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SUMMARY:Tales Without Words: Passionate Piano Concert
DESCRIPTION:An evening of intimate storytelling through music by Bach\, Chopin and Medtner. \n\n\n\n\nThe evening opens with Medtner’s Sonata Reminiscenza\, a piece that feels like a memory rising to the surface before it has found words — searching\, tender\, incomplete. It leads into Bach’s English Suite No. 2 in A minor\, where storytelling takes on the shape of Baroque dance\, full of life\, wit and reflection. \nFrom there\, Bach’s English Suite No. 3 in G minor returns to that same courtly language in a darker key\, setting the stage for Chopin’s Ballade No. 1 in G minor\, a piece that behaves like a story in the truest sense: it has a beginning\, a rising tension\, and a conclusion that arrives less like a resolution than an inevitability. \nPerformed without intermission\, as one continuous journey. \n\nDaria Vasileva is a passionate concert pianist and project author who inspires not only her listeners but also her more than 80\,000 subscribers on social networks\, all united by their love for classical music. Daria received a classical education at one of Russia’s largest conservatories\, in Kazan\, where she honed her skills as a concert performer\, ensemble artist\, accompanist and teacher. \nAfter graduating from the conservatory and winning several international competitions\, including Smetana International Piano Competition in the Czech Republic\, Daria was awarded an ESKAS grant from the Swiss government to study at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Lucerne. Under the guidance of Professor Benjamin Moser\, Daria became captivated by performing the music of Alexander Scriabin\, one of the most passionate and emotionally renowned composers in the world. Scriabin’s music resonates particularly well with Daria’s vibrant and open-minded character. In 2024 Daria won Second Prize (ex aequo\, First prize was not awarded) and Special Scriabin Prize at XXVI International Scriabin Competition in Grosseto\, Italy. \n\n“With the highest degree of identification\, Mrs. Vasileva succeeded in bringing each sonata to life with its own characteristics. She used her wonderful pianistic skills\, her sense of sound\, and her understanding of connections to serve the works. Her performance was of great intensity\, freedom\, and clarity\, both in the restrained\, delicate moments and in the exuberant\, unstoppable crescendos.”— Tobias Schabenberger\, German-Swiss pianist\, Professor at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/tales-without-words-passionate-piano-concert
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:DYNAMIKfest Chicago 2026 | Kyan Quartet: Vienna to New York
DESCRIPTION:Program: \n\n\n\n\n\nW. A. Mozart – String Quartet No. 22\, K 589 \nF. Kreisler – String Quartet in A minor \nJ. Montgomery – Strum \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe award-winning Kyan Quartet brings together four exceptional musicians from the United Kingdom\, the United States\, China\, and France. Established in 2020\, the quartet enjoys a busy and vibrant career\, having performed across Europe and Asia in venues including Wigmore Hall\, St. Martin-in-the-Fields\, Beethoven-Haus Chamber Music Hall\, Shanghai Opera House\, and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Hall. \nAs first prize winners of this year’s DYNAMIKfest Salzburg Chamber Music Competition\, the Kyans are looking forward to touring across Europe and the USA in 2026. They are also prizewinners of the 2024 Royal Over-Seas League Competition in London. Recent highlights include three performances at the Barbican Centre as part of the Carducci Quartet’s Shostakovich cycle project\, guitar quintets at Conway Hall with Ahmed Dickinson\, and a tour across Scotland as Tunnell Trust award holders.  The quartet are grateful to be supported by Le Dimore del Quartetto and City Music Foundation. \nThe Kyans have held residencies with the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme\, Fondazione I Teatri’s Casa del Quartetto and the South Downs Summer Music International Festival. They have won places on prestigious courses\, including the 2024 International Beethoven Masterclass in Bonn\, Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland’s 70th International Chamber Music Campus\, the 49th Musical Artistry Goslar Summer Academy\, and Chamber Studio’s inaugural Hans Keller Forum. Through these they have received coaching from all members of the Belcea and Doric quartets\, Heime Müller\, Günter Pichler\, Jana Kuss\, Alasdair Beatson and Péter Nagy. The quartet has also been coached by members of the Heath\, Jerusalem and Pavel Haas Quartets. They are currently being mentored at the Mozarteum University by Cibrán Sierra Vazquez\, Rainer Schmidt and William Coleman.  \nWidening musical participation and access is central to the quartet’s artistic mission. They are Live Music Now artists\, sharing their love of participatory music-making in care homes and SEND schools. The quartet give masterclasses and work with young composers at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. As the 2022/23 fellows of the Open Academy/Wigmore Hall Learning Programme\, they appeared regularly on the Wigmore Hall stage and in community settings\, sharing music with families\, young children\, and those living with dementia.  A particular highlight was leading workshops across six primary schools in Tower Hamlets\, in partnership with Spitalfields Music.  \nThe Kyan Quartet pride themselves on championing new music. They have given Wigmore premieres of commissioned pieces by Florence Anna Maunders and Zhenyan Li\, and performed Symphony for String Quartet and Forest by Jacob Fitzgerald at the 2022 Timber Festival\, featuring 200 school children singing alongside the quartet. The Kyans collaborated with Cem Güven to record his 2023 quartet Atmospheric Manipulations\, and will feature on Ben Nobuto’s upcoming debut album. \nFor more information\, please visit: https://kyanquartet.com/ \n  \nAt DYNAMIKfest\, we reimagine the classical music industry by presenting a more responsible and resilient model for performers and audience members – one that unites sustainability with artistry at the highest level. Our mission is rooted in the belief that an environmentally conscious\, community-oriented music festival can help shape meaningful cultural change\, especially when spearheaded by the energy and vision of young\, ambitious musicians from all around the world. Through extended artist residencies\, partnerships with local schools and social organizations\, and a commitment to low-waste practices\, we cultivate deeper relationships between musicians and the communities they perform in.\nWith this in mind\, DYNAMIKfest enters Chicago’s already vibrant artistic landscape with the promise to create a platform where classical music can be daringly creative\, forward-thinking and socially responsible. \nFor more information\, please visit: https://www.seenworldwide.org/dynamikfest-chicago
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/dynamikfest-chicago-2026-kyan-quartet-vienna-to-new-york
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Yulia Lipmanovich and Alexander Tyfer: Music Beyond Time
DESCRIPTION:  \nProgram: \nTomaso Vitali: Chaconne \nEdward Grieg: Sonata No. 3 C Minor for Violin and Piano \nNiccolò Paganini: Adagio from Concerto No.4 \nJohannes Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor \nRichard Wagner: Albumblatt \nManuel De Falla: Spanish Dance \nEdward Elgar: Salut d’Amour \nAlexander Tyfer: Concert Fantasia “Barber of Seville”\, based on G. Rossini’s opera themes \nAlexander Tyfer: Tribute to Chaplin \n  \n  \nDr. Yulia Lipmanovich is a Russian-born concert pianist and distinguished piano educator based in Chicago. Internationally acclaimed as both a performer and master teacher\, she has built a career that bridges the great traditions of classical performance with excellence in modern music education. Trained in the distinguished Russian pianistic tradition\, Dr. Lipmanovich is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Art of Piano Playing & Performing Arts\, located in Chicago’s historic Fine Arts Building. \nDr. Lipmanovich began her musical studies at an early age with her mother\, pianist and renowned teacher Madame Luba Lipmanovich-Yackobishvili\, and later continued her studies in Moscow with the celebrated pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School in New York\, where she was a protege student  on a full scholarship studied with the legendary pedagogue Madame Rosina Lhevinne. She earned her Master of Music degree from the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University\, studying with Professor Pnina Salzman and Professor Arie Vardi\, and completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where she studied with Professor Ian Hobson. \nAn award-winning pianist\, Dr. Lipmanovich won the Soviet Composers Piano Competition in Moscow and the Young Artists International Competition in New York\, leading to her debut recital at Carnegie Hall. Since then\, she has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States\, Europe\, Russia\, Israel\, and Asia.Her performances have taken her to many prestigious venues\, including Carnegie Recital Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, Steinway Hall\, the Chicago Cultural Center\, Studebaker Theater\, and Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University. She has also