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SUMMARY:Julia Siciliano Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION:PROGRAM: \nSuite (Arranged and Completed by Logan Skelton & Hyun Jung Won) by Mozart \n\nOverture\nAllemande\nCourante\nSarabande\nMenuett and Trio\nGavotte\nGigue\n\nImpromptu No. 2 in F# Major\, Op.36 by Chopin \nImpromptu No. 1\, Op.25 by Fauré \nImpromptu by José Maria Usandizaga \nIntermission \nFour Impromptus\, D.935 by Schubert \n\nNo.1 in f minor\, Allegro Moderato\nNo.2 in A flat major\, Allegretto\nNo.3 in B flat Major\, Andante\nNo.4 in f minor\, Allegro\n\nBallade No.4 in F minor\, Op. 52 by Chopin \n\nJulia Siciliano\nAward-winning concert pianist\, Julia Siciliano has been heralded as a musician with “fabulous creative power” by the Bonn General-Anzeiger. Siciliano has become a well-respected and anticipated rising talent on the world stage\, being invited as a solo artist by many prestigious orchestras\, and festivals\, most recently with the Orquestra Sinfónica de la Region de Murcia for the MurciArt Music Festival. A winner of many local and international piano competitions\, Siciliano has won top prizes at the Sicily International Piano Competition\, Heida Hermanns International Competition\, Iowa Piano Competition\, and MTNA National Competition. A highly active chamber musician\, Siciliano has been invited to perform on concert series and festivals with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players\, the Euskadiko Orchestra’s “Miramon Matinees”\, Donostia Musika series at Teatro Victoria Eugenia in San Sebastián\, Spain\, and the La Verdi chamber music series in Teatro Gerolamo di Milano. She has given recitals with Metropolitan Opera stars Amanda Pabyan\, Eric Owens\, and Marina Domashenko\, and internationally acclaimed instrumentalists Hayoung Choi\, Simone Lamsma\, and Alexei Ogrintchouk. Most notably\, Siciliano performed the complete “accompanied sonatas” of Beethoven in the year 2020 at the Teatro Victoria Eugenia in Donostia-San Sebastián\, Spain\, and in various venues throughout the United States\, France\, and Sweden. \n\nSiciliano has an active performing career in both solo and chamber music capacities across stages in North America\, Central America\, Europe and Asia. She has performed multiple times live on Chicago radio station WFMT\, Detroit’s historic Scarab Club\, Cincinnati Music Hall\, the Bulgarian Consulate in New York City\, Teatro Nacional of Gautemala\, MalmöLive in Malmö\, Sweden\, Teatro Victoria Eugenia in San Sebastián\, Spain\, Palazzo Biscari in Catania\, Italy\, Teatro Gerolamo in Milan\, Italy\, Parvis de l’église Notre-Dame d’Espérance in Cannes\, Deutsche Telekom Headquarters in Bonn\, Clairmont Hall in Tel Aviv\, Rachmaninov Hall in Moscow\, and Kioi Hall in Tokyo. \nHer debut solo album Dream Catchers\, a two-disc album featuring small scale works by Beethoven\, Schumann\, Schubert\, Ravel and Debussy\, released in 2016 to great acclaim. Fanfare Magazine declared “this release has merit as a career milestone” and leaves “no doubt about the devotion and seriousness of Siciliano’s approach to music.” Gramophone Magazine praised her “fine technique and natural musicality” pinpointing her “masterful delicacy\, harmonic motion\, and timing” in Debussy’s Images II. \nSiciliano holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music\, where she studied with Nelita True\, and the University of Michigan\, where she studied with Logan Skelton.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/julia-siciliano-piano-recital
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SUMMARY:Benjamin Gamze Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION:Program: \nPartita in C Minor\, BWV 826 – J.S. Bach \nSonetto 104 del Petrarca – Franz Liszt \nBallade – Claude Debussy \nSonata No. 27 in E Minor\, Op. 90 – Ludwig van Beethoven \nTwo Rhapsodies\, Op. 79 – Johannes Brahms
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/benjamin-gamze-piano-recital
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Keymore Festival: Inaugural Concert
DESCRIPTION:Program: \nAeryn Jade Santillan: weathering. (world premiere) *2022 Keymore Commissioned Work* \nShi-An Costello: Piano Parents (2022) for piano and recorded voices \nShi-An Costello: encores for piano (2020) \nPerformers: \nShi-An Costello\, piano \nFrancis Yun\, piano \nAbout the works: \nAeryn Jade Santillan’s new work\, weathering. will incorporate themes of nature\, pollution and the idea of home. Santillan’s new work marks the Festival’s very first Keymore Commissioned Work. Shi-An Costello’s Piano Parents (2022) features voice memo recordings of parents reflecting on the experience of parenthood\, as it relates to the piano and the unique stories and relationships that intersect with the instrument. Costello’s encores for piano (2020) are a set of studies in intimacy\, time and focus\, written during the summer lockdowns of 2020. \nTo learn more about the newly forming Keymore Festival for contemporary piano and keyboards\, please visit: shiancostello.com/kf \n(pictured: composer Aeryn Jade Santillan) \nFeatured Performer: Francis Yun \nFrancis Yun began playing the harpsichord while still a serious student of piano. He soon became enamored with the expressive capabilities of the harpsichord and became passionate about the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He has performed throughout the United States in both solo and chamber recitals and has served as a continuo player for many orchestras\, including The New York Strings Orchestra\, Apollo’s Fire\, and Juilliard415. He has been a concerto soloist with the Garth Newel Emerging Artist Orchestra\, the Birmingham Bloomfield Orchestra\, and Juilliard415 and has performed in many prestigious concert halls including Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall. \nDr. Yun is a strong advocate for new music written for the harpsichord. He has commissioned several new works for the instrument and has also appeared as soloist with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra where he premiered a new harpsichord concerto. \nAn educator at heart\, Dr. Yun has taught high school and college students throughout his career. He has taught at Montclair State University\, Brevard Music Center\, and is now serving as the Director of Music at Chatham Hall. \nDr. Yun also hosts a podcast\, “So Many Wrong Notes\,” where he and his co-host\, Jeannette Fang\, discuss issues that face many emerging music professionals. More can be found at somanywrongnotes.com. \nFeatured Composer: Aeryn Jade Santillan \nAeryn Jade Santillan (she/her) is a composer\, guitarist\, and bassist whose work is heavily influenced by the DIY punk scene and actively aims to blur the lines between band/ensemble and song/composition. \nAeryn performs bass and vocals in Massa Nera\, an experimental screamo quartet who’s toured in the USA\, Canada\, Malaysia\, Indonesia\, the Philippines\, and Japan. Along with composer/guitarist Andrew Noseworthy\, she co-founded this place is actually the worst\, an experimental mathcore duo\, and post-genre DIY label\, people | places | records. She’s been commissioned by 45th Parallel Universe\, Bang on a Can\, Del Sol String Quartet\, Gabriela Lena Frank’s Creative Academy of Music\, ~Nois\, percussionist Adam Groh\, and more. \nAeryn holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Columbia College Chicago and a Master of Music in Theory and Composition degree from New York University. Previous mentors include Gabriela Lena Frank\, Michael Gordon\, Julia Wolfe\, Marcos Balter\, David Reminick\, Drew Baker\, and Ilya Levinson. Aeryn has been a fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival\, Toronto Creative Music Lab\, and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music. \nWhen she’s not writing music and touring with her bands\, she works as an Adjunct Professor at NYU\, the Sales and Marketing Assistant at Cantaloupe Music/Bang on a Can\, and freelance production gigs around NYC. She enjoys skateboarding\, D&D\, video games\, and vegan junk food. She lives in Jersey City\, NJ with her partner and two cats. \nFeatured Composer/Performer: Shi-An Costello \nShi-An Costello (b. 1987) is a musician with deep roots in contemporary art practices. A versatile pianist\, composer and sound artist\, Shi-An has been described as a “precise\, engaged\, welcoming performer\, unafraid of deep ambiguities“ (The Reader)\, “in such spare textures and hushed dynamics\, the smallest development seems seismic” (Chicago Classical Review)\, and on his piano interpretations of Shostakovitch and Schumann\, “a tour de force … steely and granitic [Preludes and Fugues\, Op. 87]” and “dreamy and sensitive [Davidsbundlertanze]” (Boston Musical Intelligencer). \nAs a composer\, Shi-An has received commissions from Access Contemporary Music\, High Concept Labs\, The Response Project\, Chromic\, The _____ Experiment\, masso quartet\, Cacie Wilhoft and Friends\, Missing Piece\, artist G. Funo O’Kain. violinist Marina Kifferstein\, vocalist Sarah Albu\, harpsichordist Francis Yun\, and pianists Jonathan Hannau and Magnus Villanueva. His music has been programmed by Sandra Wright Shen\, International Contemporary Ensemble (I.C.E.)