Chicago Duo Piano Festival: Faculty Extravaganza

Music Institute piano faculty perform a mixed program of works for piano duo.

PROGRAM

Sonata in D Major for 2 Pianos, K. 448                                          Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
     Allegro con spirito
                                                             Inah Chiu and Sung Hoon Mo

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story                                                   Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
                                                                                                                                                            Arr. John Musto
    Prologue
    Somewhere
    Cha-Cha
                                                        Elaine Felder and Milana Pavchinskaya

Van                                                                                                                                         Hanna Kulenty (b.1961)

Libertango                                                                                                                    Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
                       Arr. Buniatishvili
                                                            Xiaomin Liang and Jue He

                                                                        INTERMISSION

Overture to Nabucco                                                                                               Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
                                                                                                      Arr. for Two Pianos, Eight Hands by LeMoine
                             Katherine Petersen, Mark George, Ralph Neiweem, Alexander Djordjevic

Hungarian Dances                                                                                              Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
    No. 3 in F Major
    No. 5 in F-Sharp minor
    No. 7 in A Major
    No. 6 in D-Flat Major
                                                      Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem

Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, for Two Pianos      Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
                                                      Matthew Hagle and Mio Isoda-Hagle

About the Chicago Duo Piano Festival

Called a “duo piano mecca” by Pioneer Press, the world-renowned 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 offers summer and winter events, which include coachings, master classes, concerts with special guest artists, and student recitals for students youth through adult. In addition, the festival organizes periodic duo piano competitions that draw young professionals from around the world.