Ravinia Festival

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Performances from the North Shore's cherished music festival

From the grounds of one of the great summer music festivals in the US, WFMT brings you some of the summer's standout chamber music performances from the Ravinia Festival.

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Alisa Weilerstein & Inon Barnatan

August 16, 2026, 1:30 pm

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan present a program featuring sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Recorded June 7, 2026 in the Martin Theatre.

Selections from the Steans Institute

August 23, 2026, 1:30 pm

We feature performances by participants in the Steans Institute, the Ravina Festival’s artist development program. The Institute offers fellowships in a variety of artistic areas. We focus on this summer’s Piano and Strings program for three lively performances, all recorded live in concert in Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall.

Danish String Quartet

August 30, 2026, 1:30 pm

The acclaimed ensemble presents Beethoven’s jovial final quartet, a divertimento by Mozart, and Shostakovich’s profoundly inquisitive Third Quartet. Recorded August 5, 2026 in the Martin Theatre.

Pacifica Quartet

September 17, 2018

The Grammy-winning string ensemble shares a program of Haydn, Bartók, and Mendelssohn recorded in concert in Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall on August 25, 2018.

Chanticleer — Then and There, Here and Now

September 10, 2018

Chanticleer, the acclaimed men’s vocal ensemble, performs an eclectic program of works the Renaissance all the way up to today. Featuring works by a wide variety of composers, including Byrd, Richard Strauss, Gershwin, and Steven Sametz, hear this varied performance, which was recorded live at Ravinia Festival on July 31, 2018.

Jorge Federico Osorio

September 3, 2018

Hear celebrated pianist Jorge Federico Osorio share a diverse program overflowing with pieces, including works of Bach, Albéniz, Ponce, and Debussy.

Late Night with Leonard Bernstein

August 27, 2018

Late Night with Leonard Bernstein is a portrait of the composer written and hosted by his daughter, Jamie, and co-written by a protégé, George Steel. It features music dear to the Maestro and stories providing a very personal view of this great American icon. It was recorded on the stage of Ravinia’s Martin Theater the evening of July 27, 2018.

Leon Fleisher — A master hand at Bach, Mozart, and more

August 20, 2018

Accomplished pianist Leon Fleisher is joined by Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, piano; the Argus Quartet; and Kit Polen, double bass in this celebratory performance honoring Fleisher’s 90th birthday. Works by Bach, Mozart, and more.

Takács Quartet — Mozart and Dvořák

August 13, 2018

Takács Quartet, the celebrated string ensemble, performs string quartets composed by Mozart and Dvořák in this performance recorded live at the Martin Theatre on July 30, 2018.

Violinist Pinchas Zukerman (Photo: Cheryl Mazak)

Zukerman Trio — All Brahms

August 6, 2018

Violinist Pinchas Zukerman and pianist Angela Cheng play an all Brahms program, performed on July 11, 2018 at Martin Theatre.

Ksenija Sidorova — Russian Accordion

July 30, 2018

Accordion player Ksenija Sidorova plays music by Bach, Stravinsky, Schnittke, and a variety of Russian composers for the accordion. Hear this performance recorded in the Martin Theatre on July 3.

Apollo’s Fire presents “A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse”

July 16, 2018

Apollo’s Fire presents “A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse,” a program featuring Telemann, Vivaldi, and of course, Bach. Hear this baroque ensemble’s performance recorded at the Martin Theatre on June 26, 2018.

Juilliard String Quartet

July 9, 2018

Hear the Juilliard String Quartet in concert recorded in the Martin Theatre June 20.

Pianist Vladimir Feltsman

July 2, 2018

Hear pianist Vladimir Feltsman in recital in the Martin Theatre.

American Reflections with the St. Charles Singers

April 2, 2018

From Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall in August 2017: the St. Charles Singers perform a program they toured in England that includes Dominick Argento’s song cycle Walden Pond, plus works by Copland, Whitacre, Lauridsen, Thompson, and others. Kerry Frumkin hosts.