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Each week WFMT goes live to the Chicago Cultural Center for concerts with emerging artists from around the world, produced by the International Music Foundation. Some shows offer solo recitals while others feature ensembles. The concerts take place beneath the world’s largest Tiffany-domed ceiling, part of a landmark building that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are named for British pianist Myra Hess who organized some 1,700 free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, in the years of nightly air raids.
Cellist Julia-Hyunji Lee and pianist Umi Garrett perform works by Robert Schumann, Nadia Boulanger, Ludwig van Beethoven and Florence Price, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Praised by the La Jolla Light for her “warmth” and “musical integrity”, 25 year old Korean-American cellist Julia-Hyunji Lee is passionate about creating authentic connections and relationships through her love of music. She is a prize winner of the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition, recipient of the Mary Alice Cox Award, first prize at the FFMC competition, and finalist of the Barbash J.S. Bach International Competition. As a soloist she has performed with the Ocala Symphony, Alachua County Symphony, and University of Florida Chamber Orchestra. Julia has been presented in performances by the Music in the Vineyards Festival in Napa Valley, La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, Montage Music Society, Santa Fe College of Fine Arts, Core Memory Chamber Music, Dame Myre Hess Series, and Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival. Deeply enthusiastic about collaboration, Julia has had the pleasure of performing alongside renowned artists such as Clive Greensmith, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Bion Tsang, Catherine Cho, Ara Gregorian, Robert McDonald, Inon Barnatan, Blake Pouliot, Merry Peckham, and Molly Carr across various international stages.
Julia received a Bachelor of Music at The Juilliard School where she studied with Darrett Adkins and a Master of Music at Juilliard where she studied with the late Joel Krosnick under a C.V Starr Scholarship. She also studied baroque cello performance with Robert Mealy during her time at Juilliard. She is extremely grateful for her previous mentors, Wendy Warner and Chungsun Kim. In her free time, Julia enjoys practicing yoga and spending time with her cat, Clover.
Umi Garrett is a highly accomplished solo and chamber pianist, having performed numerous recitals in the United States and internationally. Most recently, she performed Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with principal members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra including Danny Jin, John Sharp, and Stephen Williamson at the University of Chicago, and performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall in collaboration with double bassist Nina Bernat. She was also recently featured on Interlochen Public Radio as part of a chamber music residency with Viridian Strings. She has performed regularly through presenters such as the Clark Art Institute, the Dame Myra Hess Series, Bay Chamber Concerts, and the Chopin Foundation of the United States. Umi has performed and toured with orchestras such as the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony and Pops, Symphony Boca Raton, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Wuhan Symphony Orchestra, and the New Mexico Philharmonic.
Umi was awarded first prize at The Juilliard School’s Concerto Competition, fourth prize at the 2020 National Chopin Piano Competition, and awarded the John Newmark Prize for Best Collaborative Pianist for her performances with finalist Nathan Meltzer at the 2023 Montreal International Violin Competition. She has also collaborated with prize-winners at renowned competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth Competition for Violin, Primrose International Viola Competition, the Naumburg International Cello Competition, and the Sphinx Competition. During the summers, Umi is a Staff Collaborative Pianist for the Program for Piano and Strings at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute, under the leadership of Artistic Director Midori.
Umi has released three solo albums and released her debut chamber album in 2024 of the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas under PARMA Recordings. Umi has received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Piano Performance at the Juilliard School where she was a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, and previously served as a Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Yale School of Music. She is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School with Hung-Kuan Chen and Shai Wosner. Umi is a Young Steinway Artist.
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Pianist Amiri Harewood performs works by George Walker and J.S. Bach live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Currently studying at the Royal College of Music on a full scholarship under the tutelage of Danny Driver, Amiri Harewood holds the Ann Driver Trust Scholarship, supported by the Victor Dandaleh Foundation. He previously studied at Trinity Music Academy under Richard Evans.
Amiri regularly performs across the UK and abroad. Previous engagements include solo recitals at prestigious venues including Steinway Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Institut Francais, Bishopsgate’s Institute, the Royal Albert Hall (as part of the Steinway Young Artist series), and an appearance performing on BBC Radio London.
His appearances abroad include recitals at the Conservatorio in Venice, and the Mozart Music Festival in Forli, Italy. Amiri has also had the privilege of working with renowned musicians including Inon Barnatan, Vanessa Latarche and Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch.
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Violinist Claire Bourg and pianist Kyle Orth perform works by W.A. Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Violinist Claire Bourg has performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician at prestigious venues across the United States and Europe, including Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, the Kimmel Center, and venues in Bremen, Warsaw, and Brussels. Notable performances include Mozart’s First Violin Concerto with the Camerata Bern in Hannover and participation in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
Claire has earned acclaim in competitions, winning the 2021 Luminarts Fellowship, winning second prize in the 2020 Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, and prevailing at the New England Conservatory Competition. She has also had success in numerous competitions such as the Joachim, Singapore and Kreisler International Violin Competitions.
A sought-after chamber musician, Claire has collaborated with distinguished artists like Mitsuko Uchida, Kim Kashkashian, and Jörg Widmann. She performs regularly with Musicians from Marlboro, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others, and previously served as concertmaster of Symphony in C in Philadelphia.
