NEXUS Chamber Music Co-artistic Directors Brian Hong and Alexander Hersh have invited an all-star group to Guarneri Hall for the 6th annual NEXUS Chamber Music Festival. The raucous program, entitled Night at the Disco, features works by Boccherini, Eleanor Alberga, and Aaron Jay Kernis.
A new project from cellist Alexander Hersh, ABSINTHE features an album and a companion collection of story videos featuring music written before the European ban of the infamous drink.
Acclaimed Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams and pianist Natalia Kazaryan are featured in a program that celebrates the collaboration between the sexes in poetry and song with art songs that have been underrepresented in music history.
Guarneri Hall will celebrate the legendary silent film star Buster Keaton (1895-1966) with a multimedia program dedicated to his work, featuring an original score by Stephen Prutsman.
Among the most influential achievements of Béla Bartók are the six string quartets he wrote between 1908 and 1939. Over two evenings, the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet will offer a unique exploration of Bartók’s creative process by juxtaposing previously unknown early sketches of the works with their complete and final versions.
Among the most influential achievements of Béla Bartók are the six string quartets he wrote between 1908 and 1939. Over two evenings, the award-winning Borromeo String Quartet will offer a unique exploration of Bartók’s creative process by juxtaposing previously unknown early sketches of the works with their complete and final versions.
Sopranos Kristina Bachrach and Laura Strickling will be joined by pianists Daniel Schlosberg and Scott Wheeler in a benefit concert for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, organized by Music for Food. You can stream live on the event page if you can't attend in person.
The Pocket Philharmonic launches with a free event at the Old Town School of Folk’s Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Hall. Developed by Guarneri Hall NFP, the “Pocket Phil” is an initiative to broaden access to and engagement with classical music by bringing concerts to community spaces where it’s not traditionally heard.
The viola, with its remarkable pitch, plays a starring rather than supporting role in the Viola! Viola! concert with Rembrandt Chamber Players at Guarneri Hall.
Renowned composer Bernard Rands (b. 1934) will celebrate his 90th birthday with a two-day residency at Guarneri Hall. The event will feature works that deeply influenced Rands, compositions from his own seven-decade career, and pieces written by composers on whom Rands has had a profound influence.
