Steans Institute

Steans On Tour

Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Institute is a chamber ensemble whose members are selected each year from the most promising musicians to attend the Institute’s summer session at Ravinia. They perform on tour with program director Miriam Fried. The repertoire for each tour varies but always includes three or four works for piano and strings. The tour, designed to bring the musical richness of Ravinia to a wider audience, presents formal concerts as well as educational outreach programs for schools and community organizations. Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Institute have appeared at such prestigious venues as Boston’s Gardner Museum, the Library of Congress, Miami’s Friends of Chamber Music series and New York’s Town Hall, in addition to performances each year on the Ravinia Festival’s Rising Stars series.

The Steans Institute for Young Artists identifies and brings together each summer talented young instrumentalists from around the world to make music together under the supervision of an internationally renowned faculty. Young artists at the Steans Institute attend master classes given by musical luminaries, have daily coaching with the Institute’s faculty and present recitals offered as part of Ravinia Festival’s summer programming. Many of the Institute’s alumni have gone on to achieve notable successes in both solo and chamber music performance.

2011 TOUR PROGRAM

PROGRAM

Haydn Piano Trio in G Major, Hob. XV:25

Kodaly Serenade, Opus 12

Webern 6 Bagatelles for String Quartet, Opus 9

-Intermission-

Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Opus 25

ARTISTS

Je Hye Lee, Violin
Miriam Fried, Violin
Vicki Powell, Viola
Narek Hakhnazaryan, Cello
Michael Brown, Piano

Dates and locations already booked:

Friday, March 18, 2011 at 8:00PM
Rising Stars
Bennet•Gordon Hall
Ravinia Festival

Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 1:30PM
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 8:00PM
Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts

Sunday, March 27, 2011, 4:00PM
Treetops Chamber Music Society
Stamford, Connecticut

We are currently planning the 2011 and 2012 season tours. For further information or to book a performance, please contact:

Anthony Roberts
Director
Steans Institute for Young Artists
Ravinia Festival
418 Sheridan Road
Highland Park, IL 60035
847 266 5423
anthony@ravinia.org