The CheckOut
4116 N Clark St
Chicago's only dedicated chamber music venue, occupying a former 7-Eleven on Clark Street in Lakeview. The CheckOut programs classical, jazz, and experimental music, hosting solo pianists, quartets, jazz combos, and film-score events. It's operated by Access Contemporary Music and also offers music lessons.
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3:00pmSolo Piano Spotlight: Lile EmnadzeLile Emnadze is a Georgian pianist whose artistic pursuits center on interpretive depth, performance, and the exploration of musical form and expression.
Beginning her musical journey in Georgia, Lile earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Her early career was marked by active participation in national and international piano competitions and festivals. She continued her graduate studies in the United States, earning a Master of Music degree from DePaul University under the mentorship of Professor George Vatchnadze, while also studying with Dr. Yasuko Oura. She is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts under the guidance of Dr. Winston Choi.
Throughout her artistic development, Lile has refined her craft through masterclasses with distinguished pianists and pedagogues, including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Asaf Zohar, William Wolfram, Alan Chow, Jeffrey Biegel, and Christopher Guzman, among others. She has performed at prominent venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York and the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
Alongside her solo career, Lile is actively involved in chamber music, exploring the collaborative aspects of performance and the musical dialogue between instrumentalists. Her repertoire spans from the Baroque era through the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, and Prokofiev.
As the winner of Roosevelt University’s concerto competition, Lile will appear as a featured soloist with the university’s student orchestra, performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488.Classical$14.88-$17.19
7:30pmBurkhardt + Behzadi - Hypercube Chicago Premieres!HYPERCUBE has built a reputation on high-energy performances with impressive execution. The NYC-based quartet embraces the boundaries of chamber music, featuring cutting-edge works for saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, while spanning electric and acoustic worlds.
HYPERCUBE has appeared as guest artist at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, the Music on the Edge (Pittsburgh), The Garrick Theatre (Newfoundland), Roulette Intermedium, the Nief-Norf Summer Festival (Knoxville), LPR presents (NYC), Le Vivier (Montréal) and the 40th International Festival of New Music “Manuel Enríquez” (Mexico City).
From championing original works such as Louis Andriessen’s Hout, and Philippe Hurel’s Localized Corrosion, to commissioning new works by composers Nicholas Deyoe, Farzia Fallah, Eric Wubbels, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Rick Burkhardt, Erin Rogers, Ashkan Behzadi, Nomi Epstein, and Juan Trigos.
HYPERCUBE has collaborated with partner organizations such as Experiments in Opera, Luna Lab, Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA), to bring new music to new audiences and participates in educational residencies such as Berklee Conservatory, Columbia, University of Virginia, Eastman School of Music, NYU, Brandeis, Cincinnati Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Duke University, Oberlin Conservatory, Acadia (Nova Scotia), Wesleyan, and CalArts.
Since 2020, HYPERCUBE has hosted an annual composition lab. Cubelab workshops engage dozens of emerging composers in the creation of adventurous new works for mixed quartet alongside educational and professional development sessions.
HYPERCUBE is Erin Rogers (saxophones), Jay Sorce (classical & electric guitar), Andrea Lodge (piano & accordion), and Chris Graham (percussion).
www.hypercubemusic.orgClassical$24.11
