Chicago Duo Piano Festival 2022 Friday, July 8 at 7:30 pm (free admission) Gala Opening Concert – Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem Festival Co-Founders and Music Institute Piano Duo in Residence Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem present a Duo Piano Dialogue, “Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, and the story of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1,” a concert with commentary. The program includes short works by Clara and Robert Schumann and a complete performance of Brahms’ own arrangement for piano, four hands, of his Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor. Tuesday, July 12 at 7:30 pm (free admission) Faculty Extravaganza I Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata in D Major for Two Pianos, K. 448: Andante; Molto Allegro, performed by Elaine Felder and Soo Young Lee
Franz Schubert’s Fantasy in F minor, D. 940, performed by Yumy Lee Kim and Sung Hoon Mo
Ron Surace’s Excerpts from "Pinocchio" Suite for Two Pianos, performed by Ann and Ron Surace
Emma Lou Diemer’s "Homage to Cowell, Cage, Crumb, and Czerny," performed by Louise Chan and Katherine Petersen
Friday, July 15 at 7:30 pm (free admission) Faculty Extravaganza II Program:
Franz Schubert’s Rondo in A Major, D. 951, performed by Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem
Nikolai Medtner’s Russian Round Dance and Knight Errant for Two Pianos, performed by Mio Isoda and Matthew Hagle
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dance No. 1 for Two Pianos, performed by Elaine Felder and Milana Pavchinskaya
Igor Stravinsky’s Danse Infernale from "Firebird" Suite and Prokofiev’s "Classical" Symphony (arr. Terashima), performed by Xiaomin Liang and Jue He
Saturday, July 16 at 10 am Master class with Unison Piano Duo The Unison Piano Duo—Du Huang and Xiao Hu from Luther College in Iowa—conduct a master class.
Sunday, July 17 at 2:00 pm
Chicago Duo Piano Festival Student Recital
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