We’re coming to you LIVE from the 2025 Ravinia Steans Music Institute (RSMI) for an afternoon of chamber music featuring students and faculty of this year's festival.

RSMI’s Program for Piano & Strings concentrates on interpretation and small-group collaboration through the practice and performance of classical sonata and chamber repertoire. Up to 35 violinists, violists, cellists, pianists, and members of pre-existing chamber groups gather for five weeks of immersive and intensive rehearsals and coachings with a rotating roster of some of the world’s finest teaching artists.

You can learn more about the festival through an exclusive interview with former Artistic Director Miriam Fried here.

Program

Maurice Ravel

Violin Sonata No. 2

Karisa Chiu, violin
Nan Ni, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven

Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69

Liav Kerbel, cello
Lindsay Garritson, piano

Paul Hindemith

Violin Sonata

Yizilin Liang, violin
Hyunjin Roh, piano

Gabriel Fauré

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 13

Muyan Yang, violin
Jialin Yao, piano