 2010 flood damaged the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, and the COVID-19 pandemic shut it down for an entire concert season.

Were it not for a revolution in his home country, Giancarlo's parents may have never moved the family to Costa Rica, where he joined a youth symphony that set him on a path that has taken him around the world many times over. When he leaves the Nashville Symphony at the end of the current season, his 17-year tenure will be the second-longest in the organization’s history. He plans to leave the orchestra in the best shape he possibly can.

Guest: Giancarlo Guerrero

Host: Demetria Kalodimos

Producers: Andrea Tudhope and Steve Haruch

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