This concert is part of a four day concert series. There will be a different program each night as Stephan plays through all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas.   In December 2020, the musical world would have celebrated Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th anniversary. Due to the pandemic, almost all events of the big celebration were cancelled. In my repertoire, Beethoven has always played a central role. I have performed his 32 piano sonatas, the "New Testament of the Piano Repertoire" (Hans…

This concert is part of a four day concert series. There will be a different program each night as Stephan plays through all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas.   In December 2020, the musical world would have celebrated Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th anniversary. Due to the pandemic, almost all events of the big celebration were cancelled. In my repertoire, Beethoven has always played a central role. I have performed his 32 piano sonatas, the "New Testament of the Piano Repertoire" (Hans…

This concert is part of a four day concert series. There will be a different program each night as Stephan plays through all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas.   In December 2020, the musical world would have celebrated Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th anniversary. Due to the pandemic, almost all events of the big celebration were cancelled. In my repertoire, Beethoven has always played a central role. I have performed his 32 piano sonatas, the "New Testament of the Piano Repertoire" (Hans…

These two artists, with outstanding international careers, combine their talents, and the musical culture of the United States and Mexico, thus consolidating the ties that unite these two countries. This concert brings them together to perform a musical repertoire to celebrate the neighborly relationship of these two countries, and includes Mexican and North American music. Although they grew up in different environments, the two artists share the same roots, united today to express themselves through the universal language of music.…

Australia’s brilliant pianist Steve Sedergreen comes to North America to join Chicago’s sensational vocalist Ty Cooper for a stellar evening of jazz and fine entertainment. These two artists just completed a three month tour of Australia’s greatest jazz clubs and music festivals, and now they join forces once more in Chicago to make music that brings the world together once again. Steve and Ty will be joined by Chicago's best, featuring Jim Cox on bass and Justin Kramer on drums.…

Including works by Bach/Busoni, Berio, Janacek and Florence Price. Praised for “genuinely memorable performance” by BBC Music Magazine, pianist Miki Aoki is widely recognized for her diverse abilities as a pianist and collaborative artist. Ms. Aoki records exclusively for German Label Hänssler Profil. Her debut album, comprised of the piano works of Zoltan Kodaly, was released in the fall of 2011 and won critical acclaim. Her second CD, ‘The Belyayev Project’, features fascinating compositions varying from solo piano works by…