Music at the Chicago Cultural Center

06/05/2012

Hear talented pianist Beatrice Berrut in Wednesday’s free Dame Myra Hess Concert, 12:15pm at the Cultural Center. http://bit.ly/LejfPx

The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are organized by the International Music Foundation, and feature solo and ensemble classical music performed by emerging artists.

05/24/2012

Light up your lunchtime with the free Dame Myra Hess classical music concert, this Wednesday 12:15pm. http://bit.ly/Idn1tV

The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are organized by the International Music Foundation, and feature solo and ensemble classical music performed by emerging artists.

05/17/2012

Spooky music: The Formosa Quartet performs Schubert's “Death & the Maiden” as part of Morbid Curiosity exhibit, 5/23, 12:15pm.

05/15/2012

Concert update! Here are the line-up and program for the free concert by Fifth House Ensemble, tomorrow 5/16 at 12:15pm.

Crystal Hall, Oboe
Andrew Williams, Violin
Clark Carruth, Viola
Herine Coetzee Koschak, Cello
Adam Marks, Piano

Excerpts from The Catherine Wheel (13’) David Ludwig (b. 1974)
Part Two: “Rose Window”
Part One: Con Moto


Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47 (26’) Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
I. Sostenuto assai – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Scherzo (Moto Vivace)
III. Andante cantabile
IV. Finale (Vivace)

05/08/2012

Hope you got a chance to see Fifth House Ensemble's concert at the Cultural Center. If not, here's a review! http://bit.ly/Jdy550

Fifth House Ensemble, one of Chicago’s most imaginative chamber music groups, is on to something in its season-long series of concerts titled In Transit that blend live performance with social media. Watching the young group refine their ideas about how to build concerts around visual projections of...

05/03/2012

Free concert! The Chicago Chamber Orchestra performs works by Mozart and Monn Sunday afternoon 3pm. http://bit.ly/Jt1xVc

Led by Founder and Music Director Dieter Kober, The Chicago Chamber Orchestra represents a distinguished Chicago tradition of admission-free concerts presented at highest artistic levels.

05/01/2012

he celebrated music group Fifth House Ensemble combines social media + music + art in , Thursday 5/3. http://bit.ly/Ijisy7

Social media, music and art come together in , Fifth House Ensemble's tale of a young Egyptian artist caught up in the fight for democracy during the recent revolution.

04/26/2012

Free: The Chinese Fine Arts Society presents a concert highlighting Chinese-American composers, Sunday 3pm. http://chinesefinearts.org/

CFAS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the education and promotion of the Chinese arts. In a culturally diverse society such as Chicago, CFAS provides programs and activities that promote the understanding of Chinese culture through music and other fine arts.

04/04/2012

Sounds like a good film!

Stony Island On DVD: April 24, 2012 Genre: Drama Director: Andrew Davis Run Time: 85 minutes Filmed on the gritty streets of Chicago's south side, STONY ISLA...

03/30/2012

Enjoy a free concert this Sunday when the International Chamber Artists perform Erwin Schulhoff’s Concertino for Flute, Viola & Double Bass; Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs; Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531; and J. S. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in D Minor No. 1, BWV 1052.

The International Chamber Artists perform works by Erwin Schulhoff, Antonio Vivaldi, J. S. Bach and Eric Whitacre.

03/27/2012

Talented pianist Sofya Melikyan plays works by Fauré, Schumann, and Rachmaninoff in a mid-day concert at the Cultural Center Wednesday 3/28. http://bit.ly/yeprqB

The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts presents Sofya Melikyan, piano. Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are organized by the International Music Foundation.

02/20/2012

Pianist Sooran Lee performs works by Bach, Beethoven & Liszt at the free Dame Myra Hess concert, Wednesday 12:15pm. http://bit.ly/xA39Ve