Concerts and Events

Chicago Composers' Consortium is thrilled to welcome Yarn/Wire, a phenomenal New York quartet of two pianists and two percussionists, in a program of World Premieres written expressly for Yarn/Wire. Music of five Chicago composers plus the Chicago premiere of Steve Reich’s iconic ‘Quartet’, which Reich calls “one of the more complex I have composed.” Tickets ... Read more

Join Markus Rutz & Third Coast Sounds for a FREE concert in partnership with The Chicago Federation of Musicians. The concert is to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month and is set for Thursday, April 10 2025 at 7:30 pm (7 pm doors). This LIVE performance is a a FREE event open to the public with ticketed ... Read more

Acclaimed jazz harpist and composer Isabelle Olivier explores Impressionism in music and the visual arts with her genre-melding new album. Out now in Europe and March 21, 2025 in the US and Canada via Rewound Echoes, Impressions brings together jazz and classical influences via a remarkably versatile electro-acoustic ensemble.   Isabelle Olivier, harp and composition ... Read more

The Kombos Collective presents Out of Time, Out of Place, a look at displacement and self-discovery through the eyes of artists in the diaspora. Hellenic-American artists Michael Malis (piano), Constantine Novotny (baritone) and Ellie Falaris Ganelin (flute) explore these concepts through the convergence of music and poetry. The cornerstone of the program is Malis’s original ... Read more

Program Richard Strauss QUARTET in C Minor for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, Op. 13 Ludwig van Beethoven SEPTET in E-Flat Major for Strings and Winds, Op. 20   With guests Stephen Boe (viola), Robert Kassinger (bass), Andrei Muravev (bassoon) and Greg Flint (French horn)   Recognized as one of Chicago’s finest chamber music groups, ... Read more

This evening of Schubert's music centers around the great C Minor Sonata, D. 958 and also includes the 6 Moments Musicaux and Variations on an Original Theme for Piano Four Hands, D. 813. Noted Chicago area pianists Matthew Hagle and Mio Isoda-Hagle will be presenting this tribute to Schubert's unique and private vision in PianoForte's intimate ... Read more

There’s such a sense of joy, even ecstasy as she plays.” This is how NY1’s Stephanie Simon describes the Armenian-American concert pianist Kariné Poghosyan’s performances. Ms. Poghosyan’s recent concerts include several sold-out recitals at Carnegie Hall, including a CD Release concert of her “Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky” recording, which garnered rave reviews, with Gramophone Magazine praising ... Read more

Lakeshore Rush's programmatic theme for this season is “One Small World,” which is both a nod to the Disneyland attraction and a unifying message of peace. This 10th Anniversary season features seven concerts highlighting composers from each of the seven continents, and have taken place in neighborhoods throughout Chicago. Programs include works by composers from ... Read more

Introducing Yuan Wang, winner of the 2025 Aeolian Classics Emerging Artist Award   Program: Beethoven Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 81a “Les Adieux” Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op. 109 Scriabin Sonata Piano No. 9, Op. 68 Berio Feuerklavier Albeniz Eritana from Iberia Ravel Gaspard de la unit   Biography As a late protégé ... Read more

PROGRAM Robert Schumann, Quintet Op.44 (1842) Schumann composed the quintet in 1842 and its first public performance took place the following year. Noted for its "extroverted, exuberant" character, the quintet is considered one of his finest compositions and a major work of nineteenth-century chamber music. Composed for piano and string quartet, the work revolutionized the ... Read more