The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | WFMT
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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.
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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.
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International Music Foundation 30 East Adams, Suite 1206 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 670-6888
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Episodes
Rieko Tsuchida, piano
9/11/2024
Pianist Rieko Tsuchida performs works by J.S. Bach, Maurice Ravel, Sato Matsui, and Isaac Albéniz live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Duration:00:34:10
Yanyan Lin, cello and Umi Garrett, piano
7/10/2024
Cellist Yanyan Lin and pianist Umi Garrett perform works by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Lili Boulanger, and Nadia Boulanger.
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Duration:00:41:18
Ian Rucker, baritone and Michael Banwarth, piano
6/26/2024
Baritone Ian Rucker and pianist Michael Banwarth perform music by Gabriel Fauré, Gustav Mahler, Frank Loesser, Leonard Bernstein and Richard Rodgers live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
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Duration:00:28:31
Oliver Neubauer, violin and Chelsea Wang, piano
6/12/2024
Violinist Oliver Neubauer and pianist Chelsea Wang perform works by Clara Schumann and Richard Strauss live.
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Duration:00:42:52
In-Ae Ha, piano
5/29/2024
In-Ae Ha is acclaimed as a passionate pianist, lauded for her "new and radiant interpretation, brilliant virtuosity, and driving energy."
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Duration:00:42:35
Mackenzie Melemed, piano
5/22/2024
Melemed was the winner of Juilliard’s 2019 Leo B. Ruiz Carnegie Hall Recital Prize and 2018 Arthur Rubinstein Prize, among others.
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Duration:00:38:49
Maxwell Foster and Alex Raineri, piano
5/15/2024
Works for piano four hands by Natalie Nicholas, Franz Schubert, and Maurice Ravel.
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Duration:00:38:22
Avery Gagliano, piano
5/1/2024
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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Duration:00:41:11
Anna Han, piano
4/24/2024
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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Duration:00:31:33
David Caplan, cello & Rick Ferguson, piano
3/27/2024
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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Duration:00:45:03
Ilya Shmukler, piano
3/20/2024
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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Duration:00:42:56
Jake Holtzman, piano
3/13/2024
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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Duration:00:44:34
Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cello and Kyle Orth, piano
3/6/2024
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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Duration:00:45:44
Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir, cello and Liang-yu Wang, piano
2/28/2024
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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Duration:00:45:54
Parker Van Ostrand, piano
2/14/2024
Pianist Parker Van Ostrand performs works by J.S. Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Wang Jianzhong, and Maurice Ravel.
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Duration:00:36:49
Sirena Huang, violin and Chih-Yi Chen, piano
2/7/2024
Violinist Sirena Huang and pianist Chih-Yi Chen perform works by Amy Beach, Francis Poulenc, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Chen Gang.
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Duration:00:15:36
Wynona Wang, piano
1/31/2024
Pianist Wynona Wang performs music by Zhang Zhao, Wanghua Chu, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Duration:00:26:13
Miriam K. Smith, cello and Julia Siciliano, piano
1/17/2024
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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Duration:00:40:52
John Bitoy, piano
1/10/2024
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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Duration:00:32:30
Byeol Kim, piano
12/13/2023
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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Duration:00:31:34