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Cellist Jenny Bahk and pianist Linda Lee perform works by Lera Auerbach, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Jenny Bahk is a 26-year-old cellist currently pursuing her Doctor of Music degree at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying with Brandon Vamos. She holds a Master of Music and a Master of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music, where she was selected as part of Oneppo Chamber Series and the annual Chamber Music Competition, and served as principal cellist of the Yale Philharmonia. Jenny is also a graduate of The Juilliard School, where she was selected for the Honors Chamber Music program and the Juilliard Orchestra principal pool.
As a chamber music enthusiast, Jenny has earned numerous awards. She was a finalist in the Music Academy of the West’s Duo Competition and was named Runner-up at WDAV’s Young Chamber Musicians Competition. Recently, as a member of the award-winning Amnis Piano Quartet, she received the gold medal and the audience award at the Chamber Music Yellow Springs competition, along with bronze medals at both the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and the Premio Renzo Giubergia Competition. Jenny made her solo debut performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Seoul Academy Ensemble and recently was named Runner-up at Jacobs School of Music’s Concerto Competition.
Known for her bold musical instinct and striking individuality, pianist Linda Lee brings a vivid sense of expression and deep stylistic understanding to every performance. Her natural phrasing, harmonic sensitivity, and communicative presence make her a compelling artist on both solo and chamber music stages.
Originally from Seoul, South Korea, she began her musical studies at the age of five. She continued her training at Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School, and later earned her bachelor’s degree with honors from Seoul National University, where she studied with Prof. Aviram Reichert. During her time there, she was fully funded and received the Seoul National University Alumni Association Prize.
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Pianist Hyerim Lee performs works by Frédéric Chopin, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Claude Debussy, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Born in South Korea, Dr. Hyerim Lee is an accomplished pianist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. She is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including the OSAKA International Piano Competition, Ettlingen International Piano Competition, MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition, and American Protégé International Piano Competition. Most recently, she won First Prize at the Marquette Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition.
Dr. Lee has performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Hill Auditorium, while also connecting with communities across Michigan through concerts and educational outreach, including a lecture recital and masterclass at Grand Valley State University and Northern Michigan University. Her international highlights include performances at the International Piano Festival of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Sicily International Piano Festival (Italy), the Campillos Piano Marathon (Spain), and the semi-final round of the Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition (Greece). She also presented a successful solo recital as an artist-in-residence at Porto Pianofest (Portugal), which was broadcast on New Year’s Eve. She appeared as a soloist with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the Marquette Symphony Orchestra, performing R. Schumann’s Piano Concerto, and in her final year in the United States, she presented her solo recital tour in cities such as Seattle, Vancouver, Cincinnati, and Chicago. As a co-founder of the Lunar New Year Piano Concert Series, Dr. Lee has performed in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, and Toronto, curating programs that celebrate cultural exchange and artistic collaboration with her colleagues.
In 2025, Dr. Lee returned to South Korea, where she continues to perform and teach actively. Upcoming engagements include solo recitals at the Seoul Arts Center and Daejeon Arts Center in May 2026, in addition to various ensemble concerts, further expanding her presence on the Korean concert stage. Dr. Lee earned her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance and Chamber Music under the guidance of Christopher Harding at the University of Michigan, and her Bachelor of Music degree from Seoul National University.
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Pianist Yeontaek Oh performs works by Clara Schumann & Robert Schumann, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Praised by critics for the “millimeter precision of touch,” “full of contrasts and nuances,” “rare sensitivity and dazzling virtuosity,” “finesse of touch and technical mastery,” and the “brave administration of silence,” Yeontaek Oh began playing the piano at the age of five. He studied at Seoul National University, and New England Conservatory of Music, where he graduated with honors and was awarded the Gilbert Foundation Scholarship. After his studies in Boston, he pursued further study in Europe, completing his Konzertexamen at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg as a recipient of the DAAD and German Government Scholarship, and the Concertiste degree at École Normale de Musique de Paris on a full scholarship. He later earned his DMA at Manhattan School of Music with a teaching assistantship, completing a dissertation on piano pedagogy in relation to atonality and program music, focusing on his former teacher Gilead Mishory’s children’s pieces.
In addition to winning over ten national competitions in Korea, including the prestigious Joong-Ang Music Competition and Artsylvia Chamber Competition, Oh has received more than ten international awards including Rio de Janeiro International Competition, Brazil (1st Prize) , Prix de Bern, Interlaken Klassics, Switzerland (2nd Prize), Piano Campus International Competition, France (1st Prize, Contemporary Piece Prize, Audience Prize), Animato International Piano Competition, France (Schumann Special Prize), Concours International de Piano de Lyon, France (3rd Prize, Special Prize), Arthur Lepthien Wettbewerb, Germany (1st Prize), Frechilla-Zuloaga International Piano Competition, Spain (1st Prize), Rome Chopin International Competition, Italy (2nd Prize), Valsesia Musica International Piano Competition, Italy (2nd Prize), Palma D’oro International Piano Competition, Italy (2nd Prize), Concorso Internazionale Pianistica “Piana del Cavaliere,” Italy (2nd Prize), Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra Competition, Morocco (2nd Prize)
A Young Steinway Artist, Yeontaek Oh has joined the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music in January 2025.
