Concert Series

PianoForte presents a great number of classical and jazz concerts per year, and one day-long festival (Schubertiade Chicago); our concert season is September through June.

To purchase tickets, visit our CONCERTS AND EVENTS page, or reserve by phone at (312) 291-0291.

PianoForte Salon Series
PianoForte, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 825, Chicago
This series features nationally and internationally recognized solo pianists, duo pianists, and chamber musicians playing a wide variety of repertoire. Past performers have included Spencer Myer, Emile Naoumoff, Amy Briggs, Naomi Kudo, The Orion Ensemble, Ilya Kaler and Svetlana Krasnova, Fifth House Ensemble, and the Belsky-Maxwell duo.

WDCB Jazz Salon @ Mayslake
Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st St., Oak Brook
Jazz pianists are generally accustomed to playing in combos in late-night bars and clubs; PianoForte’s Jazz Salon takes them out of the clubs and into the concert hall. Past performers have included Jean-Michel Pilc, Howard Levy, Steve Million, Ron Perillo, Bobby Lewis and Jim Ryan, Reginald Robinson, Willie Pickens, Joan Hickey, Dan Cray, and Patricia Barber. Recordings of these concerts are broadcast weekly on 90.9 WDCB.

Experimental Piano Series
PianoForte, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 825, Chicago
Co-presented by the PianoForte Foundation, the Chicago Composers Forum, and the Borderbend Arts Collective, the Experimental Piano Series showcases performances by innovators in today’s world of experimental piano. These performances include approaches that are influenced and informed by jazz, “new music,” classical music, world music, and other genres, and feature works that are both notated and improvised.

PianoForte Salon Series LIVE
Sherwood Community Music School, 1312 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
First Friday of the Month at 12:15pm, this series is broadcast live from Sherwood Community Music School on 98.7 WFMT and features local, national, and international soloists and chamber musicians. A live audience is welcome, and admission is free.
The PianoForte Salon Series is sponsored by Columbia College Chicago.

Schubertiade Chicago
PianoForte, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 825, Chicago
PianoForte’s annual Schubertiade Chicago festival takes place each year around the anniversary of Franz Schubert’s birth. It is a free, day-long festival celebrating the music of Franz Schubert and the talented musicians of Chicago. Inspired by Schubert’s own famed music parties, musicians and music lovers gather to enjoy one another’s craft and company in a similar salon atmosphere.