performed throughout England\, Italy\, and Spain\, including appearances at the Dartington International Summer School and the St. Lewis Music Festival in England.Among her notable Chicago performances are appearances on the Fazioli Concert Series\, broadcast live on WFMT\, and her acclaimed All-Russian Program at the Harold Washington Library Pritzker Auditorium\, which was televised numerous times on WTTW. \nShe has also appeared at the Fine Arts Building Gala in Curtiss Hall\, the Fourth Presbyterian Church Concert Series\, and the Schubertiade at Pianoforte Chicago. As a concerto soloist\, she has performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with orchestra in Chicago. \nHer performances have been featured on WFMT\, WTTW\, WGN\, PBS\, NBC\, and FOX. \nAn inspiring and highly respected educator\, Dr. Lipmanovich has served on the piano faculties of The Boston Conservatory\, Boston College\, Northeastern University\, Daley College in Chicago\, and the Rubin Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem. She currently serves on the faculty of the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Acqui Terme\, Italy\, and the Summit Music Festival in New York and Spain.In 2026\, Dr. Lipmanovich began an artistic collaboration with the Conservatoire de la Vallée d’Aoste in Aosta\, Italy\, where she presented highly successful master classes for outstanding young pianists. She continues to be invited internationally to perform\, teach master classes\, and serve as an adjudicator for prestigious piano competitions. \nAmong her distinguished jury appointments\, Dr. Lipmanovich served as an Honorary Judge for the Madame Rosina Lhevinne International Piano Competition in San Marco\, Italy\, as a juror for the Mozart International Piano Competition\, and for the 5th Chopin  International Piano Competition in Bangkok\, Thailand\, where she also presented solo recitals and master classes\, including at Mahidol University\, College of Music. \nDr. Lipmanovich is a member of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and the Chicago Area Music Teachers Association (CAMTA) and is a Steinway Educational Partner. \nAs founder and Artistic Director of The Art of Piano Playing & Performing Arts\, Dr. Lipmanovich is dedicated to developing the next generation of musicians through exceptional teaching\, inspiring performances\, and a lifelong commitment to artistic excellence. For more information\, please visit: https://theartofpianoplaying.com \n  \n  \nAlexander Tyfer is a violinist\, conductor\, composer\, and educator  whose career combines international performance\, pedagogy\, and musical  research. Described by Mstislav Rostropovich as a “world-class violinist”  distinguished by “versatile virtuosity\, beautiful and expressive sound\,  artistry\, and bright performing charisma\,” Tyfer has performed as a soloist  and chamber musician in the United States\, Europe\, and Russia. \nHe is a prize-winner of international violin and chamber music  competitions in Russia\, the United States\, Italy\, and Bulgaria. \nEducated in the Russian violin tradition\, Tyfer began his musical  studies at the age of six. Since 1997\, he has performed regularly as a soloist  and conductor with orchestras in Russia\, the United States\, and Europe. He  has served as concertmaster\, soloist\, and second conductor of the National  Symphony Orchestra in Ufa\, Russia\, and as solo concertmaster of the  Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra in St. Petersburg. In 2012\, he toured  extensively throughout the United States with the Tchaikovsky Symphony  Orchestra\, performing in New York\, Chicago\, Boston\, Charleston\, and  other cities. \nHis repertoire encompasses major concertos and works by Vivaldi\,  Mozart\, Paganini\, Wieniawski\, Mendelssohn\, Bach\, Beethoven\, Brahms\,  Shostakovich\, Khachaturian\, Sarasate\, Rachmaninoff\, Kreisler\,  Tchaikovsky\, Gershwin\, and many others. He has also given first  performances of works by contemporary composers who dedicated their  compositions to him. \nTyfer has appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York and at international  festivals in the United States and Europe\, including the Peter the Great  Festival in the Netherlands\, New York Piano Festival\, and Music Without  Borders Festival in Portland\, Maine. He has collaborated with  distinguished musicians including Albert Markov\, Alexander Markov\,  and Nina Beilina. \nFor more information\, please visit: \nwww.alexmusicworld.com www.tyfermusic.com
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/yulia-lipmanovich-and-alexander-tyfer-music-beyond-time
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Yulia Lipmanovich: Souvenirs de Musique