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Amnis Piano Quartet are violinist Minkyung Lee, violist Matthew McDowell, cellist Jenny Bahk and pianist Linda Lee.
Their competition wins include bronze medal at the 50th Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, third prize at the Premio Renzo Guibergia Prize Competition (IT), Grand Prize and Audience Prize at the Yellow Springs Chamber Competition, the Oneppo Series Chamber Competition. They were also finalists at the Coltman Competition and were selected as finalists for the Schoenfeld International String Competition (Harbin, China).
The quartet has concertized across the United States and performed with major chamber artists including the Emerson String Quartet, as part of the Great Lakes Festival, where they were an ensemble-in-residence [Shouse Institute], and the Centrum Chamber Intensive, where they collaborated with members of the Dover String Quartet. They also have given performances as part of the Clark Chamber Series in Waterford, CT, and the Pelican Cove Chamber Series in Sarasota, FL.
The quartet began collaborating under the tutelage of Ettore Causa during their graduate studies at the Yale School of Music and has worked extensively with Wei-yi Yang, Boris Berman, Tai Murray, and the Horszowski Trio. The individual members hold degrees from Seoul National University, Colburn Academy, the Juilliard School, the International Menuhin Music Academy (Switzerland), and Yale University.
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Pianist Joshua Mhoon performs works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Ernesto Lecuona, Ottorino Respighi and Alexander Scriabin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Mhoon began piano at age seven and advanced rapidly, demonstrating a rare combination of artistry, curiosity, and technical command. At just 15, he entered Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music to study with Dr. James Giles, Director of Musical Performance. He currently trains at The Juilliard School in New York City under the direction of Emanuel Ax, Yoheved Kaplinsky, and Julian Martin—three of today’s most celebrated pianists and pedagogues.
His competition successes include top prizes at The DePaul National Concerto Competition, The Walgreens National Concerto Competition (Junior and Senior Divisions), and the Emilio del Rosario Concerto Competition. In 2023, he earned the Silver Medal at the inaugural Nina Simone Piano Competition—an accolade that launched a wave of high-profile performance opportunities across North America, Europe, and the Middle East for the 2025–2026 seasons.
In July 2025, Mhoon was selected as one of four pianists for the first-ever Artists in Residence program at the inaugural Piano Festival of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. Presented in collaboration with the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, the Saudi Ministry of Culture, and Lang Lang, the festival showcased Mhoon in concerts, masterclasses, and cultural exchange events throughout a landmark month-long residency.
Mhoon’s international engagements have included performances in Japan, England, France, Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. In the United States, he has appeared on top stages such as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Steinway Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, the New World Symphony Center, Alice Tully Hall, and the Musikverein in Vienna. He has worked with many outstanding conductors and ensembles, including Louis Langrée with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern with Orchestra LUMOS, the Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Philharmonic, Midwest Young Artists Orchestra, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States, and the Polizeiorchester Sachsen.
A proud Chicago native, Mhoon credits his artistic voice to the city’s rich tapestry of Black American music—gospel, jazz, blues, R&B, and hip-hop. His community-centered performances include appearances at Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s historic inauguration, a Chicago Bulls halftime show, and performances for civic leaders and international delegations. His broadcast presence includes features on NBC, CBS, WTTW, Red Bull TV, TV Asahi (Japan), and an Emmy Award-winning episode of PBS’s Built to Last. His radio credits include NPR’s From the Top, WQXR, WFMT, and WBEZ.
Mhoon is expanding his creative footprint with his first film score, set for release in 2026, and continues to study jazz and spontaneous composition with influential mentors including the late Willie Pickens and Bobby Irving III. A Young Steinway Artist, he is committed to shaping an inclusive future for classical music—one that reflects and welcomes a broader range of audiences and experiences.
As he shared in an early interview, “I definitely want to make music my life.” Today, Joshua Mhoon is doing exactly that—building a career defined by artistic excellence, global impact, and an inspiring sense of purpose.
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Pianist Stephanie Tang performs works by Franz Schubert, Sofia Gubaidulina, Missy Mazzoli and Johannes Brahms, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
BBC Magazine Rising Star Stephanie Tang is a Chinese-American pianist with an active concert career in solo and chamber performance in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Europe. She has appeared in major international concert halls such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Sendai Concert Hall (Japan), Alte Oper (Frankfurt), Grafenegg Festival (Austria), TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht), Sony Auditorium (Madrid), Place Flagey (Brussels), Wigmore Hall, King’s Place, Barbican Centre (London), Banff Centre, and Koerner Hall (Toronto).
An avid chamber musician, Stephanie has performed alongside and collaborated with Marc Danel, Alisa Weilerstein, Stefan Jackiw, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Nicholas Daniel, Michael Collins, John Adams, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. She has had the privilege of working closely with mentors such as Alfred Brendel, Eberhard Feltz, Steven Isserlis, Thomas Adès, Robert Levin, Claudio Martinez-Mehner, Alina Ibragimova, and Günter Pichler. She is the pianist and founding member of the award-winning Paddington Trio, one of the most exciting ensembles of this generation.
