Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina
Building/Room: Harris Theater. Performance Title: Contempo: Celebrating Sofia Gubaidulina. Performer(s): eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet. Cost: $25 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 312.334.7777. Ticket Web Link: http://harristheaterchicago.org. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Shulamit Ran, artistic director
eighth blackbird
Pacifica Quartet
Tony Arnold, soprano
Ricardo Rivera, baritone
Collins Trier, double bass
Stas Venglevski, bayan (Russian accordion)
Sofia Gubaidulina:
A Pilgrimage of Four (world premiere)
Perception
In croce
This all-Sofia Gubaidulina program includes the world premiere of A Pilgrimage of Four, commissioned for Contempo by The Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress and The Koussevitzky Music Foundation, Inc.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive.
For more info visit contempo.uchicago.edu. Fauré Quartett
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Fauré Quartett. Performer(s): Erika Geldsetzer, Dirk Mommertz, Sascha Frömbling, Konstantin Heidrich. Cost: $35 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, op. 45
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25
The award winning, up and coming piano quartet continues to receive rave review from across the globe, described as having “flawless precision and breathtaking musicality” (Deustchland Radio) and “chamber music making of the highest order” (Radio Bremen). Hear them perform signature piano quartets, including the Fauré in their Chicago debut.
"The Faure Quartett began their l… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. Isabel Bayrakdarian & Serouj Kradjian
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Isabel Bayrakdarian & Serouj Kradjian. Performer(s): Isabel Bayrakdarian, Serouj Kradjian. Cost: $35 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Works by Liszt, Ravel, Obradors, Gomidas, Heggie, and Berlioz
Isabel Bayrakdarian burst onto the international opera scene after winning first prize in the 2000 Operalia competition founded by Plácido Domingo. Since then she has performed in many of the world’s major opera houses and concert halls, including the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and has been critically acclaimed for her memorable song recitals.
“…make sure you get a ticket to hear soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian the next time she comes to town, no… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. Rebel Ensemble
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Irregular Pearls: Baroque Music from European Courts & Chambers. Performer(s): Matthias Maute, Jorg-Michael Schwarz, Karen Marie Marmer, John Moran, Dongsok Shin. Cost: $35 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Works by Vivaldi, Rossi, Bertali, Mealli, Corelli, Telemann, Mancini and Leclair.
Hailed by the New York Times as “sophisticated and beguiling” the New York-based Baroque ensemble Rebel has earned an impressive international reputation for their provocative approach to Baroque and Classical repertoire. Tonight also marks Mattias Maute's return to Mandel Hall after a triumphant debut with Ensemble Caprice during the 07/08 season. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, April 13, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. Gretchen Parlato Quartet
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Gretchen Parlato Quartet. Performer(s): Gretchen Parlato, Taylor Eigsti, Alan Hampton, Kendrick Scott. Cost: $20 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Jazz program to be announced from stage
First place winner of the Thelonious Monk Int'l Jazz Vocals Competition (2004), Gretchen Parlato has been a rising jazz star described as having a "deep, almost magical connection to the music," by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. Saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter said that, "in an inconspicuous way, Gretchen plays the same instrument as Frank Sinatra. There’s no one out there like Gretchen.”
This event is sponsored by The Julie and Parker Hall Endowment For Jazz… Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, April 15, 2012, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. Pacifica Quartet
Building/Room: Mandel Hall. Performance Title: Pacifica Quartet. Performer(s): Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Masumi Per Rostad, Brandon Vamos. Cost: $25 / $5 students. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Haydn: Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76, no. 4 “Sunrise”
Weinberg: String Quartet No. 6, op. 35
Beethoven: String Quartet in C major, op. 59, no. 3
Surrounded by string quartet masters Haydn and Beethoven, the Pacifica Quartet performs the rarely heard Sixth String Quartet by Moishe Weinberg, a prolific Soviet composer and contemporary of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street.
For more info visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu. Contempo: Tomorrow's Music Today I
Building/Room: Goodspeed Hall, 4th Fl. Performance Title: Tomorrow's Music Today I. Performer(s): eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet. Cost: Free. Ticket Phone: 773.702.8068. Contact Name: Chicago Presents. Contact E-mail: chicagopresents@uchicago.edu. Contact Phone: 773.702.8068. Campus Map: http://maps.uchicago.edu/. Event Description: Hear music by University of Chicago’s doctoral candidates in composition in this annual pair of concerts. Some of today’s finest young composers realize their vision through creative interactions with Contempo’s Grammy-winning artists-in-residence.
Program to include works by Jae-Goo Lee, Tomas Ignacio Gueglio, and Andrew McManus. Disability Clause: Please contact the event sponsor(s) if you require assistance to fully participate in this event.
Friday, May 11, 2012, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Fulton Recital Hall, 5845 S. Ellis Avenue.
For more info visit contempo.uchicago.edu.