Concerts and Events

New films set to timeless music: American Quartet and La Folía Featuring the Avalon Quartet The Avalon Quartet returns to PianoForte Chicago for a presentation of two award-winning short films performed ... Read more

The American Recital Debut Award was created in 2023 to honor the legacy of the legendary American cellist Lynn Harrell. This award identifies a young musician who has the potential ... Read more

An evening of intimate storytelling through music by Bach, Chopin and Medtner. The evening opens with Medtner's Sonata Reminiscenza, a piece that feels like a memory rising to the surface before ... Read more

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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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: ... 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 ... Read more