Recent concert highlights include performances at Janine Jansen’s International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, Chipping Campden Festival, Oxford Chamber Music Festival, Internacional Festival Cervantino, Four Seasons Chamber Festival, Listen Hear! Series in Sarasota, Florida, Toronto Summer Music, and a concerto debut at the Barbican Centre. This past season, Stephanie performed the rarely-heard Amy Beach Piano Concerto with the Barnet Symphony Orchestra in London, returned to the Kuhmo and West Cork Chamber Festivals, and appeared at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and La Jolla SummerFest.
Raised in the Los Angeles area, Stephanie began her formal musical studies at the Shenzhen Arts School under renowned Chinese pedagogue Zhaoyi Dan. She holds degrees from the Colburn Conservatory of Music (B.M.), Glenn Gould School (A.D.), Yale School of Music (M.M.) and Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Her principal teachers have been John Perry, Peter Serkin, Leon Fleisher, and Ronan O’Hora.
Stephanie is passionate about story-telling and making connections through programming. From the standard classical canon to the contemporary and underrepresented, she wishes to unite audiences and communities in a shared collective experience through music.
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Pianist Kacper Żaromski performs works by Karol Szymanowski and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Kacper Żaromski was born in 1999. He is a native from Rymanow Zdrój in South Eastern Poland. He graduated with honors from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Music School in Krosno, under the teaching of Mrs. Dorota Skibicka. He then proceeded to complete a five-year course of study with Professor Katarzyna Popowa Zydroń, after which he was awarded a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree with distinction from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music. He is currently pursuing a Performance Diploma at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts, under Professor Edward Auer.
He is a prize winner of many Polish and international piano competitions: II Prize in International Chopin Piano Competition in Budapest (2016), VI Prize in 51st Polish National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (2022), I Prize in International Competition in Moscow (2016), I Prize in Leopold Bellan International Piano Competition in Paris (2018, 2020), I prize at I Internationalen Chopin-Klavierwettbewerb in Vienna (2018), I Prize in International Chopin Competitions in Antonin (2017) and Rzeszów (2017), and many others. In addition, his chamber music accolades include: III Prize in the 7th International Chamber Music Competition in Bydgoszcz (2020), II Prize in 1st International Online Instrumental Performance Competition (2021). In 2020, he received an Artistic Prize founded by Elżbieta and Krzysztof Penderecki at the XV International Piano Forum in Sanok.
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Cellist Dilshod Narzillaev and Pianist Victor Asuncion perform works by Robert Schumann, Afanasyevich Varelas and Johannes Brahms, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Cellist Dilshod Narzillaev has captivated audiences worldwide with his solo performances alongside prestigious ensembles, including the Boston Pops Orchestra at Symphony Hall, the National and State orchestras of Uzbekistan, the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and the Croatian Radio-Television Symphony Orchestra as part of the Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition prize.
Hailed by The Washington Post for his “poised and imaginative playing,” Filipino-American pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion has appeared in concert halls in Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey and the USA, as a recitalist and concerto soloist. He played his orchestral debut at the age of 18 with the Manila Chamber Orchestra, and his New York recital debut in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 1999. In addition, he has worked with conductors including Sergio Esmilla, Enrique Batiz, Mei Ann Chen, Zeev Dorman, Arthur Weisberg, Corrick Brown, David Loebel, Leon Fleisher, Michael Stern, Jordan Tang, and Bobby McFerrin.
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Pianist Han Chen performs works by Florence Price, György Ligeti and Sergei Rachmaninoff, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
A fearless performer with seemingly limitless imagination and possessed with uncanny energy, pianist Han Chen plays scores old and new with rare rigor and insight.
Alex Ross, classical music critic of The New Yorker, who selected Mr. Chen’s Naxos disc of the Ligeti Études and Capriccios as a “Notable Classical Recording of 2023,” characterized him as follows: “The Taiwanese pianist Han Chen, a noted interpreter of the Ligeti Études and other modernist repertory, has made a blistering album of the [Liszt] opera transcriptions.” –The New Yorker, September 4, 2023
Mr. Chen has performed as solo recitalist internationally. He is a core member of Ensemble Échappé while regularly collaborating with The Metropolis Ensemble. In 2021, Chen launched Migration Music, an ongoing series of performances and interviews with immigrant composers. Han Chen has studied with Yoheved Kaplinsky, Wha Kyung Byun, and Ursula Oppens at The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, and CUNY Graduate Center.
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Violinist Zachary Brandon and pianist Sung Hoon Mo perform works by Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Zachary Brandon is acclaimed for his poetic interpretation and boldly personal sound. A laureate of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, the International Stradivarius Violin Competition, and the Cooper International Violin Competition, he has performed at venues such as Severance Hall and Carnegie Hall. His interpretations have drawn particular praise for their narrative clarity and expressive nuance. Zachary holds two degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, including an Artist Diploma, where he studied with Jaime Laredo, Jessica Lee, Stephen Rose, and Jan Mark Sloman. He is also a graduate of the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles, where he trained with Robert Lipsett, and previously studied with renowned pedagogues Almita and Roland Vamos.
