| Thursday, July 01, 2010 | | | John Hiatt & The Combo
The Levon Helm Band Performance Time: 7:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Friday, July 02, 2010 | | | Emerson String Quartet Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Saturday, July 03, 2010 | | | A Prairie Home Companion
with Garrison Keillor Live National Broadcast Performance Time: 4:45 PM Pavilion
Vladimir Feltsman One Score, One Chicago - featuring the Music of Mussorgsky
Celebrating Robert Schumann's 200th Birthday Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Tuesday, July 06, 2010 | | | The Cat Empire
Cancelled Performance Time: 7:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Wednesday, July 07, 2010 | | | A Recital of Barber, Brahms and Mozart Celebrating Samuel Barber's 100th Birthday Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Thursday, July 08, 2010 | | | Zukerman Exhibition One Score, One Chicago — Celebrating a Musical Masterpiece Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Friday, July 09, 2010 | | | Zukermans and Mozart Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Saturday, July 10, 2010 | | | Ko-Thi Dance Company Kraft Kids Concert Performance Time: 11:00 AM Martin Theatre
Cheap Trick & Squeeze Performance Time: 7:30 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Sunday, July 11, 2010 | | | American Masters: Bernstein / Copland / Gershwin Commemorating 20th anniversary of the deaths of Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland Performance Time: 5:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | | | Joshua Bell Celebrating 100th birthday of composer Samuel Barber and the 150th birthday of Gustav Mahler Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Wednesday, July 14, 2010 | | | The Swell Season Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Thursday, July 15, 2010 | | | Complete Beethoven Concertos - I Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Friday, July 16, 2010 | | | Complete Beethoven Concertos - II Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Saturday, July 17, 2010 | | | Sting Symphonicity Tour: Sting, Featuring The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Conducted By Steven Mercurio Performance Time: 7:30 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Sunday, July 18, 2010 | | | Sting Symphonicity Tour: Sting, Featuring The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Conducted By Steven Mercurio Performance Time: 7:30 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Monday, July 19, 2010 | | | Midori Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Tuesday, July 20, 2010 | | | Peter and Paul in a tribute to Mary Travers and 50 years of music & friendship Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | | | The B-52s with special guest The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Thursday, July 22, 2010 | | | Matthias Goerne and Tzimon Barto A recital of Schumann and Brahms Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Friday, July 23, 2010 | | | Hits from Bernstein's Candide Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Saturday, July 24, 2010 | | | New Millennium Orchestra Kraft Kids Concert Performance Time: 11:00 AM Pavilion
Renée Fleming Christoph at 70: Celebrating the 70th birthday of Christoph Eschenbach Performance Time: 7:30 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Sunday, July 25, 2010 | | | Eschenbach Ever-After Christoph at 70: Celebrating the 70th birthday of Christoph Eschenbach Performance Time: 5:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Monday, July 26, 2010 | | | Rachmaninoff Recital Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010 | | | James Conlon Showcase Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Wednesday, July 28, 2010 | | | Matsuev Plays Rachmaninoff Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Thursday, July 29, 2010 | | | Denis Matsuev Chopin and Schumann at 200 Performance Time: 8:00 PM Martin Theatre | | | | |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 | | | The Music of ABBA as performed by Arrival from Sweden Performance Time: 8:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
| Saturday, July 31, 2010 | | | Sondheim: 80 Celebrating the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim Performance Time: 7:00 PM Pavilion | | | | |
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Ramsey Lewis
Artistic Director, Jazz at Ravinia
A native Chicagoan Ramsey Lewis began taking piano lessons at the age of 4, going on to learn the classical repertoire with Dorothy Mendelsohn. He was 15 when a fellow church musician, Wallace Burton, asked him to join his jazz band and took the time to help the young musician learn the language of jazz. A seven-piece group called The Cleffs provided his first real involvement with jazz. The emerging Ramsey Lewis Trio (including bass player Eldee Young and drummer Redd Holt) had its roots as the rhythm section, remaining after the other band members went off to the Korean war. He first captivated fans in 1956 with his first album, Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing. By 1965 he was topping the charts with “The ‘In’ Crowd,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “Wade in the Water.” He has three Grammy Awards and seven gold records to his credit. His most recent industry award was the 2006 Stellar Award for Best Gospel Instrumental Album, With One Voice. He was also the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award in January 2007 and has received four honorary doctorate degrees and numerous other accolades. In addition to recording albums and performing live, he hosted The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show on WNUA-FM for 12 years. He continues to host the syndicated radio show Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis, which was also a limited-run television series. As artistic director of jazz at Ravinia he helped organize the festival’s Jazz Mentor Program. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Merit School of Music and is a member of Loyola University (Chicago) Council of Regents. Lewis recently released his new album Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Lewis Plays Ramsey, a collection of many songs that had their premiere at Ravinia or were commissioned by Welz Kauffman for Ravinia Festival. His Abraham Lincoln-inspired Ravinia-commissioned work, Proclamation of Hope, which premiered at the festival in 2009, will receive its Kennedy Center premiere later this year.
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