Steans Institute Concerts
Concert and Livestream Details
Ravinia’s Steans Institute provides many opportunities to listen to performances and master classes featuring the fellows in residence and the faculty. A majority of the concerts can be attended at no cost, and free livestreams are also available for many of the performances and all of the master classes.
The View Livestream buttons on this schedule comprise the complete list of events that are livestreamed, and each button links to the YouTube stream for that event.
Jazz Program
- $25
June 11 – 7:30 PM | Bridges Composition Competition
More Info View Livestream - $46–$80 • Pavilion
June 16 – 7:00 PM | Battle of the Jazz Bands with Kurt Elling and featuring Rufus Reid
More Info View Livestream - $15
June 18 – 7:30 PM | Jazz Grandstand
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Piano & Strings Program
- Free
July 3 – 1:30 PM | Masterclass with Pianist Marc-André Hamelin
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July 5 – 1:30 PM | Violin, Viola, Cello & Piano Spotlight Sonatas
More Info View Livestream - $15–$60 • Martin Theatre
July 6 – 1:30 PM | Midori & Faculty Chamber Players In Concert
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July 7 – 1:30 PM | Schumann, Brahms & Their Shared Gift
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July 11 – 1:30 PM | Setting Their Standards: Beethoven & Debussy
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July 12 – 1:30 PM | Masterclass with Violinist and Artistic Director Midori
More Info View Livestream - $15
July 13 – 1:30 PM | “A Gabriel Fauré Centenary,” curated by Pianist Ricardo Castro
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July 14 – 1:30 PM | Homages from Shostakovich, Arensky & Becenti
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July 16 – 1:30 PM | Masterclass with the Takács Quartet
More Info View Livestream - $15–$60 • Martin Theatre
July 17 – 7:30 PM | Dvořák, Ngwenyama & Ravel with the Takács Quartet
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July 19 – 1:30 PM | Chapter and Verse: Brahms & Schubert, Inspired
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July 20 – 1:30 PM | A Grand Duo, Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn
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July 21 – 1:30 PM | Hungarian Harmony: Schubert, Ligeti & Ravel
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July 23 – 7:30 PM | “Ravel and His Contemporaries,” curated by Pianist Julian Martin
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July 24 – 1:30 PM | Postcards from Tchaikovsky & Dvořák
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Singers Program
- $15–$60 • Martin Theatre
August 1 – 7:30 PM | “African Queens” with Soprano Karen Slack
More Info View Livestream - Free
August 6 – 1:30 PM | Masterclass with Pianist and Artistic Director Kevin Murphy
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August 8 – 1:30 PM | Singers Fellows In Concert
More Info View Livestream - $15
August 10 – 1:30 PM | “Songs for ‘Ode to Joy’,” curated by Cori Ellison
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August 12 – 1:30 PM | Masterclass with Baritone Matthias Goerne
More Info View Livestream - $15–$60 • Martin Theatre
August 13 – 7:30 PM | Schumann and Brahms with Matthias Goerne
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August 14 – 1:30 PM | Singers Fellows In Concert
More Info View Livestream - $15
August 17 – 1:30 PM | “Mentor in Torment,” curated by Graham Johnson
More Info View Livestream - $15–$60 • Martin Theatre
August 20 – 1:30 PM | Tenor Matthew Polenzani and Kevin Murphy
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August 21 – 1:30 PM | Singers Fellows In Concert
More Info View Livestream - $25
August 24 – 1:30 PM | “Hits from the Great American Songbook,” curated by Kurt Elling
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Concert and Livestream Details
Ravinia’s Steans Institute provides many opportunities to listen to performances and master classes featuring the fellows in residence and the faculty. A majority of the concerts can be attended at no cost, and free livestreams are also available for many of the performances and all of the master classes.
Past livestreams can be found on Ravinia’s YouTube page.
2024 Season Highlights
Fondly remember Steans Institute summer concerts and master classes from past seasons and want to hear them again? Watch presentations back to the 2015 season on Ravinia’s YouTube channel or jump to one of the playlists below.