Dr. Sung Hoon Mo is a pianist renowned for his extensive performances as a soloist and chamber musician. He studied at the Peabody Conservatory, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and the Eastman School of Music, under the guidance of James Tocco, Leon Fleisher, and Emanuel Ax. Dr. Mo has performed for the American Embassy in Guatemala and toured throughout Puerto Rico, giving concerts at the San Juan Conservatory and the Ponce Museum. He has been featured on PBS and has appeared on radio broadcasts including WQXR in New York City as a winner of the Bergen Philharmonic Concerto Competition. His collaborations include tours in Germany with violinist Victor Tretjakov and violist Yuri Bashmet, and performances with artists such as violinist Charles Castleman and cellists Pieter Wispelwey and Emilio Colón. Dr. Mo is currently on the piano faculty at the Music Institute of Chicago and the Wheaton College Conservatory, where he also serves as the Site Coordinator for the Downers Grove campus.
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Soprano Adia Evans and pianist Michael Banwarth perform works by Alfred Bachelet, Joseph Marx, Gian Carlo Menotti, H.T. Burleigh, Lori Laitman, Leslie Adams, and Ricky Ian Gordon, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
A second-year soprano with The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center from Baltimore, Adia Evans sang Theresa Alvarez/The Listeners, Girlfriend 2/Blue, and Countess Ceprano/Rigoletto in Lyric’s 2024/25 Season. The previous year she debuted at The Cliburn in Recital with Jake Heggie, the Dayton Philharmonic (Handel’s Messiah), and Annapolis Opera (First Lady/The Magic Flute). Other recent highlights include Mimì/La Bohème with the Borderland Arts Foundation and Beethoven’s 9th with the National Orchestral Institute and Marin Alsop. Evans has performed with Santa Fe Opera, Merola Opera Program, Fort Worth Opera, Dallas Opera Guild, Opera Columbus, Tulsa Opera, and Knoxville Opera, among others. Her numerous honors include the 2025 Lola Fletcher Award from the American Opera Society of Chicago, a 2024 Richard F. Gold Career Grant, an Encouragement Award from the 2024 London Foundation Competition, third place in the 2023 and 2024 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Midwest Region, and first place in the 2023 Dallas Opera Guild Lonestar Vocal Competition. After participating in the 2025 Britten Pears Young Artist Programme in Aldeburgh, England, Evans appears in Lyric’s 2025/26 Season production of El último sueño de Frida y Diego.
Michael Banwarth, the third-year pianist with The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, served on Lyric’s music staff for Blue (2024/25) and Champion (2023/24). He recently completed a Master of Music in collaborative piano at the New England Conservatory of Music. A recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship and Gunther Schuller medal at NEC, Banwarth served as teaching assistant for the Song Lab program, performed frequently in the Liederabend and Sonata Night concert series, and prepared productions of The Turn of the Screw and L’enfant et les sortilèges. This summer he is a pianist for the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Neumarkt, Germany, and he was invited to be a 2022 vocal piano fellow at Music Academy of the West. He has also held fellowships at the Bay View Music Festival and the Atlantic Music Festival, and served as assistant music director and harpsichordist for the Iowa State Opera Studio during his undergraduate studies.
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Pianist Robert Brooks Carlson performs works by Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy and Johannes Brahms, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Originally from a small town in central Virginia, American pianist Robert Brooks Carlson began playing piano at the age of eight. Now, Robert performs extensively throughout the United States and Europe as both a recital soloist and chamber musician.
Currently, Robert resides in New York City where he is a Doctor of Musical Arts student at the CUNY Graduate Center, adjunct faculty of music at Hunter College, and a student of Soyeon Kate Lee. Notable recent influences include Jeremy Denk, Conor Hanick, and Julio Elizalde, and previous full-time teachers include Paulo Steinberg, Emily Yap Chua and Nicholas Ross. Prior to his studies in New York City, Robert received degrees from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and James Madison University. Until 2020, Robert also studied applied Mathematics at JMU as a student of the Honors College. In his free time, Robert enjoys baking, coffee, and relaxing with his cat, Olive.
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Cellist Aaron Wolff and pianist Victor Asuncion perform works by Reena Esmail and César Franck live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Described by the Chicago Tribune as “a musician of quicksilver brilliance,” Aaron Wolff is a laureate of the 2024 Naumburg Cello Competition, and first prizewinner of the Boston Symphony Concerto competition. As winner of the Leo B. Ruiz Memorial Prize, he made his Carnegie Hall debut in Weil Recital Hall in 2023, and has performed at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, the Musikverein, and Metropolitan and Guggenheim Museums.
Hailed by The Washington Post for his “poised and imaginative playing,” Filipino-American pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion has appeared in concert halls in Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey and the USA, as a recitalist and concerto soloist. He played his orchestral debut at the age of 18 with the Manila Chamber Orchestra, and his New York recital debut in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 1999. In addition, he has worked with conductors including Sergio Esmilla, Enrique Batiz, Mei Ann Chen, Zeev Dorman, Arthur Weisberg, Corrick Brown, David Loebel, Leon Fleisher, Michael Stern, Jordan Tang, and Bobby McFerrin.
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Pianist Ilya Shmukler perform works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Modest Mussorgsky, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
“Shmukler is a volcano”; “the name of Ilya Shmukler should be remembered” – that is how the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described this pianist after his triumph at the world-renowned Concours Géza Anda 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland, where he won four special awards in addition to the First Prize.
