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Review: Gryphon Trio Ends the Northwestern Winter Chamber Festival in a Lackluster way

On a sunny but chilly Sunday afternoon, the Gryphon Trio gave a lackluster performance to close the Northwestern Winter Chamber Festival at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston. Although the playing […]

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Review: Dover Quartet Plays a Blustery Program on a Blustery Night

On a blustery Friday night, the Dover Quartet gave a note-perfect performance at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston. While the Chicagoland region was […]

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Review: Horszowski Trio Wows at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival

Centered on the music of Robert Schumann, the Horszowski Trio gave a dynamite performance at the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston on Friday night. Based in New York, this ensemble […]

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Review: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam Gave an Inspired Performance

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam returned to the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival on Sunday evening with a program of music from France, with a work by the Austrian Franz Joseph Haydn […]

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Preview: Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival Starts This Weekend

In honor of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th Birthday, the 2020 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival starts this weekend with violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong continuing their performance of Beethoven’s violin […]

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2019 in Review: Classical Music

Yo-Yo Ma greets Chicagoans. Todd Rosenberg Photography.

As the year and the decade are winding down, it is hard to avoid thinking about the time that has passed. In this day and age, when events swirl around […]

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Review: Jupiter String Quartet is Masterful at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival

  The third and final weekend of the 2019 Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opened in a marvelous way as the Jupiter String Quartet gave masterful performances of two titans […]

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Review: Dover Quartet Opens the Annual Northwestern Winter Chamber Festival in a Big Way

  The Dover Quartet opened the 2019 installment of the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival in a fantastic way on Friday evening with compelling performances of classical and contemporary string […]

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Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival Opened Strong Last Weekend

The annual Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival got off to a great start over the weekend with two young quartets, both hailing from outside of the United States, offering superb […]

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Preview: Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival Kicks Off This Friday

The annual Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival opens this Friday with the North American concert debut of a young ensemble hailing from the Netherlands, the Dudok Kwartet Amsterdam. Hosted by […]

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Trios Sound Off at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival

Chamber music continued to flow out of Evanston’s Pick-Staiger Hall on Sunday night as Northwestern’s 21st annual Winter Chamber Music Festival presented guest artists and Bienen School of Music faculty. […]

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New Orford Quartet Opens the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival

The Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival kicked off its 21st season Sunday night with a performance by the up-and-coming Canadian group, the New Orford String Quartet, at the Pick-Staiger Concert Hall […]

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