Guarneri Hall

Traveling to exciting new destinations can cause us to see our own familiar surroundings with new eyes once we’ve returned home. So it is with J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations: a simple Aria serves as the theme for a journey through a series of 30 variations, some tragic, others dizzyingly brilliant, still others triumphant. When the Aria finally returns to where it began, we find… Read more »

Guarneri Hall is delighted to announce that NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago will return to the hall for its second concert season this summer. NEXUS, a collective of talented young artists committed to stimulating interest in chamber music, was co-founded by violinist Brian Hong and cellist Alexander Hersh. With four concerts planned August 26th - September 8th, NEXUS has programmed a wide variety of chamber works, from standard classics to lesser-known pieces that justly deserve a place in the canon. … Read more »

We are thrilled to share videos of some of the artists who will be performing at Impromptu Fest March 21-31 in Guarneri Hall. Now in its second year, Impromptu Fest is a platform to hear all that is going on with New Music Chicago members.… Read more »

Hear cellist Tamás Varga perform US premieres of two pieces (all pieces are Chicago premieres except for the Kodály Sonata) this Wednesday! Born in Budapest in 1969, Tamás Varga has been principal cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic for over twenty years. Particularly close to Varga’s heart is a recent project involving five world premieres of contemporary works for solo cello composed at his request.… Read more »