Besides the Concours Géza Anda, Ilya is a laureate of many international piano contests, taking top prizes at the Wideman (Shreveport), Lewisville Lake Symphony, Artist Presentation Society (St. Louis), Shigeru Kawai (Tokyo) Competitions. To have become a finalist of the 2022 Cliburn Competition, where he also received the award for the “Best Performance of a Mozart Concerto”, is a milestone in his career. As a winner of the Carnegie Weill Recital Hall Debut Audition he made his New York debut at the venerated venue on December 13, 2022.
An alumnus of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory under the guidance of Professors Elena Kuznetsova and Sergey Kuznetsov, Ilya continues his studies at Park University (USA) with Professor Stanislav Ioudenitch, so he combines diverse approaches in piano playing. Ilya’s dear teacher Stanislav Ioudenitch characterized him as “an exceptionally talented pianist with a unique blend of imagination and individuality.”
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Flutist Jungah Yoon and pianist Kay Kim perform works by Maurice Ravel, Samuel Barber and César Franck, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Jungah Yoon gave her debut recital at the age of ten after being selected as a Kumho prodigy. She is a laureate of numerous competitions, including the Seattle Young Artist Competition, Australian Flute Festival Competition, Donald Peck Competition, and Osaka International Competition. She has appeared as a soloist with the Yale Philharmonia after winning the Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition and was invited to the 2015 Prague Spring International Music Festival Competition.
Currently, Jungah is a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and a substitute flutist for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and New World Symphony in Miami. As a chamber musician, she has performed in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and was a 2024 quarterfinalist in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.
Pianist Kay Kim is an accomplished chamber musician who performs regularly across the U.S. and internationally. She has collaborated with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Paris Opera Orchestra, and Chicago Chamber Musicians, as well as recipients of the Stradivari Society Award and faculty from institutions such as Juilliard, Northwestern, and Indiana University. For over two decades, she has been the primary pianist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s conductor/soloist rehearsals, working with luminaries like Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink, Yo-Yo Ma, and Joyce DiDonato. In 2014, she performed in CSO subscription concerts curated by Pierre Boulez.
Ms. Kim has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Weill Hall, Ravinia Festival, and the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series. She has also participated in the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center and the Grant Park Music Festival. Her performance with Itzhak Perlman was featured on CBS’s Early Show. As part of Trio Chicago and Friends, she toured over 20 countries, promoting American classical music through a U.S. State Department initiative.
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Cellist Sydney Lee, and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion perform works by Leoš Janáček, Robert Schumann and Nadia Boulanger, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Kacper Żaromski performs works by Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Cellist Yanyan Lin and pianist Umi Garrett perform works by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Lili Boulanger, and Nadia Boulanger.
Yanyan Lin performed Haydn D Major Cello Concerto at age 19 with Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra as his solo debut in Shanghai He-luting Hall. He has been invited by festivals such as Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, Encuentro de Santander, Seiji Ozawa Academy, Ravinia Festival, Cello Akademie Rutesheim Cellofest.fi, Saito Kinen Festival and Shanghai International Cello Festival. He is also the laureate of the China National Chamber Music Competition and the American Protégé Competition He has participated in masterclasses with world-renowned artists such as Jian Wang, Steven Isserlis, Gary Hoffman, David Geringas, Jens-Peter Maintz and Mario Brunello. Yanyan Lin is currently a PhD student at the Royal Academy of Music. He has accomplished the Artist Diploma and master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music with Prof. Jo Cole and Christoph Richter, with the support of the full scholarship from ABRSM and Hans Keller Award. He received his Bachelor at the Shanghai Conservatoire with Prof. Li Jiwu. He currently plays on a Genaro Gagliano 1764 Violoncello, kindly lent by the Royal Academy of Music Museum.
Most recently, Umi Garrett was awarded 4th prize at the 2020 National Chopin Competition and 1st prize in the Juilliard School’s concerto competition, performing Ravel’s G Major Concerto. As a soloist, she has also performed with many renowned orchestras, such as the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Wuhan Symphony Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Symphonia Boca Raton, the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Pasadena Symphony and Pops, the Boston Pops, the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. As a passionate collaborator and chamber musician, she has performed with prizewinners in the 2021 Primrose International Viola Competition, 2022 Sphinx Competition, and 2023 Montreal International Violin Competition, where she received the award for best collaborative pianist. Umi has recorded 3 solo albums and will be releasing her debut chamber album in 2023 of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5 Sonatas for Piano and Cello with Emily Mantone. Umi is a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School, where she currently studies with Hung Kuan Chen. Umi is a Young Steinway Artist.
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Violinist Oliver Neubauer and pianist Chelsea Wang perform works by Clara Schumann and Richard Strauss live at the Seventeeth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Violinist Oliver Neubauer is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting young artists of his time. First prize winner of the 2023 Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Oliver is a YCA Jacobs Fellow and is managed worldwide by Young Concert Artists.
Praised by the New York Times as an “excellent young pianist”, Chelsea Wang is prizewinner and finalist of many national and international piano competitions including the Seoul International Piano Competition, Washington International Piano Competition, and New York International Piano Competition. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music with James Giles.
