Chicago Duo Piano Festival: Faculty Extravaganza - July 9, 2024

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.