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Now is the time.Buy tickets to hear your kind of music, on your schedule, at the best prices of the year.
ExperienceUChicago Presents concerts offer the intimacy of a salon with the acoustics
of a concert hall. Delight in the camaraderie of Mandel Hall concerts, the thrill
of discovering a new artist at the Logan Center, and breathtaking moments of
beauty at Rockefeller Chapel. Plus, enjoy opportunities to meet the artists and
hear lectures by University of Chicago scholars.
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YOUR SEASON TO CHOOSE EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES
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CHAMBER EASY TO GET TOMinutes from downtown with free parking available
EASY ON THE POCKETBOOKWe have the best prices in town: $25–$38 reserved seating, $20 under 35, $10 all students, and free youth tickets for children ages 6–17 when accompanying an adult.
EASY TO LOVEAn intimate concert experience in beautiful venues
EASY TO PAIREat, Drink, Museum! For ideas to make a day or a night of it, see chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/content/food-and-drink-0.
HEARING THE WORLD’S BEST MUSIC HAS NEVER BEEN SO SIMPLE.
György Ligeti
Brian Blade
Leila Josefowicz
New This Season!All concerts are $20 for patrons under 35.
Single tickets go on sale August 21. Save 20% off through September 30.
74thSeason
FRI/FEB 9/7:30 PM Contempo: Jazz Double Bill with Imani Winds, Ensemble Dal Niente, Daniel Pesca, piano, and Craig Taborn, piano6:30 PM lecture with the composers and Berthold Hoeckner
Marta Ptaszyńska: Poetic Impressions for wind quintet and piano Reena Esmail: The Light Is the Same Augusta Read Thomas: Bassoon Concertino Jazz set with Craig Taborn
Logan Center/Performance Hall$25/$10 students
FRI /FEB 16/7:30 PM/LIGETI SERIES Third Coast Percussion and Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano 6:30 PM lecture with Jennifer Iverson
György Ligeti: Continuum Christopher Cerrone: The Goldbeater’s Skin (Chicago premiere) G. Ligeti: Poème Symphonique (for 100 metronomes) G. Ligeti: Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles)
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
SUN/FEB 18/2 PM/CHICAGO DEBUTChristoph Prégardien, tenor, and Julius Drake, piano Poetische Tagebuch
An afternoon of songs by Franz Schubert set to poetry by Ernst Schulze
Mandel Hall $38/$10 students
FRI/MAR 2/7:30 PM/CHICAGO DEBUTQuatuor Ebène6:30 PM lecture with John Lawrence
Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 “Fifths” Fauré: Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”
Mandel Hall $38/$10 students
MON/MAR 5/4:30–6 PMPierre-Laurent Aimard Lecture-Demonstration
Logan Center/Performance Penthouse$10/Free
TUE/MAR 6/7:30 PM/LIGETI SERIES Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano6:30 PM lecture with Seth Brodsky
György Ligeti: Etudes Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
FRI/OCT 6/7:30 PM/CHICAGO DEBUTBarokksolistene with Bjarte Eike, violinAn Alehouse Session
A lively evening of music and humor of the 17th-century English tavern, with works by Henry Purcell and his contemporaries
International House$38/$10 students
SAT/OCT 7/7:30 PMAnat Cohen Tentet with special guest Robbie FulksOded Lev-Ari, music director
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
FRI/OCT 20/7:30 PM/LIGETI SERIES Arditti Quartet6:30 PM lecture with Anthony Cheung
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3 György Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes” G. Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2 Bartók: String Quartet No. 4
Mandel Hall $38/$10 students
FRI/OCT 27/7:30 PM Contempo: The Young and Brilliant with Talea Ensemble6:30 PM talk with the artists and Seth Brodsky
Music by young, international composers with a worldwide presence: Vito Zuraj, Justyna Kowalska-Lason, Nicolai Worsaae, Christian Mason, and Ondřej Adámek
Logan Center/Performance Hall$25/$10 students
