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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky conducts the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra on Friday. The concert was part of the annual American Liszt Society Festival, which Northwestern hosted for the first time this year.

Bienen hosts annual American Liszt Society Festival for first time

May 3, 2017

The Bienen School of Music hosted the annual American Liszt Society Festival for the first time this weekend, celebrating the works and influence of Franz Liszt, a 19th-century composer and virtuoso pianist....

(Jeffrey Wang/The Daily Northwestern) Bienen graduate student Taichi Fukumura conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 as performed by the Accompianetta, an ensemble he created to give musicians more opportunities to play solos and accompaniments.

Accompanietta performs first ever student-conducted Mahler symphony

January 12, 2017

After an emotional experience playing Mahler’s first symphony in a youth orchestra, Bienen graduate student Taichi Fukumura will soon perform the piece again — but this time, from the other side of...

Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky conducts the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra in preparation for its April 23 performance in Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Yampolsky has been the director of orchestras since 1984.

Director of orchestras conducts with connection to memory, emotion

April 20, 2016

A&E More than three decades after accepting his job as Northwestern’s director of orchestras, Bienen Prof. Victor Yampolsky will lead his musicians in a performance this weekend that is a tribute...

Bienen graduate student Hyejin Joo performs her senior recital in Korea. After winning the Northwestern Concerto/Aria Competition in April, Joo will perform a solo of Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 with the NU Symphony Orchestra.

Bienen pianist brings Chopin to the stage

January 27, 2016

A&E On a typical day, Hyejin Joo sits at a piano in a small Bienen practice room for about five hours, perfecting her performance of Frederic Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in E minor. Joo, a Bienen...

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