The entertaining and enlightening six-concert series begins Jan. 10 and concludes Jan. 26. The festival will celebrate the music and times of Johannes Brahms in honor of the centennial of the composer's death. In addition to concerts featuring renowned guest artists, area musicians, Chicago Symphony Orchestra members and Northwestern music faculty, the festival offers presentations by performers, guest lecturers and Northwestern faculty members to provide an interdisciplinary view of the period's artistic activity. The festival is sponsored in part by a generous contribution from the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. Admission is free with each concert ticket.
Facilities are accessible to the disabled.
All are invited to a reception in the lobby following the performance. The Informance that precedes the concert is free. Since winning the Japan Wind and Percussion Competition in 1984, saxophonist Nobuya Sugawa has enjoyed a successful career as a soloist, teacher, recording artist and member of the prestigious Kosei Wind Orchestra. Accompanied by his wife, pianist Minako Koyanagi, Sugawa will perform sonatas by Denisov, Yoshimatsu and Creston. The program of works during this Brahms Centennial Chamber Music Festival concert will be Sonata in E-flat Major for viola and piano, op.