Spanish pianist Juan Carlos joins us live in performance from Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert. On the program: Estampes (15’) I. Pagodes II. La soirée dans Grenade III. Jardins sous la pluie Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918) Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 (22’) I. Allegro II. Romanze III. […]

Korean born violinist Yoo Jin Jang along with pianist Renana Gutman present a program of Mendelssohn,  Sibelius, and Piazzolla live under the Tiffany glass dome from the Chicago Cultural Center. Violin Sonata in F major (1838) (23’) I. Allegro vivace II. Adagio III. Assai vivace Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847) Selections from 6 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. […]

Live from the Chicago Cultural Center, Daniel Hsu performs: Chaconne from Partita No. 2, BWV 1004 (14’) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Arr. Ferruccio Busoni (1866 – 1924) Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 (20’) I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo II. Scherzo: Allegro molto III. Adagio ma non troppo. Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 […]

Tenor Jonathan Johnson, a third-year ensemble member of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, made his Chicago debut with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in Poulenc’s Les mamelles de Tiresias in 2014. At Lyric Opera, Mr. Johnson has appeared in Capriccio, Il trovatore, The Magic Victrola, The Passenger, Le […]

Beginning her studies at the age of three with her father, violinist Karia Chiu, now 17, is a merit scholarship recipient at the Music Institute of Chicago currently studying with Almita Vamos. Among her awards, Ms. Chiu was a finalist in the 2017 YoungArts Competition. In 2016, she took First Prize in the Blount-lawson Young Artists […]

The Artu Duo consisting of cellist Ruth Marshall and pianist Garret Ross began in 2011 with a residency at the Banff Centre in Alberta,Canada, where they studied with Colin Carr. Later, as the collaboration began to bloom, they studied with Menhaden Pressler at the Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk, England in 2012. Since then, they have […]

Described by Musical America as possessing  a “fiery imagination and finesse,” pianist Luca Buratto first came to the public’s attention at the Conservatory of Milan’s Sala Verdi, where he performed music of his grandfather Renzo Massarani (1898-1975) during a 2003 Holocaust Remembrance Day event. Buratto indicated that he was influenced greatly by his grandfather. Mr. […]

Cellist Tomoko Fujita was lauded for her “haunting” performance of Morton Subtonic’s Axolotl. She has collaborated with noted artists such as Itzhat Perlman, members of the Cleveland, Emerson, and Juilliard String Quartets, with dancer Wendy Whelan and the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Ms. Fujita earned a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. […]

Yehong Shi, Piano Chinese born pianist Yehong Shi is the recipient of many esteemed awards. He was the winner of the 2007 Dayou Music Competition as well as the Chinese Composition Award. He took Second Prize  Sonata Award, at the Qingdao Music Festivalin 2007, and was a finalist in the Piano Concerto Competition of the First […]

Brannon Cho, Cello Victor Asuncion, Piano Cellist Brannon Cho began his studies at the age of 7 with Marnie Kaller. He continues this studies with Hans Jørgen Jensen at the Bienen School of Music, and has gone onto win many prizes. In 2015 Mr. Cho took Second Prize at the Naumburg International Cello Competition, First Prize […]