DESCRIPTION:Program: \nFrédéric Chopin: Fantasia in F minor Op. 49 \nFrédéric Chopin: Sonata in B-flat minor Op. 35\, No. 2 \nFrédéric Chopin: Four Scherzos \nFranz Liszt: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca \nFranz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 \n  \nDr. Yulia Lipmanovich is a Russian-born concert pianist and distinguished piano educator based in Chicago. Internationally acclaimed as both a performer and master teacher\, she has built a career that bridges the great traditions of classical performance with excellence in modern music education. Trained in the distinguished Russian pianistic tradition\, Dr. Lipmanovich is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Art of Piano Playing & Performing Arts\, located in Chicago’s historic Fine Arts Building. \nDr. Lipmanovich began her musical studies at an early age with her mother\, pianist and renowned teacher Madame Luba Lipmanovich-Yackobishvili\, and later continued her studies in Moscow with the celebrated pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School in New York\, where she was a protege student  on a full scholarship studied with the legendary pedagogue Madame Rosina Lhevinne. She earned her Master of Music degree from the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University\, studying with Professor Pnina Salzman and Professor Arie Vardi\, and completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where she studied with Professor Ian Hobson. \nAn award-winning pianist\, Dr. Lipmanovich won the Soviet Composers Piano Competition in Moscow and the Young Artists International Competition in New York\, leading to her debut recital at Carnegie Hall. Since then\, she has appeared as a soloist with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States\, Europe\, Russia\, Israel\, and Asia.Her performances have taken her to many prestigious venues\, including Carnegie Recital Hall\, Alice Tully Hall\, Steinway Hall\, the Chicago Cultural Center\, Studebaker Theater\, and Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University. She has also performed throughout England\, Italy\, and Spain\, including appearances at the Dartington International Summer School and the St. Lewis Music Festival in England.Among her notable Chicago performances are appearances on the Fazioli Concert Series\, broadcast live on WFMT\, and her acclaimed All-Russian Program at the Harold Washington Library Pritzker Auditorium\, which was televised numerous times on WTTW. \nShe has also appeared at the Fine Arts Building Gala in Curtiss Hall\, the Fourth Presbyterian Church Concert Series\, and the Schubertiade at Pianoforte Chicago. As a concerto soloist\, she has performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with orchestra in Chicago. \nHer performances have been featured on WFMT\, WTTW\, WGN\, PBS\, NBC\, and FOX. \nAn inspiring and highly respected educator\, Dr. Lipmanovich has served on the piano faculties of The Boston Conservatory\, Boston College\, Northeastern University\, Daley College in Chicago\, and the Rubin Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem. She currently serves on the faculty of the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Acqui Terme\, Italy\, and the Summit Music Festival in New York and Spain.In 2026\, Dr. Lipmanovich began an artistic collaboration with the Conservatoire de la Vallée d’Aoste in Aosta\, Italy\, where she presented highly successful master classes for outstanding young pianists. She continues to be invited internationally to perform\, teach master classes\, and serve as an adjudicator for prestigious piano competitions. \nAmong her distinguished jury appointments\, Dr. Lipmanovich served as an Honorary Judge for the Madame Rosina Lhevinne International Piano Competition in San Marco\, Italy\, as a juror for the Mozart International Piano Competition\, and for the 5th Chopin  International Piano Competition in Bangkok\, Thailand\, where she also presented solo recitals and master classes\, including at Mahidol University\, College of Music. \nDr. Lipmanovich is a member of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and the Chicago Area Music Teachers Association (CAMTA) and is a Steinway Educational Partner. \nAs founder and Artistic Director of The Art of Piano Playing & Performing Arts\, Dr. Lipmanovich is dedicated to developing the next generation of musicians through exceptional teaching\, inspiring performances\, and a lifelong commitment to artistic excellence. For more information\, please visit: https://theartofpianoplaying.com
URL:https://pianofortechicago.com/event/yulia-lipmanovich-souvenirs-de-musique
LOCATION:PianoForte Studios\, 1335 South Michigan Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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