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Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, the festival’s summer conservatory for

young professional classical and jazz musicians, opened in 1988 and is

one of the world’s most sought-after summer study programs. RSMI

has hosted outstanding young musicians from over 65 countries to

study and perform with an internationally renowned artist-faculty.

RSMI alumni regularly garner professional honors and recognition

around the world. In the past year, alumni have won an Avery Fisher

Career Grant, the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions

and Beverly Sills Artist Award, the Osaka International Chamber Music

Competition, the Vendome Prize, the American Pianists Award, and

the Richard Tucker Award. RSMI musicians also appear as orchestral

soloists and recitalists worldwide and are members of the world’s finest

orchestras, chamber ensembles, opera companies, and the faculties of

major universities and conservatories.

The RSMI fellows perform in concerts and master classes throughout

Ravinia’s 2018 summer season. Except where noted, these events have free admission and take place at Ravinia in Bennett Gordon Hall. Close to

each performance date, repertoire and artists are listed on

Ravinia.org

. To receive regular updates by email, including repertoire and artists, visit

Ravinia.org

, scroll to the bottom of the page, and sign up for the newsletter (select “Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute”).

$10 CONCERTS

Program for Jazz

Saturday, June 9, 8:30 p.m.

(Martin Theatre)

Premieres of winning compositions

for jazz trio and string quartet from

RSMI “Bridges” competition

Friday, June 15, 6:00 p.m.

Jazz Grandstand

Program for Piano and Strings

Monday, July 9, 6:00 p.m.

Brahms & More

Monday, July 16, 6:00 p.m.

Premiere of Timo Andres piano trio,

commissioned by Ravinia for RSMI

Thursday, July 19, 6:00 p.m.

Brahms & More

Program for Singers

Wednesday, August 8, 6:00 p.m.

Diverse songs to celebrate RSMI

Monday, August 13, 6:00 p.m.

Classic Canciones from Spain

and Latin America

FREE CONCERTS

Program for Piano and Strings

Saturday, June 30, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 7, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 8, 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, July 10, 2:00 p.m.

Friday, July 13, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 14, 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, July 17, 2:00 p.m.

Friday, July 20, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 21, 2:00 p.m.

Program for Singers

Wednesday, August 15, 2:00 p.m.

Friday, August 17, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, August 19, 2:00 p.m.

Bernstein & Friends

CONCERTS IN CHICAGOLAND

Program for Piano and Strings

Wednesday, July 11, 12:15 p.m.

Dame Myra Hess Concert Series

at the Chicago Cultural Center;

broadcast live on 98.7 WFMT

Tuesday, July 17, 7:30 p.m.

Metropolis Performing Arts Center

in Arlington Heights

Wednesday, July 18, 12:15 p.m.

Dame Myra Hess Concert Series

at the Chicago Cultural Center;

broadcast live on 98.7 WFMT

MASTER CLASSES

RSMI’s free, public master classes provide

an intimate glimpse into the conservatory

as one generation of great musicians passes

its knowledge and expertise on to the next.

Program for Jazz

Wednesday, June 13, 2:00 p.m.

Billy Childs,

piano

Tim Hagans,

trumpet

Rufus Reid,

string bass

Program for Piano and Strings

Friday, June 29, 2:00 p.m.

Miriam Fried,

violin

Friday, July 6, 2:00 p.m.

Paul Katz,

cello

Wednesday, July 11, 2:00 p.m.

Atar Arad,

viola

Program for Singers

Monday, August 6, 2:00 p.m.

Thomas Hampson,

baritone

Friday, August 10, 2:00 p.m.

James Conlon,

conductor

FACULTY

Program for Jazz

Billy Childs,

composer/piano

Program Director

Rufus Reid,

composer/string bass

Program Director

Jimmy Greene,

saxophone

Tim Hagans,

trumpet

Program for Piano and Strings

Miriam Fried,

violin

Program Director

Atar Arad,

viola

Paul Biss, v

iolin and viola

Sara Bitlloch,

violin

Jonathan Crow,

violin

Timothy Eddy,

cello

Leon Fleisher,

piano

Pamela Frank,

violin

John Henes,

Alexander Technique

Joseph Kalichstein,

piano

Gilbert Kalish,

piano

Kim Kashkashian,

viola

Martha Strongin Katz,

viola

Paul Katz,

cello

Ralph Kirshbaum,

cello

Robert Levin,

piano

Anton Nel,

piano

Howard Nelson,

physical therapy

Christoph Richter,

cello

Marcy Rosen,

cello

Uri Vardi,

Feldenkrais practitioner

Donald Weilerstein,

violin

Program for Singers

Kevin Murphy,

piano and coach

Program Director

Javier Arrebola,

piano

Head of Piano Staff

Marianne Barrett,

German

Helmut Deutsch,

piano and coach

Cori Ellison,

dramaturg

Walter Huff,

piano and coach

Susan Manoff,

piano and coach

Denise Massé,

French

Patricia McCaffrey,

mezzo-soprano

Gerald Martin Moore,

voice

Heidi Grant Murphy,

soprano

Jay Nordlinger,

music critic

J.J. Penna,

piano and coach

Jennifer Ringo,

language and diction

Melissa Wegner,

career development

Susan Youens,

scholar

COLLABORATING PIANISTS

Program for Piano and Strings

Lindsay Garritson

Renana Gutman

Joseph Liccardo

Program for Singers

Bretton Brown

Kyung-Eun Na

Cameron Richardson-Eames

Nikolay Verevkin

Yu-Jhen Liu

Apprentice

Miriam Fried, who this year celebrates her 25th season as director of the RSMI Program for

Piano and Strings, leads a group of recent alumni on a national concert tour each spring,

including a performance in Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall.

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RAVINIA MAGAZINE | JULY 23 – AUGUST 5, 2018