American Liszt Society Chicago/Midwest Chapter

12/02/2025

For your Christmas Liszt! Free on the Wheaton College campus, Monday afternoon, December 8. Come and go as you wish, but stop by to enjoy this kwyboard Christmas classic and to say hello.

10/22/2024

Celebrating since 1811.

06/07/2024

It's not too soon to plan your October trip to Athens, Georgia for the 2024 Festival of the American Liszt Society, devoted to "The Composer-Pianist." From October 13 to 16, 2024, the University of Georgia will welcome a remarkable gathering of performers, scholars, and music-lovers, who will explore a rich variety of music. Marc-André Hamelin will give a recital including the "Hammerklavier" and the premiere of a work commissioned from him by the American Liszt Society, and Gabriela Montero will join the Calidore String Quartet in her new quintet, and the Shostakovich Quintet. We will celebrate Busoni, d'Albert, Sgambati, Medtner, Scriabin, Gulda, Mayerl, Josef Hofmann, Shulamit Ran, George Walker, Zarebski, Ronn Yedidia, Eric Tran, Nathan Cheung, Mel Bonis, and more. The music and the comraderie are not to be missed! Current information is available on the American Liszt Society website: https://www.americanlisztsociety.net/upcoming-festival. We look forward to having you join us!

https://www.americanlisztsociety.net/upcoming-festival

Information about the upcoming American Liszt Society Festival in 2024

04/19/2024

What a lovely afternoon on which to hand over teaching duties to someone else. It was a pleasure to have American Liszt Society San Francisco chapter president, Jeffrey LaDeur, work with some of Wheaton's student pianists. Freshman Josiah Verbrugge played Liszt's "Sposalizio;" sophomore composition major Sam van Vuuren played the first movement of Liszt's First Piano Concerto; and senior Hope Chun and junior Zak Reynolds jammed together on the first movement of the Mozart Two-Piano Sonata and the finale of Nikolai Kapustin's Sinfonietta. Jeff's musicianship and openness is welcome here any time.

07/27/2023

Coming on Wednesday, August 9, at 12:15 p.m. (CDT), Liszt Chicago member Kyle Orth plays an all-Liszt program on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, broadcast and streamed live over WFMT-FM. Program: Soirée de Vienne No. 6; Nuages Gris; En rêve; Jeux d'eau à la Ville d'Este; Après une lecture de Dante.

Pianist Kyle Orth performs music by Liszt, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

10/03/2022

Moments from Éva Polgár's recital at Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston, sponsored by the Hungary Foundation, the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, and the Chicago Liszt chapter of the American Liszt Society.

12/25/2021

Provided to YouTube by HungarotonPart 1, Christmas Oratorio No. 4 Pastoral Music at the Manger · Hungarian State Orchestra · Ferenc Liszt · Miklós FORRAIChri...

12/13/2021

Watch Chicago duo pianists and ALS members Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem play Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No. 1 in Liszt's arrangement for piano 4 hands in this recording of their live performance on WFMT earlier today.

WFMT 70th Anniversary Day of Celebration LIVE | Academy students and faculty of the Music Institute of Chicago Academy present works by Beethoven, Liszt, and...

04/12/2021

American Liszt Society Members, Piano Duo Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem, will be featured in a free livestream performing Schubert and Liszt on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 3:00pm from Nichols Concert Hall. https://www.musicinst.org/aebersold-neiweem-41821