\, Thin Edge New Music Collective\, Timepoint Ensemble\, ThingNY and the Conservatoire de musique de Lausanne. Shi-An’s compositions have been featured at Contemporary Arts Center\, Tribeca New Music New York\, Chicago Cultural Center\, Garth Newel Music Center\, Asian Improv Arts Midwest\, Université de Montréal\, Pollack Hall and Redpath Hall of McGill University\, Dalhousie University\, University of Richmond\, Constellation Chicago and Array Music Toronto. \nHailed by Philippe Leroux as “Shi-An finds the depth in every note” and the late Frederic Rzewski as “a winner\,” Shi-An\, as a pianist\, has worked personally with over 150 composers from all over the world in solo\, ensemble and chamber settings. Shi-An has commissioned new works by Viet Cuong\, Danny Clay\, Alex Temple\, Ana Paola Santillan Alcocer\, Aeryn Santillan\, morgan krauss\, Jimmie Leblanc\, David Reminick\, Marielle Groven\, Kurt Isaacson\, and has worked personally with composers Philippe Leroux\, Frederic Rzewski\, Jerome Kitzke\, Serge Provost\, Keeril Makan\, Marti Epstein\, Anthony Cheung\, James O’Callaghan\, Eliza Brown\, Thomas Carr\, and many other brilliant composers around the world. \nA dedicated advocate and administrator. Costello founded and directed the Morton Feldman Chamber Players (MFCP) from 2013-2017\, founded and served as artistic director of Vox Humana collective of speaking musicians from 2011-2013\, and co-founded and served as president of Cadre composer collective at Columbia College from 2008-2010. Currently\, he serves on the Board of Directors of New Music Chicago and The _____ Experiment\, and is the artistic director and lead curator of the Keymore Festival for contemporary piano and keyboard music. He has also curated events at Experimental Sound Studio\, Narloch Piano Studio\, Marvin Duchow Music Library of McGill University\, and Cathédrale Christ Church (Montreal). \nCostello previously held position as Visiting Artist and Piano faculty at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and New Music School. He has been a guest artist lecturer at numerous universities and institutions across North America. He holds degrees in Music Composition and Performance from Columbia College and the Schulich School of Music of McGill University.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/keymore-festival-inaugural-concert
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:Peruvian Music in the 1800's
DESCRIPTION:Voice\, Piano and Guitar Recital \nRafael Vivanco started playing the guitar at the age of 11 in Peru. He went on to complete his Bachelor of Music degree in classical guitar performance at the University of British Columbia in Canada\, and his Master’s at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Rafael was sponsored to perform and teach in the US for over 10 years by Jim Scoglieti of Sherry Brener\, the Spanish guitar importer and Guitarra Magazine editor that collaborated with icons such as Andres Segovia. Rafael has performed in the Chicago Latino Music Festival\, the Chicago Flamenco Festival\, the Latin American Guitar Festival of Chicago\, the Milwaukee International Guitar Festival\, among others\, and his performances have been broadcast on public radio. In 2017 he was artist in residence at the Cervantes Institute of Chicago. Currently Rafael has been producing live events that incorporate music\, dance and poetry.\n \nSarah Loisch began her musical studies at an early age alongside her six older siblings. The family’s active involvement in vocal and instrumental learning led to performances across the state of Indiana. Upon discovering a deep connection to piano literature\, she committed to full-time musical studies and was an active collaborator and performer with orchestras and ensembles throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies. After completing her MA in Piano at Eastern Illinois University studying under Dr. Victor Cayres\, Miss Loisch traveled to Crete and Italy to pursue further instruction and collaboration with musicians and teachers such as Thomas Pandolfi and Constantinos Papadakis.  As a performer\, Miss Loisch seeks to express the intersection of life and music in her work. In addition to her performance endeavors\, she maintains a private teaching studio where she believes technique and musicianship work together to foster a greater appreciation and love for the art of music. Sarah Loisch studied with Paul Kenyon during her BA in Music program at Olivet Nazarene University. Throughout her studies\, she has made multiple concerto appearances performing works by Chopin\, Rachmaninoff\, Mendelssohn\, and Saint-Saens. \nJillian Krickl began her choral singing career while she was an undergraduate at The University of Chicago. She has been a member of Holy Name Cathedral’s all-professional Schola Cantorum Cathedralis since graduation. She also performs locally and nationally with acclaimed groups as both a soloist and backup singer. Most recently Jillian was featured as the vocal soloist performing Gregorian chants corresponding to select movements from Charles Tournemire’s L’Orgue Mystique Op. 57\, performed by Stephen Tharp. Recent backup singing engagements include Sarah Brightman’s 2021 “Christmas Symphony” concert at the Auditorium Theatre and Josh Groban’s 2022 Harmony Tour concert at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. When she is not singing\, Jillian also enjoys travel\, hiking\, and “Better Call Saul” fandom.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/peruvian-music-in-the-1800s
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Yara Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Suggested Donation of $10 \n\n“Across Frontiers: Our Lives\, Our Loves”\n \nSaudade for piano solo Alexandra Mascolo-David (b. 1962- ) \nWorks of Portuguese poet Yvette K. Centeno (b. 1940-) set to newly commissioned works for piano and mezzo-soprano by young contemporary Portuguese composers* \nMulher (Woman) Sofia Sousa Rocha (b. 1986- )\nLua Cheia (Full moon) Sara Ross (b. 1989- )\nA Montanha e o Mar (The Mountain and the Sea) Francisco Fontes (b. 1993- )\nSeparação (Separation) Fátima Fonte (b. 1983- ) \nSix Appalachian Nursery Rhymes* Jay C. Batzner (b. 1974- ) \nHarry Larry Pridemore Newe\nGirl in Bulan Town\nJack and Jill\nLittle Nancy Etticoat\nSong of Six Cents\nCharlie Mann \nTrovas de Coimbra (Troubadour poetry from Coimbra\, Portugal) Alexandra Mascolo-David \n1. Vão-se os anos (The years gone by…)\n2. Se eu soubesse ao ver o dia (Had I known when I saw the day…)\n3. Olho\, atento\, o céu imenso (Intently\, watching\, the immense sky…) \n*Denotes world premiere \n\nProgram Notes \nSaudade was inspired by the Portuguese maritime discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries\,  and by saudade\, the intense longing felt by both sailors and the loved ones left behind. \nNewly Commissioned Portuguese Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano\nThe themes of love\, longing\, motherhood\, separation\, and nature—intangible and ephemeral  elements of all human existence—pervade the work of Portuguese poet Yvette K. Centeno.  Yara Ensemble commissioned contemporary Portuguese composers Fátima Fonte\, Francisco  Fontes\, Sara Ross\, and Sofia Sousa Rocha to write works based on Centeno’s poems. The world  premiere was originally scheduled to take place in 2020\, but due to the Covid19 pandemic\, the  first performance of the works suffered numerous delays. We are thrilled to finally bring these  works to the public at PianoForte Chicago\, as they offer a unique opportunity to encourage and  disseminate the work of a new generation of Portuguese composers. \nAppalachian Nursery Rhymes\nI was thrilled when Yara Ensemble asked me to write a piece for them. And I was even more thrilled  when they had text already chosen – the delightful Appalachian Nursery Rhymes. These charming and  quirky versions of well-known rhymes were a lot of fun to play with and working with the ensemble has  been a dream come true! -Jay Batzner \nTrovas de Coimbra\nBetween the 12th and 14th centuries\, the art of troubadours flourished throughout Europe. The  medieval Portuguese city of Coimbra\, home to one of Europe’s oldest universities\, soon became  a vibrant cultural center where artists\, musicians\, and poets gathered. The poetry of trovas addressed the quintessential themes of platonic and unrequited love and saudade (longing).  The trova writing tradition in Portugal has survived the passing of time and is still prevalent in  today’s Coimbra. Poet A. Gonçalves Cunha (1902-1986) wrote Trovas de Coimbra in the 1930s.  