Chicago Duo Piano Festival to Host Winter Mini-Fest, 3/4-6
By: Tyler Peterson
Music Institute of Chicago's popular Chicago Duo Piano Festival (CDPF) presents its annual Duo Piano Winter Mini-Fest March 4-6 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. The festival features two concerts:
On Friday, March 4 at 7:30 p.m., Music Institute faculty member Xiaomin Liang and Jue He perform the opening night concert, featuring Samuel Barber's Souvenirs; Sergei Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 1 for Two Pianos, Op. 5; Astor Piazzolla's Libertango, Tangata, and Michelangelo; Witold Lutoslawski's Variations on a Theme by Paganini; and Carmen Fantasy, with themes by Georges Bizet arranged for two pianos by Greg Anderson. Liang and He, who perform as the Liang-He duo, won the CDPF's "Liszt 2000" International Competition for piano duos in 2011, then earned the gold medal at the Tokyo International Piano Duo Competition in 2014. They met while studying at Northwestern University, where both earned doctorate degrees. The duo has performed in festivals and concert series throughout Asia and North America and has frequently been featured on WFMT, Chicago's classical music radio station. They toured more than 40 cities in China from 2012 to 2014, performing in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, receiving rave reviews and further accolades.Videos