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Recently winning 3rd prize at the Epinal International Piano Competition and Leoš Janáček International Competition in Brno, In-Ae Ha is acclaimed as a passionate pianist, lauded for her “new and radiant interpretation, brilliant virtuosity, and driving energy” according to the Chosun Newspaper Concert Review.
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Recipient of the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant, 29-year-old American pianist Mackenzie Melemed’s international career continues to flourish. Melemed was the winner of Juilliard’s 2019 Leo B. Ruiz Carnegie Hall Recital Prize and 2018 Arthur Rubinstein Prize, as well as the Jade Medal at the 2019 China International Music Competition and the first prize and chamber music prize at Finland’s 2017 Maj Lind International Piano Competition. He performs works by Amy Beach, Robert Schumann, and Igor Stravinsky, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Maxwell Foster is a pianist and pedagogue based in Baltimore and Brisbane. He was the recipient of first prize at the ABC Young Performer Awards and has performed alongside every major orchestra within Australia.
Hailed as a “born communicator” (The Australian), a “brilliant young musician” (Otago Times), and a “soloist of superb virtuosic skill and musicality” (Limelight), Alex Raineri (b. 1993) is active Internationally and throughout Australia as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, writer, producer and educator. He is based in Brisbane, Australia.
They perform works for piano four hands by Natalie Nicholas, Franz Schubert, and Maurice Ravel live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Avery Gagliano was the First Prize and Best Concerto Prize winner of the 2020 National Chopin Piano Competition, and semifinalist at the 18th International Chopin Competition in 2021. She perform works by George Frideric Handel, Maurice Ravel, and Nikolai Medtner live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Anna Han received the second prize at the 2023 Naumburg International Piano Competition and first prize at the 2023 National Federation of Music Clubs Competition. She performs her own arrangement of two Robert Schumann pieces and works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Unsuk Chin, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Sergei Prokofiev, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Cellist David Caplan of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and pianist Rick Ferguson, co-founder and artistic director of The Musical Offering, perform works by Louise Farrenc and Ludwig van Beethoven, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition finalist Ilya Shmukler performs works by Beethoven, Debussy, and Stravinsky, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Jake Holtzman performs works by Mel Bonis, Franz Schubert, and Enrique Granados, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins and pianist Kyle Orth perform works by Robert Schumann, Sergei Prokofiev, and Nadia Boulanger, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Cellist Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir and pianist Liang-yu Wang perform works by Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Florence Price, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Parker Van Ostrand performs works by J.S. Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Wang Jianzhong, and Maurice Ravel, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Violinist Sirena Huang and pianist Chih-Yi Chen perform works by Amy Beach, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Chen Gang, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Wynona Wang performs music by Zhang Zhao, Wanghua Chu, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Ludwig van Beethoven, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Cellist Miriam K. Smith and pianist Julia Siciliano perform music by Luigi Boccherini, Nadia Boulanger, and Ludwig van Beethoven, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist John Bitoy performs music by J.S. Bach, James Lee III, Maurice Ravel, and Margaret Bonds, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Byeol Kim performs music by Ottorino Respighi, Franz Schubert, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, and Fazıl Say, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
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Cellist Julia Yang and Pianist Mika Sasaki perform music by Thomas Adès, Shih-Hui Chen, and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Amir Ron performs music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Germaine Tailleferre, and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Clarinetist Zachary Good and pianist Daniel Schlosberg perform music by Henri Rabaud, Germaine Tailleferre, Camille Saint-Saëns, Eric Dolphy, and a suite of Baroque preludes arranged by Good, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Music by Josephine Lang, Benjamin Britten, Ottorino Respighi, and Giacomo Puccini.
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Soprano and Pianist Chelsea Guo performs music by Clara and Robert Schumann, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Xiting Yang plays music by Chopin, Beethoven, and Debussy, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Bassoonist Eleni Katz and pianist Maxwell Foster play music by Carl Maria von Weber, Cindi Hsu, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Jeff Scott, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Violinist Sirena Huang and Pianist Chih-Yi Chen plays music by Eddie South, Sergei Prokofiev, and Henri Vieuxtemps.
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Pianist Jiao Sun plays music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Frédéric Chopin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Violinist Ria Honda and pianist Umi Garrett play music by Robert Schumann and George Gershwin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Cellist Michael Katz and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción play music by Rebecca Clarke, Edvard Grieg and Manuel de Falla.
