Pianist Michael Noble presents a program of Brahms, Schubert, and Scriabin live from the Chicago Cultural Center. Michael Noble has developed an international reputation as an “astonishing” (Het Nieuwsblad) and versatile pianist whose performances and initiatives have engrossed audiences across Asia, Europe, and the Americas...

Diderot String Quartet—named after the eighteenth-century French philosopher and Boccherini enthusiast Denis Diderot—brings a fresh approach to works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Diderot came together in 2012 after having first met at Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School. The four musicians share a background in historical performance and a passion for the string quartet genre; they found the ...

Tenor Eric Ferring and pianist Madeline Slettedahl perform a program of Schumann, Liszt, Fauré, and Ben Moore in this Facebook Live Exclusive Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert. Tenor Eric Ferring, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, and first-year member of The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, received his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance ...

Award winning pianist Lindsay Garritson performs works by Haydn, Glinka, and Prokofiev live from the Chicago Cultural Center for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Broadcast. Pianist Lindsay Garritson has performed throughout the United States and abroad since the age of four. She has appeared as soloist with the Phoenix Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (Texas), ...

Music for vocal ensemble and piano four hands by Romberg, Poulenc, Schubert, and Brahms

First prize winner of Franz Liszt International Piano Competition, pianist Joseph Kingma brings a program of Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart plus two works by Felix Mendelssohn for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert. Known for a sound that is “rich and encompassing, yet delicate and refined” and a “flawless and expressive” technique, ...

Pianist Henry Kramer performs Debussy’s Suite bergamasque and Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy live from the Chicago Cultural Center. The winner of the 2015 William Petschek Recital Debut Award from The Juilliard School and the Second Prize winner of the 2016 Queen Elisabeth Competition, pianist Henry Kramer is establishing himself as one of the foremost pianists of his generation.  His performances have been praised by critics as ...

Cellist Oliver Herbert and pianist Xiaohui Yang present a program of Janáček and Fauré live from Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center. Oliver Herbert, from San Francisco, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2015 and studies cello with Carter Brey, principal cello of the New York Philharmonic, and Peter Wiley, former cellist of the Guarneri Quartet. All students ...

The Merz Trio presents works of Brahms, Schubert, and Charlotte Bray live on this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.

Cellist Parry Karp with pianist Jeffrey Sykes present works of Karol Szymanowski and Rebecca Clarke under the Tiffany glass dome for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast. Cellist Parry Karp is Artist-in Residence and Professor of Chamber Music and Cello, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is director of the string chamber music program. He has been cellist ...