Music Institute of Chicago

Mozart Piano Quintet and other works by Piazzolla, D'Rivera and Ewazen.

A highly innovative and original piano style and deep respect for the masters of jazz and classical music combine to make Marcus Roberts one of the most diverse and acclaimed artists in jazz.

Second Annual Brazilian Music Festival

Celebrating the music of Pixinguinha, Jobim, and Villa-Lobos. 

Special guest artist Dill Costa joins the exciting 10-member ensemble Orquestra de Samba to offer two electrifying sets - one classical and one popular. 

Other guests include Jim Setapen, Julia Miller, and Fiona Queen.

Hailed by Strad Magazine as “sensational, bewitching,” the Lincoln Trio is one of Chicago’s most outstanding and versatile ensembles. This concert features celebrated women composers, with works by Jennifer Higdon, Lera Auerbach, Augusta Read Thomas, Laura Schwendinger, and Stacy Garrop.

Mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley has appeared as a soloist with orchestras led by Oliver Knusson, Robert Shaw and Pierre Boulez. Her virtuosic program includes George Rochberg's "Eleven Songs to Peoms by Paul Rochberg", the premiere of a newly-comissioned work for flute and voice by Laura Schwendinger, and George Crumb's Madrigals, Books I-IV.

Critically acclaimed as one of the top piano duos of our time, Canadian pianists Anne Louise-Turgeon and Edward Turgeon have given hundreds of performances, including a European debut at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, and a New York debut at Weill Recital Hall.

Sergei Babayan is hailed as one of the modern masters of today's concert stage. Within a span of three years of his arrival in the United States, he took first prize in four top international competitions, including the 1989 Robert Casadesus International Piano Competition.

Praised for their “clean, clear and precise sound", the Axiom Brass Quintet was recently awarded the Bronze Medal at the prestigious 2010 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra first violinist, Cornelius Chiu, teams up with his wife, MIC piano faculty member, Inah Chiu, for a program of classical favorites by Beethoven, Strauss, and Prokofiev.

An elegant voice that "drips with gold" (Opera News) has made Ryan McKinny one of the most sought-after lieder artists in America. Mr. McKinny performs Schubert's stunning 24-cycle masterpiece, Winterreise.

Described by Grammaphone Magazine as "a fine pianist…[whose] mastery and commitment are never in doubt", award-winning pianist Alexander Djordjevic delivers a tour-de-force program that includes works by Schumann, Chopin and Rachmaninoff, and Liszt's iconic Sonata in B minor.

Combining legendary training and artistry from Moscow and America, cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova bring to their duo performances a rare artistic synergy that has been described as so effortless, so riviting, it is as though they are playing with a single harmonizing voice.

A unique concert featuring Music Institute of Chicago Concerto Divas Desiree Ruhstrat, violin; Wendy Warner, cello; and Marta Aznavoorian, piano. Vote for your favorite concertos to be performed by this star-studded lineup of top performing artists. Ballots will be distributed at each MIC series concert beginning on opening night, September 12, 2010. Vote often—a prize will be awarded at the concert on May 14 for the most ballots turned in by a single audience participant!

Recognized as one of the greatest quartets in the world, Pacifica Quartet returns for this highly-anticipated series concert.