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Flutist Meghan Bennett and Pianist Maria Lyapkova plays music by Cécile Chaminade, Valerie Coleman, Mel Bonis, and Lili Boulanger, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Christine Wu plays music by Schubert and Liszt, along with a Tōru Takemitsu arrangement of a Lennon/McCartney piece, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Chelsea Wang plays music by JS Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Earl Wild, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Violinist Caitlin Edwards and pianist Daniel Schlosberg play music by Ethel Smyth, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Ahmed Alabaca, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Sara Davis Buechner and Kontras Quartet, made up of violinists Eleanor Bartsch and Francois Henkins, violist Ben Weber, and cellist Jean Hatmaker, play music by Joaquín Turina and Reynaldo Hahn, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Cellist Anita Graef and pianist Louise Chan play music by Nikolai Kapustin, Arvo Pärt, Claude Debussy, Amy Beach, Felix Mendelssohn, and L.V. Beethoven, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Chris Reynolds plays music by K-Pop sensations Aespa and Red Velvet, arrangements for piano by himself, and Mussorgsky, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Claire Huangci plays music by Schubert, Chopin and Gershwin, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Susan Kang, flute, and Beilin Han, piano, play music by William Grant Still, Clara Schumann, and Guillaume Connesson, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Reed Tetzloff plays music by Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Ilya Poletaev plays music by Louis Couperin and Robert Schumann, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Natasha Stojanovska plays music by Jean-Phillippe Rameau, Maurice Ravel, Dora Pejachevich, and a composition of her own, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Flutist Guilherme Andreas and pianist Matthieu Cognet play music by Francis Poulenc and Gabriel Fauré live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Xiaohui Yang plays music by Gabriel Fauré, Shulamit Ran, and Frédéric Chopin live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Danae Dörken plays music by Fazıl Say, Claude Debussy, Manos Hatzidakis, and Felix Mendelssohn live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. *On-demand audio featured on this site may have been edited in order to comply with U.S. copyright regulations.
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Music by Franz Schubert and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. This performance will air on WFMT airwaves on Thursday, November 3; a video stream of the performance will be available live.
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The Thalea String Quartet presents a program with works by Gabriella Smith and Antonín Dvořák.
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Clarinetist Michael Tran and pianist Lillia Woolschlager present works by Claude Debussy, Jessie Montgomery, and Johannes Brahms for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.
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Pianist Elliot Wuu presents works of Robert Schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast.
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Violinist Julian Rhee and collaborative pianist Xiaohui Yang present Violin Sonata No. 20, K. 303 by Mozart and the Violin Sonata Op. 18 by R. Strauss.
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The AYA Piano Trio presents two works on this program, the Mozart-Adagio by Arvo Pärt and the Piano Trio in G minor Op. 19 by Clara Schumann.
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Flutist Beomjae Kim and pianist Joanne Chew-Ann Chang present works by Philippe Gaubert, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Shawn E. Okpebholo, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Béla Bartók.
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Violinist Katya Moeller and pianist Ksenia Nosikova present works by Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, and Lera Auerbach.
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The Balourdet String Quartet performs two works on this live program, one by Jessie Montgomery and the other by Claude Debussy.
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Violist Matthew Cohen and pianist Zhenni Li-Cohen perform works by Brahms, Clarke, and Tchaikovsky live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Ana Glig performs works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Franck, and Beach for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.
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Violinist Maya Buchanan and pianist Milana Pavchinskaya present the "Spring" Violin Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven and Carmen Fantasie Brillante by Jenő Hubay.
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Pianist Daniel Lebhardt presents a program of Beethoven, Debussy, and Liszt for this Dame Myra Hess Concert. We hope you enjoyed this performance. Don't forget to subscribe to WFMT's YouTube Channel and like WFMT's Facebook Page to catch each and every livestream!
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Flutist Brandon Patrick George and pianist Jacob Greenberg present works by William Grant Still, Lili Boulanger, and Franz Schubert on this live Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert. *On demand audio has been edited to comply with copyright laws.
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Cellist Gabriel Martins and pianist Victor Asuncion present Beethoven’s Seven Variations on ‘Bie Männern, welche Liebe fühlen’, WoO 46 and Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99, by Brahms.
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Violinist Stephanie Zyzak and pianist Filippo Gorini present music by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann.
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Frequent WFMT guests Alexander Hersh and pianist Victor Santiago Asunción join forces to play music by Nadia Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Leoš Janáček, and Alexander Scriabin.
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Concerto competition winner Zheyu (Crystal) Jiang presents a piano recital with works by Chen Yi, Claude Debussy, and Franz Schubert. *Audio may be edited to adhere to copyright laws.
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New Zealand-born violinist and 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Geneva Lewis is joined by pianist Sahun Sam Hong for a live recital of French music.
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The Avalon Quartet presents two works on this live Dame Myra Hess program including a world premiere.
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Pianist Hyejin Cho presents a program of works by Cécile Chaminade and Robert Schumann.
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Violinist Igor Pikayzen and collaborative pianist Tatyana Pikayzen present a program of Schubert and Wieniawski for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast.
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American pianist Kenny Broberg performs two works by Nikolai Medtner on today’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert broadcast live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Russian-American pianist Alexei Tartakovsky performs works of Einojuhani Rautavaara, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Igor Stravinsky live on this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert.
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Cellist Taeguk Mun and collaborative pianist Lillia Woolschlager present a program of music by Alberto Ginastera, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Jean Françaix for this Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Pianist Natalia Kazaryan presents a live performance of music by Frédéric Chopin, Maurice Ravel, and Emma Lou Diemer.
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Pianist Yoon-Wha Roh presents a program of Chopin, Ravel, and Rachmaninoff.
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The Risus Quartet presents two works on today’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Broadcast. The first is Quartettsatz by Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80.
Risus Quartet
Haeni Lee, violin
Jieun Yoo, violin
Mary Eunkyung Chang, viola
Bobae Lee, cello
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