Given my Portuguese heritage\, the theme of saudade resonated with me deeply\, thus inspiring  me to set three of Cunha’s trovas for mezzo-soprano and piano. – Alexandra Mascolo-David \n\nAbout the Program\nYara Ensemble (Alexandra Mascolo-David\, piano; Sarah Stone\, mezzo-soprano; Annette Thornton\, stage director) is excited to return to Piano Forte and present their new program entitled “Across Frontiers: Our Lives\, Our Stories.” We open with our signature piano solo\, “Saudade\,” composed and played by Alexandra Mascolo-David. “Saudade” – meaning “longing” — is inspired by 16 th and 17 th century Portuguese women waiting for their husbands to return from New World sea voyages. We then travel first in time\, with the World Premiere of newly commissioned works for piano and mezzo-soprano by contemporary Portuguese composers Fátima Fonte\, Francisco Fontes\, Sara Ross\, and Sofia Sousa Rocha with poetry by Yvette Centeno\, and then across the ocean\, with six “Appalachian Nursery Rhymes” set to piano and mezzo-soprano by American composer Jay Batzner. The program concludes with three “Trovas de Coimbra” for mezzo-soprano and piano\, composed by Mascolo-David. Yara Ensemble continues to create an immersive environment in which the audience experiences a journey of cultural exploration and understanding through music\, storytelling\, and poetry. \nBiography \nAlso spelled Iara or Uira\, theYara is a creature of native Brazilian mythology. She is often represented as a water nymph\, siren\, or mermaid—one of the forms commonly attributed to Brazilian orixá Yemanjá\, the goddess of the seas. Yara is the beautiful young woman associated with a body of fresh water\, with fair skin and green\, seaweed-like hair\, who occasionally could be found sitting on a rock combing her hair or basking in the sun. The song of the Yara is believed to be irresistible to men who\, once under her spell\, are lured to the waters’ depths to live with the siren forever. \nYara Ensemble is an exciting and unique collaboration between Portuguese-Italian-American pianist Alexandra Mascolo-David and Brazilian-British-American mezzo-soprano Sarah Stone. With direction by Annette Thornton\, Yara Ensemble performances weave music\, movement\, and art into an intimate and accessible narrative journey designed for 21st century audiences. Our goal is to create an immersive performance experience where the audience is engaged in the act of discovery. Entertaining while educating is at the core of the ensemble’s mission.Yara Ensemble’s repertoire focus on music of the Iberian peninsula and the Americas\, with an emphasis on newly commissioned woks by composers of the newer generation. For additional information\, please visit the following Internet address: www.yaraensemble.com. \n 
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/yara-ensemble
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:Isabelle Olivier: Impressions
DESCRIPTION:Isabelle Olivier just released a solo album ‘Smile’\, and celebrates her 30 years of performing. \nIsabelle Olivier is a jazzwoman and harpist with a strong musical personality. She brings a wave of freshness and novelty to the international artistic world with her surprising and unique instrument. She has composed\, arranged\, and recorded eleven albums and a DVD and managed to develop a very distinctive style with her research based on combining acoustic and electronic sounds. Her musical identity revolves around jazz\, celtic\, classical and contemporary music. \nShe is awarded by Villa Albertine in DC in 2023 \nhttp://isabelleolivier.com/
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/isabelle-olivier-impressions
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Giuliano Adorno Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION:Program \nF. Chopin\, Nocturnes Op. 9 No. 1 and 2 \nF. Chopin\, Ballade Op. 23 \nF. Chopin\, Fantaisie – Impromptu \n— \nC. Debussy\, Estampes (Pagodes\, Le soirée dans Grenade\, Jardins sous la pluie) \nS. Prokofiev\, Sonata Op. 14 (Allegro ma non troppo\, Scherzo\, Andante\, Vivace) \n  \n\n\n\n\nGiuliano Adorno\, who graduated in Piano under the guidance of Maestro Antonio Di Cristofano\, specialized in Paris at the Ecole Normale “A. Cortot ”and later in Madrid with Maestro Leonel Morales. He has obtained prizes and awards in over 30 national and international piano competitions: “Accademia delle Muse” in Camaiore; “City of Pietra Ligure”; “Pinerolo city of cavalry”; “F.I.D.A.P.A”\, Pisa; “City of Albenga”; “Giulio Rospigliosi”\, Lamporecchio (PT)\, “Terme di Saturnia”\, Saturnia; “Uliveto Terme”\, Pisa; “Franz Schubert”\, Tagliolo Monferrato; “City of Cesenatico”\, “City of San Giuliano Terme” (PI)\, Mallorca International Music Competition\, Mendelssohn Piano Competition (Le)\, “Anton Garcia Abril” in Teruel\, Spain. He has held concerts for Italian and foreign institutions and played at the Salle Munch and Salle Cortot in Paris; Fundacion Manuel da Mota Oporto; Concert Noble and Maison du commune de Anderlecht\, Brussels; Sala de Plenos\, “Manuel de Falla” Auditorium\, Alhambra Castle\, Granada; Association of Ars et Musica\, Valencia; Parador de Xàbia\, Alicante; Volkshochschule Reutlingen\, Stuttgart; Sinkt Andraa Kirke\, Salzburg; Dante Alighieri Society\, Bern; Piano Festival of Grosseto\, Terme di Saturnia\, Theater of Cesenatico\, Theater of Marina di Pietrasanta\, Mendelssohn Festival (LE)\, Church of the Ss. Apostoli\, Sala Baldini\, Domus Talenti\, Rome\, Sala Monteverdi Cremona\, Festival Echos Alessandria\, Auditorium of the conservatory of Cagliari\, European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona etc. His latest appearances include a tour in Japan (Tokyo\, Nagoya\, Chiba) with a program on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Italy / Japan diplomatic relations and a concert at the Lazienki Park in Warsaw for the Chopin Society. His repertoire includes numerous authors\, works for piano\, chamber music and concertos for piano and orchestra. He performed Mozart’s K246 Concerto with the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra\, G. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blu as a soloist with the TBSK Orchestra Tokyo and with the State Police Band directed by M. Maurizio Billi\, and performed as soloist with the Orchestra Città di Grosseto the Rachmaninov concert op.18 and the concerts op. 15 and op. 58 by Beethoven\, in addition to the Concerto n. 1 by Franz Liszt. Since 2012 he has been the artistic director of Orbetello Piano Festival and since 2017 he has been the founder and artistic director of Orbetello International Piano Competition. He recently performed Camille Saint-Saens’ Concerto No. 2 with the Sanremo Symphony. He is currently a piano teacher at the “F. Ghedini ” Conservatory of Cuneo\, Italy
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/giuliano-adorno-piano-recital
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221017T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221017T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20221006T143345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T144439Z
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SUMMARY:Inferno 1911
DESCRIPTION:The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago presents a CineConcert featuring the groundbreaking 1911 silent film L’Inferno\, accompanied live by Stefano Maccagno (piano) and Furio Di Castri (double bass) on the mesmerizing musical score composed by Maestro Maccagno. \n\nL’Inferno is a 1911 Italian silent film\, loosely adapted from the first canticle of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. The movie took over three years to make\, and was the first full-length Italian feature film ever produced. L’Inferno’s depictions of Hell closely followed those in the engravings of Gustave Doré for an edition of the Divine Comedy\, which were familiar to an international audience. The movie production also employed several special effects\, some of which were considered groundbreaking at the time\, establishing the movie as a leader in innovation of cinematic techniques. \nThe concept of “musical accompaniment” for the film L’Inferno is a transverse musical process that fosters a timbric osmosis of a predominantly electronic track and live performances on double bass and piano. The designed absence of specific languages allows the musical selections and genres to be freely defined by the images themselves\, the absolute protagonists of the project\, creating an oftentimes surreal experience. The combination of electronic and live music transports the listener to atmospheres at times impalpable\, as the timbric density undergoes rarefaction\, and at times to “magmatic musical” situations\, in which the full multiplicity of sounds coexist in an orchestral sum of timbric material. Free improvisation performed live on the double bass and piano defines the soundtrack\, allowing the instruments to dialogue with one another in a purity of language that ranges from Jazz to classical-contemporary music. \n\nStefano Maccagno. Pianist\, composer\, conductor\, professor of improvisation\, orchestration\, composition and orchestration of music for images. He is the official composer of the National Cinema Museum of Turin\, for which he has composed and orchestrated the music for numerous silent cinema masterpieces including Cabiria\, Royal Tiger\, Maciste\, The Whispering Chorus\, Blood and Sand. He has collaborated as soundtrack composer with the “Italian National Film Archive” in Milan. He has been pianist accompanist of the biggest masterpieces of silent cinema at Cannes Film Festival\, Bologna international film festival Il Cinema Ritrovato\, Lumiere Festival in Lyon Pordenone Silent Film Days\, Cinémathèque Française and Tokyo National Film Center. On commission of the Teatro dell’Opera di Florence he wrote a composition for a large symphony orchestra on music by Led Zeppelin performed by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra\, which he directed himself at the Teatro dell’Opera in Florence. He has composed the music score for Susanna Nicchiarelli’s “Nico\, 1988”\, recording with actress Trine Dirholm (best actress award at Berlinale 2017). He is the official pianist of the Cabiria restoration project\, which has accompanied at Cannes and Berlin film festivals as well as in Belgrade\, Budapest\, Lyon\, Luxembourg\, Madrid\, Sao Paulo\, Seoul\, Tokyo\, Vancouver. \nFurio Di Castri. Born in Milano 1955\, self-taught double bassist\, he records his first album in 1973 (Dedalus – Trident rec.) at the age of 17. After living in Tunisia\, he moves to Rome in 1978 where he plays with Maurizio