German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt leads the Grant Park Orchestra with Conductor and Artistic Director Carlos Kalmar in the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival with an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

Carlos Kalmar, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus leads the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival with a rousing Star Spangled Banner. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt leads the Grant Park Orchestra with Conductor and Artistic Director Carlos Kalmar in the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival with an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt leads the Grant Park Orchestra with Conductor and Artistic Director Carlos Kalmar in the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival with an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt leads the Grant Park Orchestra with Conductor and Artistic Director Carlos Kalmar in the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival with an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt leads the Grant Park Orchestra with Conductor and Artistic Director Carlos Kalmar in the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival with an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt gets an embrace from Carlos Kalmar, Conductor and Artistic Director of the Grant Park Orchestra after An Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 to lead off the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt gets an embrace from Carlos Kalmar, Conductor and Artistic Director of the Grant Park Orchestra after An Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 to lead off the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt finishes an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 with the Grant Park Orchestra and Principal Conductor, Carlos Kalmar to lead off the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt finishes an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 with the Grant Park Orchestra and Principal Conductor, Carlos Kalmar to lead off the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

Carlos Kalmar, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus leads the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival with a rousing Star Spangled Banner. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt finishes an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 with the Grant Park Orchestra and Principal Conductor, Carlos Kalmar to lead off the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt finishes an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 with the Grant Park Orchestra and Principal Conductor, Carlos Kalmar to lead off the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

German born Cellist, Alban Gerhardt finishes an Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 with the Grant Park Orchestra and Principal Conductor, Carlos Kalmar to lead off the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival at the Pritzker Pavilion, June 13, 2012. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

Carlos Kalmar, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus takes the applause from the audience at start of the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air music festival and a rousing Star Spangled Banner. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times

The audience at the Pritzker Pavilion before the start of the 78th Season of the free 10-week open-air Grant Park Music Festival in Millennium Park. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times