“The most important opportunity of all is having a prominent performance platform, where listeners include peers, artistic leaders, and the important general public.”

Edward Gordon, Ravinia Executive Director, 1985

Concert and Livestream Details

Ravinia’s Steans Institute provides many opportunities to listen to performances and master classes featuring the fellows in residence and the faculty. A majority of the concerts can be attended at no cost, and free livestreams are also available for many of the performances and all of the master classes.

Past livestreams can be found on Ravinia’s YouTube page, and playlists from each season are listed at the bottom of this page.


Upcoming Steans Institute Concerts

More Info for Master Class with Soprano Ana María Martínez
Thu, July 31, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Master Class with Soprano Ana María Martínez

Featuring Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series
More Info for Afternoon of Art Song
Thu, Aug 7, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Afternoon of Art Song

Featuring Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series
More Info for Liberated Voices
Sat, Aug 9, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Liberated Voices

Music formerly suppressed or silenced in the Holocaust, hosted and curated by James Conlon & Cori Ellison, with Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series
More Info for Master Class with former Ravinia Music Director James Conlon
Tue, Aug 12, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Master Class with former Ravinia Music Director James Conlon

Featuring Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series
More Info for Afternoon of Art Song
Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Afternoon of Art Song

Featuring Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series
More Info for Schubert on the Road
Sat, Aug 16, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Schubert on the Road

A Travelogue Epic, hosted and curated by Graham Johnson, with Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series
More Info for Afternoon of Art Song
Thu, Aug 21, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Afternoon of Art Song

Featuring Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series
More Info for Tribute to Barbara Cook and Tony Bennett
Sat, Aug 23, 2025
Bennett Gordon Hall

Tribute to Barbara Cook and Tony Bennett

Hosted and curated by Lee Musiker, with Fellows of the Singers Program

Steans Institute Series

2024 Season Highlights

  • August 17, 2024
  • Mentor in Torment: Schubert & Mayrhofer
  • Curated by Graham Johnson
  • July 23, 2024
  • Ravel & His Contemporaries: Early 20th Century Contemplations
  • Curated by Julian Martin
  • June 18, 2024
  • Jazz Grandstand
  • June 11, 2024
  • Sixth Annual Bridges Composition Competition

Playlist Archive

Fondly remember Steans Institute summer concerts and master classes from past seasons and want to hear them again? Watch presentations back to the 2015 season on Ravinia’s YouTube channel or jump to one of the playlists below.