Giammarco and Massimo Urbani bands. From 1979 to 1981 he plays as sideman with Chet Baker\, Art Farmer\, Walter Davis jr\, Jimmy Knepper\, Freddie Hubbard\, Al Grey\, Franco d’Andrea\, Tete Montoliu\, Sal Nistico\, Enrico Pieranunzi\, Dave Samuels. Throughout the 80s’ he is part of Enrico Rava quartet and Michel Petrucciani trio and takes part to international tours and concerts with Dino Saluzzi\, Joe Henderson\, Chet Baker\, John Taylor\, Steve Lacy\, Lee Konitz\, Paul Motian\, Joe Lovano\, Pharoah Sanders\, Charles Lloyd\, Ray Anderson\, Daniel Humair\, John Abercrombie\, Cristian Escoudè\, Philip Catherine\, Aldo Romano\, Franco d’Andrea. In the 90s’ he plays with Richard Galliano\, Paul Bley\, John Surman\, John Taylor\, Kenny Wheeler\, Michael Brecker\, Dave Liebman\, Joe Lovano\, Andy Sheppard\, Paul Motian\, John Scofield\, Nguyen Le\, Franco Ambrosetti\, Antonello Salis\, Stefano Bollani\, Uri Caine. He has collaborated with Paolo Fresu for over 20 years. Since 2000\, he dedicates himself to his own projects and to composition for orchestras\, dance\, theatre and contemporary art performances. Since 2001 he is professor in double bass at the Jazz Department of Turin Music Conservatory. He has held double bass masterclasses in Dublin\, Den Haag\, Paris\, Rome\, Mexico City\, Buenos Aires\, Lousanne\, Chambery. From 2012 to 2016 he has been the artistic director of Torino Fringe Jazz Festival (TJF Fringe) and in 2017 he directed the first edition of Firenze Jazz Fringe Festival. Furio Di Castri has recorded over 200 albums – 20 as band leader – and has performed in Europe\, Canada\, USA\, Mexico\, Brasil\, Argentina\, Chile\, Russia\, Senegal\, Morocco\, Algeria\, Tunisia\, Israel\, Turkey\, Yemen\, China\, Indonesia\, Malaesia\, Philippines\, Singapore\, Japan and Korea.   \n  \n 
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/inferno-1911
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Movies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221015T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220809T180023Z
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SUMMARY:Mujeres en la musica-Musas e interpretes. Women in music-Muses and artists
DESCRIPTION:Classical & Hispanic Music. Sindy Gutierrez – Soprano. Sarai Buchanan – Piano \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarai Buchanan – Piano \nSarai Buchanan has performed around the world as a soloist and collaborative artist. She has appeared at numerous international music festivals\, including the International Music Academies in Cremona\, Italy and Regensburg\, Germany; the Orfeo Music Festival in Vipiteno\, Italy; and the American Fine Arts Festival in the Republic of Georgia. In 2016 she formed Duo Raíz with Mexican-born guitarist Andrea Salcedo\, and held their debut recital at Pianoforte Salon in Chicago. Sarai performs in various New York City venues\, including Merkin Hall and Shephard Recital Hall at the City College of New York. \nSarai holds a graduate degree from CUNY – The City College of New York. Before moving to New York\, Sarai pursued her undergraduate degree in her native city at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. Her principal teachers include Genya Paley\, Alison Deane\, and Sladjana Jovanovik. She is currently on the piano faculties at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and Music Conservatory of Westchester. \n\n\n\n\nSindy Gutierrez – Soprano \nEnthusiasm\, determination and perseverance are a few of the words that describe the fruitful career of this young artist. Her alma mater from 2005 to 2020\, Universidad de Guanajuato\, allowed her to get her Bachelor’s degree in music\, where she also got the “Reconocimiento al mérito Universitario” (Acknowledgment of university merit) for six continuous years\, a semester at the “Accademia delle Arti” in Italy; her Master’s degree in arts which she finished with lauded recognition and thanks to the support of the CONACYT (National Committee for the Culture and the Arts) and her PhD in arts. All of which helped her obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for singing. \nWorking with distinguish teachers such as Hugo Barreiro Lastra\, Edith Contreras\, Dana Quifu\, Hyo Son Lee and James Demster\, is how she discovered her passion for music and an emotional sensitivity that allows her to make wonderful interpretations that can impress everyone who listens to her. This talent has brought her to perform on several national and international stages\, in music festivals like “Internationale Domkonzert” in Germany\, “Pollino Music Festival” in Italy and “Festival Internacional Cervantino” 2015 y 2019 in Guanajuato\, México. \nIn 2021 she was part of the national program “Raíz México” which helped restart the cultural activities in the country during the Coronavirus pandemic. In October of the same year\, she performed a concert in the city of Atlanta\, accompanied by musicians of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra\, as part of the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations. She also performed in the city of Dallas\, TX. \nIn spite of the difficulties originated by the current pandemic\, Sindy Gutiérrez remains active and present with her music\, making and transmitting concerts through different digital platforms\, alongside of the string quartet Paax K’ayy\, with whom she has developed a new approach to Mexican music that is promisingly and strongly consolidating itself and together they will release their first album in 2022.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/mujeres-en-la-musica-musas-e-interpretes-women-in-music-muses-and-artists
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221014T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220916T173439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T154553Z
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SUMMARY:Piano concert: Recital by Ana Fau
DESCRIPTION:Piano recital with works by: Granados\, Debussy\, Lecuona\, Chopin and Ginastera. \n\n \nhttps://anafaupianist.com/ \n\nAmerican-Argentine pianist Ana Fau is a graduate of the Rimsky Korsakov state Conservatory of Saint Petersburg\, Russia. \nHer music career started at age 18\, performing at the San Martín Cultural Center of Buenos Aires\, and the National Radio of Argentina. \nHer international tours include the Chopin Festival of Corpus Christy\, Texas\,USA\, the Ateneo Theater of Madrid\, the Grieg International Festival of Norway\, the Velia Festival of Italy\, and numerous palaces in East Germany among others. \nHer recitals in Russia include the House of the Nation´s Friendship in Moscow and the National Geographic Institute in St Petersburg and different palaces in the Leningrad region. \nAs pianist in residence\, she has recorded extensively for the Classical Radio station of Chicago\,98.7 FM\, Univision TV Chicago\, Italian RAE radio\,the National radio of Russia\, and many others.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/piano-concert-recital-by-ana-fau
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221009T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221009T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220901T163212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221001T203555Z
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SUMMARY:The House of Images and Sounds\, Charity Fall Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:The Music of Howard Savage & Launch of Lorna Book Series: Runaway Sleigh
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/the-house-of-images-and-sounds-charity-fall-fundraiser
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220928T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220928T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220824T190801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T190855Z
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SUMMARY:The Orion Ensemble with guest artist Stephen Boe
DESCRIPTION:The Orion Ensemble will perform along with guest artist Stephen Boe\, viola. \n\nProgram \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nQUARTET in B-flat Major for Clarinet\, Violin\, Viola\, and Cello (after KV 317D) \nPeter Schickele\nQUARTET for Clarinet\, Violin\, Cello and Piano (1982) \nRobert Schumann\nQUARTET for Violin\, Viola\, Cello\, and Piano in E-flat Major\, Op. 47 \n\nRecognized as one of Chicago’s finest chamber music groups\, the ORION ENSEMBLE has been performing since 1992. John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune calls Orion “one of Chicago’s most vibrant\, versatile and distinctive ensembles.” With the possibilities inherent in its unique combination of instruments—piano\, string trio and clarinet—Orion offers exciting interpretations of standard repertoire\, introduces audiences to rarely performed masterpieces and inspires composers with commissions for new works. Orion’s innovative programs feature diverse works by composers ranging from Mozart\, Beethoven and Brahms to William Bolcom\, Chick Corea\, Paul Schoenfield and Augusta Read Thomas. \nThe Orion Ensemble boasts a roster of superb musicians who have performed throughout North America\, Europe and Asia\, as an ensemble and individually in solo\, orchestral and other chamber music roles. In Chicago\, Orion presents a four-concert series in three venues\, is heard regularly on the broadcast series “Live from WFMT” and appears frequently on the Chicago Cultural Center’s Lunchbreak Series “Classical Mondays.”
