Concerts and Events

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano (“Kegelstatt”), K. 498 Sebastian Huydts Selected movements Johannes Brahms Quartet in G Minor for Strings and Piano, Op. 25 -with guests Stephen Boe (viola)   Recognized as one of Chicago’s finest chamber music groups, The Orion Ensemble has been performing since 1992. John von Rhein of ... Read more

Chicago-based pianist Josh Surviving celebrates 20 years of surviving Cancer along with undergoing a Bone Marrow Transplant with a piano-led intimate musical concert performing some of your favorite songs in addition to telling his story about how he overcame Cancer. Basically from birth, Josh Surviving has been raised up in church and from a very early age ... Read more

Celebrate contemporary music with powerful performances from Crossing Borders Music, La Caccina, and Holocene. Crossing Borders’ program Chicago Composers: The Next Generation features new works by youth composers from North Lawndale and Garfield Park, alongside premieres by emerging African-American composers including Jessica T. Carter and AJ Isaacson-Zvidzwa. Vocal ensemble La Caccina presents Weird Sisters, exploring ... Read more

Join us for a special evening celebrating the release of Alba: Beyond Borders, a deeply personal and groundbreaking album by acclaimed Venezuelan-American soprano María Brea and Israeli-American pianist Dror Baitel. This event will feature an intimate recital of works from the album, offering a unique opportunity to experience their cross-cultural musical journey live. Following the performance, you are invited ... Read more

Riyad Nicolas will perform unique works especially close to his heart, celebrating his Armenian and Syrian heritage, while also weaving together the rich musical voices of the classical canon. From the intricate elegance of Bach’s Partita No. 2 and the fiery passion of Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata, to the lyrical and folkloric colors of Babajanian, Khachaturian, ... Read more

Ryan De Ryke, baritone and Daniel Schlosberg, piano perform songs from the new Divine Art/Diversions CD “Myths and Accidents.” De Ryke and Schlosberg will present three songs cycles by Doug Lofstrom: All Must End, Myths and Accidents and Three Sandburg Songs, which will be a world premiere. The artists have worked with the composer over the last several years to bring ... Read more

  Pianist Daniel Baer brings the music of Robert Savage (1951-1993) to Chicago. Robert Savage, a queer composer who died from complications due to AIDS in 1993, is a largely unknown artist whose music is unpublished and rarely performed. This concert presents Savage’s music from his earliest works to those that he wrote after his AIDS diagnosis ... Read more

Joseph Haydn String Quartet (TBD) Phillip Glass Quartet Satz (2017) Arthur Bliss Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 50 (1931) -with guests Stephen Boe (viola) and Mathias Tacke (violin)   Recognized as one of Chicago’s finest chamber music groups, The Orion Ensemble has been performing since 1992. John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune called ... Read more

The Chicago Chopin Society presents A Celebration of Polish Composers A Series of Four Concerts - "Music for (all) Hours"   This is the first concert in the series, presenting the breadth of Polish music in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Polish Composers' Union. Each pianist will present a composer of their choice as well ... Read more

Theresienstadt was a “camp-ghetto” in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during WWII where over 140,000 Jews were interned. Existing from November 1941 to May 1945, Theresienstadt served an important propaganda function intended to distract from the Nazis' efficiently organized murder machine. In June 1943, Adolf Eichmann, the organizer of the so-called “Final Solution,” presented Theresienstadt to a delegation ... Read more