Concerts and Events

Program: W. A. Mozart - String Quartet No. 22, K 589 F. Kreisler - String Quartet in A minor J. Montgomery - Strum The award-winning Kyan Quartet brings together four exceptional musicians from the United Kingdom, the United States, China, and France. Established in 2020, the quartet enjoys a busy and vibrant career, having performed across Europe ... Read more

DYNAMIKfest Chicago and the Italian Cultural Institute present an evening dedicated to the great W. A. Mozart. Program: Mozartiana F. X. Mozart - Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 7 S. Jani - Cadenza (DYNAMIKfest Commission - US premiere) L. V. Beethoven - 10 Variations on “La stessa, la stessissima” by A. Salieri, WoO73 F. Kreisler - Recitativo and Scherzo for ... Read more

The American Chamber Music Society Presents: SUMMER 1914 "Electric . . . performance extracted all the tensions, fun, and charm that can be found" ~THIRD COAST REVIEW In the summer of 1914, Europe stood on the edge of a new era. While young men across the continent were preparing for war, Maurice Ravel was finishing ... Read more

Part I - Solo piano by Jean Claude Orfali Part II - A potpourri of Paris in songs Jean-Claude Orfali is a favorite of PianoForte Chicago’s owner Thomas Zoells for good reason. His ability to create infinite variations of musical themes, the delightful technique of embellishment and emotion, have captured his audiences from Paris to ... Read more

DESPERADO: Where LINDA RONSTADT AND THE EAGLES immortally and musically connected.  And how In a little club called the Troubadour, in the Los Angeles of the 1970's they collided, created and then continued on to their own individual journeys giving us decades of the music that changed so many of our  lives. Through beloved songs ... Read more

Barcelona-born pianist and composer Carlos Bianchini brings his intimate, original piano music to PianoForte Chicago for an pre-Thanksgiving evening that sits between classical, folk and jazz. A one night experience to set the tone for your holiday season. Bianchini began piano at an early age at the conservatory in his hometown of Barcelona, completed advanced ... Read more

  Program: Tomaso Vitali: Chaconne Edward Grieg: Sonata No. 3 C Minor for Violin and Piano Niccolò Paganini: Adagio from Concerto No.4 Johannes Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor Richard Wagner: Albumblatt Manuel De Falla: Spanish Dance Edward Elgar: Salut d'Amour Alexander Tyfer: Concert Fantasia "Barber of Seville", based on G. Rossini’s opera themes Alexander Tyfer: ... Read more

Program: Frédéric Chopin: Fantasia in F minor Op. 49 Frédéric Chopin: Sonata in B-flat minor Op. 35, No. 2 Frédéric Chopin: Four Scherzos Franz Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2   Dr. Yulia Lipmanovich is a Russian-born concert pianist and distinguished piano educator based in Chicago. Internationally acclaimed as both a ... Read more