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/the-orion-ensemble-with-guest-artist-stephen-boe
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220917T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220409T144746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T160239Z
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SUMMARY:Eugenie Jones: players CD Release Tour
DESCRIPTION: \nWelcome to Jazz You Can Feel! \nAward-winning singer/songwriter Eugenie Jones brings her acclaimed talent and music from her chart-topping new release to Chicago’s exquisite PianoForte Studios \nEugenie is a fabulous vocal artist\, gifted contemporary music composer\, and lyricist who crosses all music idioms. DownBeat\, JazzTimes & JazzIz applaud this recording/performing artist\, described as possessing a “voice that covers words like silk covering precious stones.” \nHer current CD – PLAYERS – peaked at #7 on Jazz Week. Her warm and dynamic vocal stylings range from reimagined jazz standards to well-crafted modern compositions to blues and soul. \n“This is an extraordinary singer\, songwriter\, and a source of a light we are fortunate to experience.\,” NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman.  \nWith Kevin O’Connell on piano\, Lonnie Plaxico on bass\, and Douglas Plaxico on drums this is a don’t-miss performance.  \nhttps://eugeniejones.com/ \n\nMedia Sponsor: \n \nhttps://wdcb.org/
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/eugenie-jones-players-cd-release-tour
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220909T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220909T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220812T192045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T153714Z
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SUMMARY:Ketevan Kartvelishvili: Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION:“I’ve heard her perform in public many times\, and each time the audience reacted as I’ve not heard since Horowitz took the stage. Had Ketevan Kartvelishvili lived in any era\, she would have been hailed as a keyboard giant.” \n— PAUL HARVEY\, JR. \nKetevan Kartvelishvili was born to a family of physicists in Tbilisi\, Georgia. Her extraordinary talent was recognized at the age of five. When she was twelve\, she made her debut performance with the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra. Ketevan has won first place in numerous International Competitions in the USA including: the William C. Byrd Young Artists International Piano Competition held in Flint\, Michigan\, 2011; the 36th Young Artists Piano Concerto Competition in Kankakee\, Illinois\, 2012; the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Scholarship Competition\, 2013; the Jacob Flier International Piano Competition in New Paltz\, New York\, 2013; and the American Protege International Concerto Competition in New York City\, 2014. Ketevan was a finalist in the Professional Category at the Seattle International Piano Competition\, Seattle\, Washington\, 2015. She was nominated as a one of the best performer of the Bartok “ Out of Doors” at the Liszt-Garrison International Piano Competition in Baltimore\, Maryland\, 2015. \nIn 2017\, Ketevan released her debut solo CD\, “The Chase”\, Blue Griffin record label. She recorded her second CD\, all Rachmaninoff in 2020\, during the Covid 19 pandemic. The CD released in May\, 2022. \nKetevan has performed in many prestigious venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall\,(NYC) Benaroya Recital Hall\,(Seattle) Nichols Concert Hall\,(Chicago). Ketevan gave a solo recitals at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series\, the PianoForte Foundation\, as well as performing in a live broadcast on WFMT\,all in Chicago. Ketevan was invited as a guest solo artist in many other venues across the USA. \nKetevan has performed with the Flint Symphony Orchestra\, the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra\, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra\, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic\, the Glacier Symphony and Chorale\,the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra\, the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest and the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra. \nIn 2009\, Ketevan moved to the United States and joined the world renowned Alexander Toradze Piano Studio at Indiana University South Bend. She received Artist and Performer Diplomas while studying there. She regularly participated Toradze’s Studio recitals\, as well as solo and chamber recitals. In 2010\, she was awarded a Performer’s Certificate for her solo recital from Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts. \nKetevan graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory where she received a B.M.\, an M.M.\, and an post graduate degree. She was awarded third place and a laureate title in the 5th Marco Polo International Piano Competition in Greece in 1999. That same year\, she received a grant from the famous pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja. She regularly performed solo and chamber recitals all over Georgia and other countries in Europe. \nKetevan has been interviewed by lots of famous magazines such as Forbes Woman\,City Magazine Georgia and many others. \n\nProgram: \nScarlatti\nSonata in C Major\, K.159\nSonata in F Minor\, K.466 \nChopin\nFantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor\, Op.66.\nNocturne No.20 in C-Sharp Minor\, Op.Posth.\nEtude Op.25 No.12 in C Minor. \nRachmaninoff\nMusical Moments Op.16\nNo.3 in B Minor\nNo. 4 in E Minor \nEtude -Tableaux Op.39\nNo.1 in C Minor\,\nNo. 2 in A Minor\,\nNo. 5 in E-Flat Minor\nNo. 9 in D Major.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/ketevan-kartvelishvili-piano-recital-3
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220820T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220820T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220812T193759Z
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SUMMARY:ORIGIN: An evening of Greek\, Norwegian\, Irish & American Art Song\, featuring Melanie Burbules\, Soprano and Sarah Jenks\, Piano
DESCRIPTION:A vocal and piano recital presented by Melanie Burbules\, soprano\, and Sarah Jenks\, piano. \nThis event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/origin-an-evening-of-greek-norwegian-irish-american-art-song-featuring-melanie-burbules-soprano-and-sarah-jenks-piano
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220811T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220811T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220714T170633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220715T174637Z
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SUMMARY:Carte blanche Isabelle Olivier / Tom Olivier solo and duet "Impressions"
DESCRIPTION:A piano/accordion solo then a avant premiere “Impressions” based on Impressionists painters \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsabelle Olivier is a composer\, harpist\, artistic director with a strong musical personality and a unique talent. She brings a special wave of freshness and novelty to the international artistic world with her surprising and unique instrument. She recorded eleven CDs and one DVD with her compositions and performed in 25 countries to present her projects. She composed four music scores for Agnes Varda – the Oscar Winner in 2000\, 2003\, 2004\, and 2015. \nIn 2015\, she has been awarded as the first composer for the prize “Villa Lenotre” at the King’s Garden in Versailles. In 2017\, she was commissioned by the Art institute of Chicago for the exhibition “Gauguin\, artist as alchemist” for composing\, performing with her quintet. \nIn 2022\, she celebrates her 30 years of performing and releases her 11th album “Smile”. She is selected by Villa Albertine for 2023 in Washington DC. \nThomas Olivier is a pianist and accordeonist\, composer and arranger based in Los Angeles and Paris. He was raised in a family of well-known musicians and started music when he was 5. In 2016\, he got a grant from the Berklee College of Music and started a new artistic chapter in Boston. \nDuring his jazz and film music studies\, he was appointed as a music tutor at Harvard University and was also playing every week at the legendary Wally’s Jazz Cafe. After a tour with Javon Jackson (Jazz Messengers\, Elvin \nJones\, Freddie Hubbard)\, he moved in Los Angeles and composed for The Voice China\, France Television\, Kansas City Museum or America Test Kitchen. Back to France\, he composes and arranges music\, and also often gets to play in cultural places.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/carte-blanche-isabelle-olivier-tom-olivier-solo-and-duet-impressions
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220804T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220804T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220714T174122Z
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SUMMARY:Carte blanche Julie Koidin / Isabelle Olivier
DESCRIPTION:A flute and harp duet combining classical\, originals\, Brazilian and Jazz music \n\n\n\n\n\nIsabelle Olivier and Julie Koidin first met in 2012 at the Alliance Français in Chicago at Julie’s Nadia Boulanger concert. They quickly formed a friendship and in 2017\, Isabelle invited Julie to participate on her original commission from the Art Institute of Chicago – « Gauguin\, Artist as Alchemist ». \nThe pairing of flute and harp is legendary since Ancient Greece. Julie Koidin and Isabelle Olivier have a very modern and unique way to combine compositions and improvisations as well. \nFor this « Carte blanche »\, they will play classical music\, jazz standards\, and original music. \n\nJulie Koidin has had extensive travels to Brazil and Argentina\, researching the music of both countries. In August 2010\, British flutist Trevor Wye invited her to do a presentation on Brazilian choro in Manchester\, England as part of the British Flute Society’s bi-annual convention. In 2016 Julie hosted and produced “A Joyful Cry: Brazil’s Choro Music” for the WFMT Radio Network. This was the first internationally-broadcast radio documentary about choro and was broadcast in honor the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. \nIn 2002 she received the top position in both the U.S. and Brazil for a Fulbright Lecture-Research Grant. She has taught extensively in Brazil – at the Federal Universities of Rio (UNIRIO)\, Natal\, Brasília\, Recife\, and in various festivals including FEMUSICA\, the International Winter Festival of Domingos Martins and Brasília’s International Summer Festival. Julie has also received 7 other Fulbright Grants – Norway (2005)\, New Zealand (2006)\, Serbia (2008)\, Sweden (2011)\, Brazil (2014 & 2015)\, Ecuador (2016) and Colombia (2019). \nPrior to Tempero Brasileiro\, Julie performed with Paulinho Garcia and Heitor Garcia in Dois no Choro. Together they recorded 3 CDs: Carinhoso (1999)\, Juntos (Jazzmin Records\, 2002) and Asa Branca (Laughing Buddha Music\, 2008). Juntos was on the first round nominations in two categories for the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards\, and both Juntos and Asa Branca received Special Assistance Awards from the Illinois Arts Council. \nJulie received her doctorate and master’s degrees from Northwestern University and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. \nIsabelle Olivier is a composer\, harpist\, artistic director with a strong musical personality and a unique talent. She brings a special wave of freshness and novelty to the international artistic world with her surprising and unique instrument. She recorded eleven CDs and one DVD with her compositions and performed in 25 countries to present her projects. She composed four music scores for Agnes Varda – the Oscar Winner in 2000\, 2003\, 2004\, and 2015. \nIn 2015\, she has been awarded as the first composer for the prize “Villa Lenotre” at the King’s Garden in Versailles. In 2022\, she just released her 11th album “SMILE” and she is a part of the prestigious Villa Albertine in 2023 in Washington DC
