There’s nothing quite like a concert hall alive with the energy of performers and audience members connected through music. This season, we celebrate that communal spirit with sounds that span the globe and spotlight phenomenal artists closer to home.
We begin by time traveling with Sullivan Fortner & His Galactic Friends, launching Jazz at the Logan. Trio Mediæval, our 2025–26 Don Michael Randel Ensemble-in Residence, transports us to another era with their otherworldly vocal blend of early and contemporary music. From Ukraine, theatrical ensemble Kurbasy brings their timebending song cycle Songs of the Ukrainian Forest.
Our season moves across borders, too. From Japan by way of Berlin, Mitsune blends folk traditions with contemporary flair, while the wind ensemble of Britain’s Academy of St Martin in the Fields arrives in April.
Renowned U.S.-based artists also shine. Pianist Simone Dinnerstein returns in March; Fantastic Negrito fires up the Blues@Logan stage; and Native American artists take center stage with the Julia Keefe Indigenous Jazz Ensemble, ETHEL Quartet + Robert Mirabal, and Raven Chacon’s American Ledger No. 3, presented with The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago.
Chicago’s musical legacy features prominently this season. Third Coast Percussion partners with jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan for their 20th anniversary, and local rising star Isaiah Collier pays tribute to John Coltrane.
We’re also excited to introduce newly appointed UChicago Professor of Composition, Hans Thomalla. Get to know him and his music this October when Alarm Will Sound returns to perform his works Air and Harmoniemusik.
This is just a glimpse of what’s ahead. Whether you love chamber, jazz, blues, world, early, or contemporary music, there’s something to spark your curiosity. We can’t wait to see you in the concert hall.
Sincerely,
Sarah Curran
Executive Director