Winter Mini-Fest Offers Duo Piano Concert at Nichols Hall
The Music Institute of Chicago offers pianists and piano enthusiasts a special opportunity to experience the musical art of duo piano performance at the Chicago Duo Piano Festival Winter Mini-Fest, featuring a faculty concert and a student recital open to the public.
The Mini-Fest opens with a faculty concert on Friday, February 28 at 7 p.m.at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. The program features a mixed program of works for piano duo by Schubert, Saint-Saens, Daniel Pesca, Vivaldi, Brahms, and others. Performers from the Music Institute’s award-winning piano faculty include Louise Chan and Susan Tang, Elaine Felder and Milana Pavchinskaya, Sung Hoon Mo and Inah Chiu, Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, Alex Djordjevic and Mark George, Daniel Baer and Katherine Petersen, Soo Young Lee, Lisa Zilberman, and Katherine Lee.
A final student recital takes place Sunday, March 2 at 4 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
Called a “duo piano mecca” by Pioneer Press, the Chicago Duo Piano Festival was founded in 1988 by Music Institute of Chicago faculty members and Piano Duo in Residence Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem. Its mission is to foster a deeper interest in the repertoire, performance, and teaching of music for piano, four hands and two pianos, in a fun and supportive atmosphere. The festival presents an annual summer festival, winter mini-fest, guest duo and faculty concerts, master classes, and student recitals. In addition, the festival sponsors periodic national and international competitions for duo pianists.
All programming for the Winter Mini-Fest is subject to change. For information, visit musicinst.org.