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/carte-blanche-julie-koidin-isabelle-olivier
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220728T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220728T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220714T163724Z
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SUMMARY:The Women Pioneers of Cinema: Alice Guy-Blache\, Mabel Normand and Mary Elle
DESCRIPTION:Isabelle Olivier and Tom Olivier composed a cine concert based on black and white women master pieces. \n\nIsabelle Olivier is a jazzwoman and harpist with a strong musical personality. She brings a wave of freshness and novelty to the international artistic world with her surprising and unique instrument. She managed to develop a very distinctive style with her fascinating and rare instrument. \nShe is a composer dealing with serveral genres: Jazz\, Celtic and Contemporary music. She also had the opportunity to share her musical expertise in the cinema (Agnès Varda\, Oscar winner) and performing arts fields. \nShe is currently in a Artistic Residency at PianoForte Chicago. Isabelle Olivier went to 25 countries to present her musical creations. 10 years ago\, she started developing a Franco-American project and created the jazz opera Don’t worry\, be haRpy. She just released her 11th album “Smile” a tribute to Charlie Chaplin. She is selected for Villa Albertine in Washington DC in 2023. \nThomas Olivier is a pianist and accordeonist\, composer and arranger based in Los Angeles and Paris. He was raised in a family of well-known musicians and started music when he was 5. In 2016\, he got a grant from the Berklee College of Music and started a new artistic chapter in Boston. \nDuring his jazz and film music studies\, he was appointed as a music tutor at Harvard University and was also playing every week at the legendary Wally’s Jazz Cafe. After a tour with Javon Jackson (Jazz Messengers\, Elvin \nJones\, Freddie Hubbard)\, he moved in Los Angeles and composed for The Voice China\, France Television\, Kansas City Museum or America Test Kitchen. Back to France\, he composes and arranges music\, and also often gets to play in cultural places.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/the-women-pioneers-of-cinema-alice-guy-blache-mabel-normand-and-mary-elle
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220723T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220723T180000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220702T031619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T024009Z
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SUMMARY:Daon Duo Recital
DESCRIPTION:Program: \nJ.S. Bach\nCantata\, BWV 208: No. 9 ‘Schafe können sicher weiden’\, BWV 208 (Arr. Duck) \nSchubert\nLebensstürme\, Allegro in A Minor\, D 947 \nLiszt\nHungarian Rhapsody No. 2 \nJ.S. Bach\n‘Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’\, BWV 106 (Arr. Kurtág) \nMendelssohn\nAndante & Allegro Brilliante Opus. 92 \nBeethoven\nEgmont Overture (Arr. Behn) \nPiazzolla\nLibertango \n\n\n\n\n\nPianist Heejin An gave her first recital at the age of 10 after winning the Kumho Young Artist Auditions in Seoul. She has subsequently been a finalist at the New York International Competition\, as well as receiving top prizes from the Korea Times Competition\, Eum-Yeon Competition\, Music Journal Competition\, and Chopin Piano Competition in Korea. \nAs an active soloist and chamber musician\, she has appeared in venues such as Carnegie Weill Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. She performed at the American Liszt Society Festival in 2017 in Chicago; and in 2019\, she was invited to perform Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Tran Vuong Thach at the Grand Concert Hall of the Vietnam National Academy of Music. As pianist of the contemporary music group Ensemble Blank since 2017\, she has appeared at venues including Kumho Art Hall and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary in Korea\, promoting contemporary compositions with her colleagues. She has participated and performed at international music festivals such as Bowdoin International Festival in the United States\, Banff International Music Festival in Canada\, and Gijon International Piano Festival in Spain. \nAn came to the United States to study at the Juilliard Pre-College with Julian Martin. She holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s in piano performance from the Juilliard School\, where she studied with Julian Martin\, Matti Raekallio\, and Hung-Kuan Chen. She has recently graduated with a doctorate in piano performance from the Bienen School of Music\, Northwestern University\, studying with James Giles. \nPianist Hyejin Joo won the gold medal at the Seattle International Piano Competition and other various awards from the Wideman\, Chautauqua\, Indiana University Concerto Competition\, Seoul National University Concerto Competition\, Thaviu-Isaak Competition\, and the Kumho Art Foundation Audition. Also an avid chamber musician\, she is a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Stellio Piano Trio\, prizewinner of Plowman Chamber Music Competition\, Semi-Finalist at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and guest artist for the Peninsula Music Festival ChamberFest. \nJoo entered Seoul National University with the highest distinction receiving the prestigious scholarship and was granted the position of Associate Instructor upon entering Indiana University. She received her Master of Music and Performer Diploma at IU with full scholarship under the tutelage of Arnaldo Cohen and holds a Doctorate from Northwestern University with program honors\, where she studied with Alan Chow. \nJoo has performed at the Banff Centre\, Benaroya Hall\, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Buntrock hall\, Ravinia Bennett Gordon Hall\, Chautauqua Fletcher Hall\, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center\, Florida St. Petersburg Art Museum\, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater\, Kumho Art Hall\, Palais Altenstein\, Schloss Hallenburg in Germany. She performed with the Northwestern Symphony Orchestra as the winner of the annual Concerto/Aria competition and was invited to perform with the Bienen String Ensemble\, both under the baton of Maestro Yampolsky. Joo was also selected to represent Northwestern at the Gilmore Piano Festival in Kalamazoo\, MI and performed as a soloist in the 67th Peninsula Music Festival’s Opening Concert at Door County\, Wisconsin. Most recently she was featured soloist for the Evanston Symphony Orchestra’s 2021-2022 season. She performs actively in the Chicago area both as a soloist and a collaborative pianist. \nDaon (다온\, pronounced dah-own) is a pure Korean word meaning ‘all good things are coming along the way’. Daon Duo hopes through music\, they would bring joy to the audience\, touch their souls\, and lead them to happiness.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/daon-duo-recital
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220721T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
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SUMMARY:Carte blanche Darcy Day Zoells / Isabelle Olivier
DESCRIPTION:Visual Art with harp music \n\n\n\n\n\nOn July 21\, Darcy Day-Zoells\, visual artist will present drawings and videos to interact with Isabelle Olivier’s music. They first collaborated in 2021\, and it was a wonderful surprise to be continued soon. \n\nIsabelle Olivier is a composer\, harpist\, artistic director with a strong musical personality and a unique talent. She brings a special wave of freshness and novelty to the international artistic world with her surprising and unique instrument. She recorded eleven CDs and one DVD with her compositions and performed in 25 countries to present her projects. She composed four music scores for Agnes Varda – the Oscar Winner in 2000\, 2003\, 2004\, and 2015. \nIn 2015\, she has been awarded as the first composer for the prize “Villa Lenotre” at the King’s Garden in Versailles. In 2017\, she was commissioned by the Art institute of Chicago for the exhibition “Gauguin\, artist as alchemist” for composing\, performing with her quintet. \nIn 2022\, she celebrates her 30 years of performing and releases her 11th album “Smile”. She is selected by Villa Albertine for 2023 in Washington DC.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/carte-blanche-darcy-day-zoells-isabelle-olivier
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220710T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220710T173000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220602T213515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220613T213249Z
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SUMMARY:Yulia Lipmanovich: All Chopin Favorites
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Yulia Lipmanovich ​is a Georgian-born concert pianist and distinguished piano teacher.​ She has performed worldwide and mentored hundreds of students. As the Executive Director and Founder of The Art of Piano Playing & Performing Arts Inc.\, located at the Fine Arts Building of downtown Chicago\, she maintains a teaching studio open to all who wish to learn and grow as pianists. She continues to give masterclasses and concerts internationally. \n\nProgram:\nF. Chopin\nFantasia in F Minor Op. 49\nScherzo No. 2 in B Flat minor Op. 31\nNocturne Op. 48 No. 1 in C minor\nSonata No. 2 in B Flat minor Op. 35\nAndante Spianato and Grand Polonaise Brilliante Op. 22 in E Flat Major\n24 Preludes Op. 28
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/yulia-lipmanovich-all-chopin-favorites
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220629T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220419T192356Z
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SUMMARY:Christian Wachter: Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION:Pianist Christian Wachter will perform works by Beethoven\, Schumann\, and Schubert.\n\nChristian Wachter\, born in Palo Alto\, California\, began piano studies at the age of eight in the town of Bludenz\, Austria at the local music school. As a young child he played in concerts and in competitions\, a radio program and with orchestra. At the age of 15\, Christian studied in the preparatory cycle at the University of Vienna with Prof. Jan Jiracek. \nHe completed his academic «diplôme supérieur de sixième exécution» at École Normale Cortot in Paris under the guidance of Réna Shereshevskaya and Nelson Delle Vigne. \nChristian has attended master class by Anne Quéffelec\, Naum Gruber\, Bernd Glemser\, Vera Gornostayeva\, Jean Philippe Collard\, Jerome Lowenthal\, Nicole Simon Larroche and Alexander Jenner. He continues working under the guidance of Gabriella Torma. \nSince his studies he has played as a soloist and in chamber music in festivals in France and especially Paris\, Russia\, USA (under the baton of Philippe Entremont) and Spain\, as well as concerts in Austria\, Belgium\, Italy\, Lithuania\, Liechtenstein and Israel.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/christian-wachter-piano-recital
