NEXUS Chamber Music
NEXUS Concert 1: Call of the Birds
Guarneri Hall 11 East Adams, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesGuarneri Hall is delighted to welcome NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago back for this year's four-concert NEXUS Chamber Music Festival. Their first concert, "Call of the Birds," features music by Haydn, Takemitsu, Fauré, Messiaen, and Schumann performed by Brian Hong, violin; Alexi Kenney, violin; Gabriela Lara, violin (fellow); Zoé Martin-Doike, viola; Alexander Hersh, cello; and Victor Asuncion, piano.
NEXUS Concert 2: Signs, Games, and Messages
Guarneri Hall 11 East Adams, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe second concert in the 2019 NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago series is entitled "Signs, Games, and Messages." Featured are works by Dvořák, Kurtág, Prokofiev, and Brahms performed by Brian Hong, violin; Alexi Kenney, violin; Zoé Martin-Doike, viola; Alexander Hersh, cello; and Victor Asuncion, piano.
NEXUS Concert 3: Folk Songs in Counterpoint
Guarneri Hall 11 East Adams, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesNEXUS' third concert, "Folk Songs in Counterpoint," includes a string quartet by Florence Price, who lived in Chicago and rose to the highest echelon of American composers during the first half of the 20th century. Also programmed are works by Barrière, the Danish String Quart (arr.), Price, and Arensky. Musicians are Brian Hong, violin; Siwoo Kim, violin; Tanner Menees, viola; Brannon Cho, cello; and Alexander Hersh, cello.
NEXUS Concert 4: Nocturnal Awakenings
Ganz Hall 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe fourth and final concert of the 2019 NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago concert series is entitled "Nocturnal Awakenings." Featured in this concert are works by Boccherini, Webern, Schnittke, and Schubert performed by Brian Hong, violin; Siwoo Kim, violin; Allison Lovera, violin (fellow); Tanner Menees, viola; Brannon Cho, cello; and Alexander Hersh, cello. Free but RSVP recommended.
NEXUS Chamber Music with Michael Henoch
Guarneri Hall 11 East Adams, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesFour members of the NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago collective will perform along with Chicago Symphony Orchestra oboist Michael Henoch. Works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Tann in this collaboration between Guarneri Hall and Dempster Street Pro Musica.
NEXUS Chamber Music Virtual Gala
Guarneri Hall (Virtual) Chicago, IL, United StatesYour support is critical in these difficult times as we gear up to bring the NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago 2.5 virtual festival directly to your living room in September. Help out and join the fun by attending the NEXUS Chamber Music Virtual Gala on July 15, buying a ticket at whatever level you can afford.
NEXUS 2.5 Virtual Chamber Music Festival
Guarneri Hall (Virtual) Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us as NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago and Guarneri Hall present NEXUS 2.5, an exciting virtual festival featuring some of the hottest young musical artists performing today. The festival events include a specially-produced broadcast of last year’s NEXUS “Call of the Birds” concert; live-streamed performances; new Artist Spotlight features where you can get to know NEXUS artists; drops of new music videos; virtual Q&As with artists; profiles of the Guarneri Hall staff; and other fun, fully produced video content with a distinctly Chicago feel!
Transitions
Guarneri Hall (Virtual) Chicago, IL, United StatesGiovanni Battista Viotti was a “rock star” of his day whose music deserves more contemporary attention. This witty, humorous, and sometimes experimental music falls squarely in the transition of music from the classical period of Mozart to the early romanticism of Beethoven and Schubert. The program includes a rebroadcast of Beethoven’s Kakadu variations for piano trio as well as a new Artist Spotlight featuring violinists Rannveig Marta Sarc and Brian Hong.
Note that our season events will no longer be live streamed, so we hope you will attend in person! We will continue to release innovative classical music videos of the artists who perform in Guarneri Hall; to be notified of new releases sign up for our newsletter.
