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Music for Love and Loss

Name: Music for Love and Loss
Start: 2026-07-15T13:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-07-15T15:30:00-05:00
Location: Ravinia Festival

Curated by and featuring violinist Carolin Widmann, with fellows of the Piano & Strings Program

Steans Institute Series

Tickets

Date
July 15, 2026
Venue
Bennett Gordon Hall
Event Starts
1:30 PM
Public Gates
12:30 PM
Ticket Prices
$15
All tickets show the “all-in” price, fees included. Availability and prices are subject to change.

About the Performance

The Piano & Strings Program at the Steans Institute focuses on interpreting classical sonatas and chamber music through deep collaboration in small groups. Each season, about 30 violinists, violists, cellists, and pianists come together for an immersive experience. They engage in intensive rehearsals and receive guidance from leading artists, who help them refine their craft and enhance their interpretive skills and creative insights.

In addition to a series of public master classes that focus on growing the fellows’ experience and interpretations of specific repertoire, the musicians participate in several afternoon concerts presented during the summer, featuring the artists in varying instrumental and personnel groupings across the season.

Performers

Carolin Widmann, violin and curator (faculty)
Leonhard Baumgartner, violin
Daniel Dastoor, violin
Vibha Janakiraman, violin
Hyun Jae Lim, violin
Kun Yan, violin
Wanxinyi Huang, viola
Yizilin Liang, viola
Ayano Nakamura, viola
Miranda Werner, viola
Roman Cazal, cello
Hun Choi, cello
Jayden Lamcellari, cello
Jiaxun Yao, cello
Yoshino Toi, piano

Program

Guillaume Lekeu: Piano Quartet (completed by Vincent D’Indy) Daniel Dastoor, violin; Wanxinyi Huang, viola; Roman Cazal, cello; Yoshino Toi, piano Jörg Widmann: Paraphrase on Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) for Solo Violin Hyun Jae Lim, violin –Intermission– Richard Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio, op. 85 [TrV 279] Kun Yan, violin; Vibha Janakiraman, violin; Miranda Werner, viola; Wanxinyi Huang, viola; Hun Choi, cello; Jiaxun Yao, cello Felix Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, op. 87 Carolin Widmann, violin; Leonhard Baumgartner, violin; Ayano Nakamura, viola; Yizilin Liang, viola; Jayden Lamcellari, cello

Program and featured artists are subject to change.