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220627T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220627T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220419T191054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T185739Z
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SUMMARY:Kayoung An: Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION:Program:\n\nGeorge Frederic Handel \nKeyboard Suite No.1 in B-flat major\, HWV 434  \nClaude Debussy \nImages\, Book II\, L111\n     “Cloches à travers les feuilles” (Bells through the leaves\n     “Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut” (And the moon descends on the temple that was)\n     “Poissons d’or” (Goldfish)  \nWilliam Bolcom \nGhost Rags\n     Graceful Ghost\n     The Poltergeist \nJohannes Brahms\nVariations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel\, Op.24 \n\n\n\n\n\nPianist Kayoung An will perform works by Handel\, Debussy\, Bolcom\, and Brahms. \n“Amazement.” – pianist Yuja Wang \n“Passionate\,” “expressive\,” “bold\,” and “sensitive:” this is how critics glowingly\ndescribed pianist Kayoung An’s performance with the Bayerische\nKammerphilharmonie at the Seoul Arts Center. It “penetrated deep into the heart\,\nevoking an image of an artist painting on a canvas with a brush” – Music Review\,\nAugust 2017. \nPianist Kayoung An has appeared extensively throughout the United States\,\nKorea\, Canada\, and Italy. She has toured in Korea with Bayerische\nKammerphilharmonie in 2017 and performed with renowned orchestras such as\nSeoul Philharmonic Orchestra\, Seoul Symphony Orchestra\, Cleveland Institute of\nMusic (CIM) Orchestra\, Seoul Philharmonians\, Amadeo Philharmonic Society\, Bar\nHarbor Festival String Orchestra\, Contemporary Repertoire Orchestra\, and\nMorningside Heights Chamber Orchestra. Her performances have been widely\nbroadcasted on Cogeco TV\, KBS Classic FM (Musical Common Ground)\, and\nKBS-TV (Music Anchor Desk). Kayoung has also been interviewed by Luister\,\nMusic Today\, Music Journal\, and the East Hampton Star. During her dedicated\nmusical career\, she was fortunate to work with prominent conductors such as\nGábor Hontvári\, Lawrence Golan\, Francis Fortier\, and others. Kayoung recently\nrecorded Bernard Hoffer’s ‘Concerto Grosso for Piano and Strings (2014)’ with\nconductor David Gilbert. In the 2021- 2022 season\, she has been on a grand\nproject of documenting the complete piano music/ chamber music of\naward-winning composer Bernard Hoffer. The recording is expected to be\nreleased by Albany Records in 2023. \nWinner of the First Prize at the New York International Artists Association Piano\nCompetition and the Silver Award winner at the Paris International Competition\,\nKayoung made her debut in Weill Carnegie Recital Hall in 2013. She has also been\na top prize-winner at the IBLA Grand Prize International Competition\, Kiwanis\nMusic Competition\, Korea All-States National\, Darius Milhaud Performance Prize\,\nCIM Concerto Competition\, Kumho Young Artist\, and Ujung Rising Star Auditions.\nShe also was invited and performed at the Aspen Music Festival\, Bowdoin Music\nFestival\, Pianofest in the Hamptons\, Babayan International Academy\, Norfolk\n(Conn.) Chamber Music Festival and the Rimsky-Korsakov Music Festival in St.\nPetersburg\, Russia. \nDr. Kayoung An was awarded the coveted Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) by the\nManhattan School of Music in 2020. She is also a proud graduate of the Cleveland\nInstitute of Music (B.Mus.)\, and the New England Conservatory (M.Mus.). She is\nalso a graduate of Colburn Conservatory of Music (Artist Diploma) where she\nreceived a full-scholarship. \nIn her free time\, she enjoys hot yoga\, tennis\, golf\, and hiking with her husband\,\nJoe.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/kayoung-an-piano-recital
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220618T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220510T172145Z
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SUMMARY:Violin & Piano Classical Concert
DESCRIPTION:Violinist Hsuan Chen and pianists Vincent Catalano and Katrina Sudman join together from three different continents for an exciting and varied program of violin and piano music. The program includes works by Mozart\, Beethoven\, Czerny\, as well as Romantic and 20th century composers. Chen\, Catalano\, and Sudman collaborate throughout the evening as violinist & pianist\, piano four-hand duo\, and soloists. \n\n\nProgram: \nWolfgang Amadeus Mozart\nViolin Sonata No.11 in G Major K.379\nI. Adagio-Allegro\nII. Tema con variazioni \nLudwig van Beethoven\nViolin Sonata No.1 in D Major Op.12 no.1\nI. Allegro con brio\nII. Tema con variazioni\nIII. Rondò \nCarl Czerny\nSonatina Brillante Op.50 no.1 in G Major\nI. Allegro moderato\nII. Andantino con moto\nIII. Molto allegro \nGustav Mahler – trans. Josef Venantius von Wöss\nfrom Symphony No.3 in D minor\nV. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck \nEdward Grieg – trans. Adolf Ruthardt\nLyric Piece Op.65 No.6 ‘Wedding Day at Troldhaugen’ \nEugène Ysaÿe\nSonata for Solo Violin in D minor Op. 27\, No. 3\, ‘Ballade’ \nLudwig van Beethoven – trans. Franz Liszt\nfrom Symphony No.5 in C minor\nI. Allegro con brio \nFrédéric Chopin\nPolonaise No.6 Op.53 in Ab Major ‘Heroic’ \n\n\n\nHsuan Chen\, violin \nHsuan Chen is a 25 year-old violinist who studied with Marilyn McDonald at Oberlin Conservatory and currently studies with I-Hao Lee at the DePaul University School of Music. She began violin studies at age five and graduated from the Elementary School and Middle School Affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music\, where she studied with Binyou Zhou. She is an avid fan of early music and contemporary sounds. \nChen has performed with the Oberlin Baroque Ensemble and achieved a minor in Historical Performance. She performed Britten’s Suite No. 6 in ‘Music from Oberlin’ at the Oakton Eighteenth Anniversary Season recital. She was awarded assistant principle multiple times in the Oberlin orchestra. With this orchestra\, she performed Debussy’s La Mer and Ogonek’s All These Lighted Things in Carnegie Hall in New York. \nChen completed her Master of Music in Violin Performance with Prof. I-Hao Lee at DePaul University School of Music in 2022. She also serves as a regular member at the Civic Orchestra in Chicago. In 2021\, Chen was given an honorable mention in the concerto competition held by DePaul University. \n\n\nVincent Catalano\, piano \nBorn in L’ Aquila (Italy)\, he graduated with the highest possible scores at the “G.Braga” conservatory in Teramo. He then graduated with his Masters Degree in Piano Interpretation-Composition\, summa cum laude. He perfected his musical studies with internationally renowned pianists Aldo Ciccolini and Carlo Maria Dominici with which he is currently studying. \nCatalano won different piano competitions including the “8th Concorso Nazionale di Cittá S.Angelo (Pescara)\,” where he performed at the event “Dall’Etna al Gran Sasso Tradizioni in Festa”. He also won 1st place at the “10th Concorso Internazionale Paolo Barrasso di Caramanico Terme (Pescara) and 2nd place at the “17th Concorso Nazionale Flegreo in Pozzuoli (Napoli). \nIn addition to various piano masterclasses he participated in “Harpsichord Masterclass 2011 on G.Bohm” in Teramo. He played concerts in Roma\, Saracinesco (Roma) at the “5th Accademia Festival”\, Pescara\, Gaeta (Latina)\, Giulianova (Teramo) at the Sala Kursaal and Palazzo Re and in Teramo for “150 years of Italy’s Unit celebrations” and “Maratona Liszt for his birth’s bicentenary”; in Napoli at “Sala A.Ciccolini”\, “Sala Chopin” in Palazzo Mastelloni and “Tennis Club lungomare Caracciolo”; in Bosa (Oristano) at the “8th Festival Internazionale Musica da Camera”; in Bomarzo (Viterbo) in the splendid and historic rooms of Palazzo Orsini. He also dedicates himself with passion to instrumental duos including a piano four-hands duo with Katrina Sudman\, as well as violin and flute. \n\n\nKatrina Sudman\, piano \nKatrina Sudman is from Chicago\, USA and currently lives in Rome\, Italy. She earned her Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University (Chicago\, Illinois)\, and her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance\, summa cum laude\, from Azusa Pacific University (Azusa\, California). She now continues her studies privately with internationally acclaimed pianist Carlo Maria Dominici in Rome. \nIn 2018\, Sudman took second place in the International Piano Competition at the Festival of the Gulf in Salerno\, Italy. She has performed in venues across the Chicago area including the Grant Park Music Festival\, Nichols Hall\, the Studebaker Theater\, the Chicago Botanic Gardens\, the Chicago Temple Building\, and the Michigan Avenue and Hinsdale Steinway Galleries. In addition to her solo performances\, Sudman has a four-hand piano duo with Vincent Catalano. Together they have performed throughout Chicago and at the Basilica of St.Anne of Detroit\, which is the second oldest continuously operating parish in the United States. \nSudman has taught privately since 2009 and has been a piano instructor at Concordia University’s Preparatory and Community Piano Program since 2017. She was the Director of Music at Woodridge United Methodist Church for four years\, and an accompanist at Gurnee Community Church and Medinah Baptist Church. She has also worked as a ballet accompanist at the Joffrey Ballet\, Hubbard Street Dance’s Lou Conte Dance Studio\, Ballet Chicago\, and Roosevelt University.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/violin-piano-classical-concert
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220611T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20210624T042840Z
