APRIL 2023 CMC NEWS

DID YOU KNOW?


Flutist Kaori Fujii, 2013 artist featured on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series founded an NGO in 2014.


Kaori founded Music Beyond, Inc. a year after appearing on the Hess Concert Series. Music Beyond, Inc. is a NGO that empowers communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa by engaging local musicians and youth through education, performance, collaboration, and mentorship. Currently, she frequently visits DR Congo to teach existing classical musicians.


Classical Music Chicago was founded with a goal of diversity, equity and inclusion, and presenting young and established talent, both local and international,

in Chicago - always FOR FREE.


CMC is proud to recognize guest artists that have done similar work elsewhere.



WHAT'S NEXT


April 26, 2023

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

Jiao Sun, piano


International pianist, faculty member and collaborative artist in residence at Ohio University School of Music, soloist Jiao Sun spins a tantalizing musical web with the music of Bach, Liszt, Debussy, and Chopin.


Program


Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH

Sonata in B minor, H. 245


Franz LISZT

 Grandes études de Paganini S. 141 No. 3,

La Campanella


Claude DEBUSSY

La cathédrale engloutie


Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 27 No. 2


Frederic CHOPIN

Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3


UPCOMING EVENTS

MAY 3, 2023

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

Sirena Huang, violin and

Chih-Yi Chen, piano


Program


Eddie SOUTH

Black Gypsy


Sergei PROKOFIEV

Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80


Henri VIEUXTEMPS

Souvenir d’Amérique, Variations burlesques sur “Yankee Doodle


MAY 10, 2023

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

Eleni Katz, bassoon and

Maxwell Foster, piano


Program


Carl Maria von WEBER

Andante e rondo ongarese, Op. 35


Cindy HSU

Spring Fever


Camille SAINT-SAËNS

Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168

Jeff SCOTT

Elegy for Innocence



MAY 17, 2023

Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts

Xiting Yang, piano


Program


Fredrick CHOPIN

Nocturne, Op. 62 No. 1 in B Major


Ludwig van BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 2 No. 3


Claude DEBUSSY

L’isle Joyeuse, L. 106

All Concerts at 12:15 PM

Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago - 55 E. Wacker Drive


The concerts are generously sponsored by the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council and by individual donors.

CELEBRATE WITH US

Classical Music Chicago 2023 Spring Fundraiser

Over Four Decades of World-Class

Performance Accessibility


Hosted by WFMT Presenter, Robbie Ellis



With special guest artists:


violinist Sirena Huang,

 2022 Gold Medalist,11th Quadrennial International Violin

Competition of Indianapolis

and

pianist Chih-Yi Chen


Enjoy socializing over cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres while supporting one of the country’s oldest innovators and supporters of accessibility, creativity and community.

Purchase tickets here

EVENTS EARLIER THIS MONTH

Ria Honda, violin & Umi Garrett, piano

April 5


The dynamic duo gave a memorable performance of Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, with its broad opening movement and turbulent finale that transforms the D minor theme into a heroic D major, juxtaposed with Heifetz's transcription of Gershwin's 3 Preludes, showcasing both instruments.

Martin Luther Clark, tenor &

Chris Reynolds, piano

April 12


The rising tenor and acclaimed pianist dazzled with a program focused on different aspects of love -including two modern works on the power of love, and Beethoven's circle or ring of 6 songs - of intense longing for a loved one.



Crystal Jiang, piano

April 19


Audiences were treated to a soundscape of electrifying passages and sinuous lyricism in works by Chopin and Prokofiev.



WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

"Our mother, Helen S. Gore, was studying classical piano in London before Dame Myra Hess began her free wartime classical concerts at the National Gallery. If our mother were here today, she would heartily endorse the Hess Concerts for their purpose of providing extraordinary classical music to the residents of Chicago and beyond."



- Gore Family Foundation

endowed sponsor of an annual Dame Myra Hess Concert.

PLAN YOUR SUMMER

RUSH HOUR CONCERTS


The 23-year old beloved Chicago summer tradition eases the evening rush hour with free, world-class chamber music. Summer 2023 has been announced! Come celebrate the beauty of music Tuesdays, June 6 through August 22, 2023, at St. James Cathedral.

The best in summer entertainment.


Rush Hour Concert Series


WhenTuesdays, June 6 through August 22, 5:45-6:30 PM

Pre-concert talk at 5:15 PM with host Robbie Ellis


Where St. James Cathedral – 65 E Huron Street, Chicago



Tickets: Free


Featuring 30-plus soloists, 1 quintet, 2 quartets, and a trio.


24th season of popular free-to-the-public Chicago-based summer festival includes 20 series premieres, works by composers spanning four centuries


Each concert is live streamed through the CMC website and excerpted performances are often broadcast on 98.7 WFMT radio.


Read the announcement here.




MEET THE BOARD

MUHAMMAD SOBKI, Secretary

Classical Music Chicago is pleased to highlight Board Secretary, Mo Sobki. A Leader in Analytics Consulting - Edward Jones, Mo has over 15 years of extensive experience in the financial services industry, across Asset Management, Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. Mr. Sobki enjoys problems that challenge and require leveraging advanced analytics and building new frameworks to solve.

Committed to access to quality education and equality Mr. Sobki devotes his free time and leverages his skills to help make an impact in communities.He has been active as a volunteer since for some time, and currently volunteers as an Ambassador for the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and as Judge for InvestWrite for the SIFMA Foundation. Mr. Sobki is also a board advisor for Sora Finance, and has served on the Board of Directors of Classical Music Chicago since December 2020.

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