We’re coming to you LIVE from the 2024 Ravinia Steans Music Institute (RSMI) for a program of works by Shostakovich, Arensky and Becenti.

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

A. Arensky

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35

Leah Amory, Zechariah Mo, Mari Nagahara, Michael Song

J. Becenti

Divertimento No. 4 for Piano Quartet

Midori, Joseph Skerik, Hannah Rubin, Lucas Amory

J. Brahms

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100

Karisa Chiu, Joseph Liccardo

D. Shostakovich

Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147

Andy Park, Lindsay Garritson