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SUMMARY:Natasha Stojanovska - Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION:Natasha Stojanovska\, Macedonian Pianist and Composer\, has just completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts at The Bienen School of Music\, Northwestern University\, Chicago IL in the studio of James Giles. She received her Artist Diploma and Master of Music in Piano Performance from Indiana University South Bend with Alexander Toradze and Ketevan Badridze; Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Lynn University\, Conservatory of Music with Roberta Rust. Ms. Stojanovska has performed solo and chamber music recitals in France\, Portugal\, Macedonia\, Serbia\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Romania\, South Korea\, Haiti and the United States. She has performed in Concert Halls including: The Gusman Hall; Steinway Piano Gallery of Miami; The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center of University of Notre Dame; The Harris Theater\, Chicago; The Forth Presbyterian Church of Downtown Chicago; Nichols Concert Hall\, Evanston\, IL; Chicago Cultural Center; Indiana Landmarks Center; Morris Theater\, South Bend\, IN; Museum of Culture and Art\, Macedonia. Her performances have been broadcast on: WUSF public Media; Macedonian Radio and Television\, WFMT Chicago; WNIT Public Television. Natasha and her sister Marina Stojanovska have formed the duo ensemble SISTERS Stojanovska performing all around the globe. In addition\, Ms. Stojanovska’s honors include: Prize Winner\, The American Prize\, 2017; Prize winner\, Samuel Thaviu/Isaak Piano Performance Competition\, 2017; 1st prize at the Southern Illinois Young Artists Competition\, 2015; Martin Fellowship in Piano and Arts Excellence Award\, Indiana University; 1st prize winner\, Indianapolis Matinee Musicale Collegiate Competition. Most recently\, Ms. Stojanovska performed a solo piano recital at the prestigious Henry Fogel’s music series and conversations in April\, 2021. She also represented the Bienen School of Music at the prestigious\, Gilmore Piano Festival. In January\, 2017 She was a Composition and Piano Consultant for Renee Fleming\, Metropolitan Opera Star and Patricia Barber’s\, Jazz celebrity\, song project. She collaborated with violinist\, Rachael Barton Pine at The Union Club of Chicago\, as part of the Musicians Club of Women Performance Series and flutist\, Molly Barth and violinist\, Elizabeth Young as part of the Chatter Music Series in Alberquerque\, NM. In addition\, Ms. Stojanovska served as a Pianist for The Sacred Music Program at the University of Notre Dame where she collaborated with prestigious musicians  such as  Shulamit Ran\, Carmen Helen  Tellez\, Mario Lavista\, Robert Kyr\, Sven-David Sandstorm\, Nathan Gunn\, among others. Some of Ms Stojanovska’s most recent projects and performances include her Debut at the Princeton and Ear Taxi Festivals and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. \nTo support the artist directly\, you can make a donation here: https://www.patreon.com/NatashaStojanovskaPiano \n\nNatasha Stojanovska (1987-)\nPhantasy No. 2 (2009) \nZara Levina (1906 – 1976)\nPiano Sonata (1925) \nGrażyna Bacewicz (1909 – 1969)\nSonata No. 2 (1952-1953)\nMaestoso\nLargo \nToccata. Vivo \nMaria Szymanowska (1789 – 1831)\nNocturne in B flat major (1827) \nDora Pejacevic (1885 – 1923)\nSonata No.2 in A flat Major (1921) \nBojana Petrovic Aleksova (1985-)\n4 Pieces for Piano (2005)\nNumber 1\nPreludium \nPathetic\nDream \nNatasha Stojanovska (1987-)\nPhantasy No. 1 (2008)
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/natasha-stojanovska-piano-recital
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220604T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220604T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20220323T202106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T153439Z
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SUMMARY:Jean-Michel Pilc: Solo Piano
DESCRIPTION:Self-taught pianist and composer Jean-Michel Pilc will perform a concert of his original work. \nBorn in 1960 in Paris\, now an American citizen\, self-taught pianist and composer Jean-Michel Pilc has performed with numerous jazz giants: Roy Haynes\, Michael Brecker\, Dave Liebman\, Jean Toussaint\, Rick Margitza\, Martial Solal\, Michel Portal\, Daniel Humair\, Marcus Miller\, Kenny Garrett\, Lenny White\, Chris Potter\, John Abercrombie\, Mingus Dynasty & Big Band\, Lew Soloff\, Richard Bona etc. He has also worked with Harry Belafonte\, as his musical director and pianist\, and has performed a duet with the legendary opera singer Jessye Norman.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/jean-michel-pilc-solo-piano-2
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220527T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T010715
CREATED:20210907T191730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T201253Z
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SUMMARY:Helene Papadopoulos: the Goldberg Variations
DESCRIPTION:Hélène Papadopoulos is a pianist with a complex and highly sensitive personality. She is a searching artist who seeks deep insight into the music and into the art of piano playing. For her there is no detail that is too small to be part of the global conception of a work. Never sacrificing details\, never abandoning the big line to reveal musical subtleties in a natural manner. \nHélène Papadopoulos was born in Paris\, France. She started studying the piano at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. In the class of Amy Lin\, she received her Concert Diploma with highest honours before moving back to Paris to join École Normale de Musique Cortot where she studied with Jean-Marc Luisada. \nSince her early studies\, she has developed a particular interest into J. S. Bach’s music. She was initiated in the baroque repertoire and in its art of playing as she also studied the harpsichord with Aline Zylberajch during her years in Strasbourg. Hélène Papadopoulos has a restless intellect and is always looking for new knowledge and sources of inspiration. She has published a commented edition of Leonhard Euler’s (1707-1783) complete works on music theory. \nHélène Papadopoulos has attended masterclasses by Sergueï Maltsev\, Jean-Jacques Dünki\, Charles Rosen among others. She has been granted scholarships from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena\, Italy\, where she studied both the piano with Michele Campanella and chamber music with the ensemble Trio di Trieste. She has recorded Mozart’s sonata K380 for piano and violin. With an eclectic repertoire she has been invited to play in various festivals in Europe (contemporary music festival Musica\, Musica Festival in Strasbourg\, Siena Music Festival\, Paliesiaus Dvaras…) and plays both as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe and North America. \nHélène is currently developing the Clavier-Übung Project\, on which she has been working for several years. She started by performing the Goldberg Variations in 2015. From the 2019-2020 season\, she will be playing all J. S. Bach’s Clavier-Übungen in series of four recitals spanning over one year: Partitas No. 1\, 2\, and 4 (Clavier-Übung I)\, Partitas No. 3\, 5\, and 6 (Clavier-Übung I)\, Italian Concerto\, French Overture\, and Four Duets (Clavier-Übungen II & III)\, and Goldberg Variations (Clavier-Übung IV). \nThe Clavier-Übung Project is an ambitious project: “This project is not just about playing Bach’s music to an audience. I also want to connect this music with younger generations through teaching and I want to make a connection between Bach and contemporary era by asking to composers to think about new languages inspired by his music.”
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/helene-papadopoulos-piano-recital-2
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:Solos\, Duo\, Distortion: Jacob Greenberg\, piano\, and Josh Modney\, violin / Works by Elliott Carter\, George Lewis\, and Josh Modney
DESCRIPTION:Pianist Jacob Greenberg’s work as a soloist and chamber musician has received worldwide acclaim. He is a longtime member of the International Contemporary Ensemble\, with whom he has performed throughout the Americas and Europe. Mr. Greenberg’s solo concert series\, Music at Close Range\, shows his equal commitment to classics of the repertoire. In addition to his solo discs on New Focus Recordings\, which feature works from the Baroque to many new commissions\, he has recorded for the Nonesuch\, Bridge\, Mode\, Kairos\, Centaur\, Tzadik\, and New Amsterdam labels. Recent highlights include a guest performance of works of György Kurtág at the International Summer Courses in Darmstadt\, Germany\, under the composer’s guidance; a recital tour with flutist Claire Chase; works by Boulez at the Ojai Festival; and solo and concerto appearances with ICEensemble at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. Mr. Greenberg is on the faculty of the Tanglewood Music Center\, and has taught at Hunter College\, City University of New York\, The Juilliard School\, and the State University of New York at Buffalo. \nJosh Modney is a violinist and creative musician working at the nexus of composition\, improvisation\, and interpretation. A “new-music luminary” (The New York Times) hailed for “jaw-dropping technical skill…” and as “one of today’s most intrepid experimentalists” (Bandcamp Daily)\, Modney is a foremost interpreter of adventurous contemporary music\, and has cultivated a holistic artistic practice as a composer\, solo improviser\, bandleader\, music director\, writer\, arts administrator\, and collaborator. Modney is the violinist and Executive Director of the Wet Ink Ensemble\, a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble\, and the music director of Kate Soper’s opera The Romance of the Rose\, and he has worked closely with leading composers of his generation including Alex Mincek\, Sam Pluta\, Eric Wubbels\, Tristan Perich\, and Rick Burkhardt\, and with major figures including Kaija Saariaho\, Mathias Spahlinger\, Helmut Lachenmann\, George Lewis\, and Pauline Oliveros.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/solos-duo-distortion-jacob-greenberg-piano-and-josh-modney-violin-works-by-elliott-carter-george-lewis-and-josh-modney
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220505T203000
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SUMMARY:Isabelle Olivier: Harp Solo "Carte blanche"
DESCRIPTION:Isabelle Olivier just released a solo album ‘Smile’ enja\, she will perform a Carte Blanche to make you smile. \nIsabelle Olivier is a jazzwoman and harpist with a strong musical personality. She brings a wave of freshness and novelty to the international artistic world with her surprising and unique instrument. She has composed\, arranged\, and recorded eleven albums and a DVD and managed to develop a very distinctive style with her research based on combining acoustic and electronic sounds. Her musical identity revolves around jazz\, celtic\, classical and contemporary music.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/isabelle-olivier-harp-solo-carte-blanche-3
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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SUMMARY:Isabelle Olivier: Harp Solo "Carte blanche"
DESCRIPTION:Isabelle Olivier just released a solo album ‘Smile’ enja\, she will perform a Carte Blanche to make you smile. \nIsabelle Olivier is a jazzwoman and harpist with a strong musical personality. She brings a wave of freshness and novelty to the international artistic world with her surprising and unique instrument. She has composed\, arranged\, and recorded eleven albums and a DVD and managed to develop a very distinctive style with her research based on combining acoustic and electronic sounds. Her musical identity revolves around jazz\, celtic\, classical and contemporary music.
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/isabelle-olivier-harp-solo-carte-blanche
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts
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