FRI/NOV 3/7:30 PM Leila Josefowicz, violin, and John Novacek, piano Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 Kaija Saariaho: Calices Mahler: Adagietto Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata
Mandel Hall $38/$10 students
Anat Cohen
Bjarte Eike
Rachel Calloway
FRI/NOV 10/7:30 PM/LIGETI SERIES Imani Winds, Ensemble Dal Niente, and guestsGyörgy Ligeti Chamber Music
Six Bagatelles Viola Sonata Three Pieces for Two Pianos Horn Trio
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
FRI/NOV 17/7:30 PM/CHICAGO DEBUTamarcord6:30 PM lecture with Robert Kendrick 500th Anniversary of theProtestant Reformation
Luther and Music: works by Martin Luther, Johann Walter, Josquin des Prez, and Johann Sebastian Bach
Rockefeller Chapel$38/$10 students
FRI/DEC 1/7:30 PM Brad Mehldau TrioBlues and Ballads
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
FRI/JAN 19/7:30 PM René Marie & Experiment in TruthSound of Red
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
SUN/JAN 21/2 PMThe Boston CamerataThe Play of Daniel: A Medieval Masterpiece Revisited
Rockefeller Chapel$38/$10 students
SUN/JAN 28/2 PMAlexander Melnikov, piano Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
Mandel Hall $38/$10 students
FRI/FEB 2/7:30 PM/LIGETI SERIES Eighth Blackbird and Amadinda6:30 PM lecture with Sam Pluta
György Ligeti: Galamb Borong Aurél Holló: 39–The Dream of the Manichaeian–beFORe JOHN3 Lukas Ligeti: new work Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet G. Ligeti: Touches bloquées; En Suspens; Fanfares S. Reich: Sextet
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
FRI/APR 6/7:30 PM Ulysses Owens Jr.’s Songs of Freedom featuring vocalists Theo Bleckmann, Alicia Olatuja, Joanna MajokoAn exploration of the 1960s through three prolific artists—Joni Mitchell, Abbey Lincoln, and Nina Simone
Julie and Parker Hall Annual Jazz Concert
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
SUN/APR 8/2 PMPhilharmonia Baroque with Nicholas McGegan, director, and Sherezade Panthaki, sopranoSessions: Italian Baroque Music from the Jewish Ghetto
A program highlighting Salamone Rossi and his contemporaries, such as Claudio Monteverdi, in a vivid, interactive, and fascinating presentation, followed by a reception with the artists
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
FRI/APR 20/7:30 PM/CHICAGO DEBUTMontrose Trio6:30 PM lecture with Bradley Spiers
Turina: Trio in B minor, Op. 76 Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor, Op. 66
Mandel Hall $38/$10 students
SUN/APR 22/2 PM Contempo: Echoes of the Earth with International Contemporary EnsembleReflections on nature by George Crumb, Harrison Birtwistle, Mario Davidovsky, Toru Takemitsu, Pauline Oliveros, Krzysztof Penderecki
Logan Center/Performance Hall$25/$10 students
FRI/APR 27/7:30 PM Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I Works by Jack Hughes, Pierce Gradone, Tim Page, and Aaron Helgeson
Logan Center/Performance HallFree admission
FRI/MAY 4/7:30 PM Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today IIWorks by Joungbum Lee, Alican Çamci, and Igor Santos
Logan Center/Performance HallFree admission
FRI/MAY 11/7:30 PM Imani Winds with Cory Smythe, piano, and gospel choir 6:30 PM talk with the artists and Michael Dawson A Change Is Gon’ Come
Frederic Rzewski: Sometimes Vijay Iyer: Bruits Henry Threadgill: New work (world premiere) Traditional, arr. Jeff Scott: American spiritualsSam Cooke, arr. Imani Winds: A Change Is Gonna Come
Logan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
THU/MAY 17/7:30 PM Brian Blade & The Fellowship BandLogan Center/Performance Hall$38/$10 students
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Single tickets go on sale August 21. Save 20% off through September 30.
Experience today’s leading artists and enjoy a range of musical genres, including a season-exclusive exploration of the life and music of György Ligeti.
CONCERT2O17/18
SEASON
Don Michael Randel Ensemble in Residence Imani Winds
Alexander Melnikov
Quatuor Ebène
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