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Hyde Park Jazz Fest on Chicago’s South Side to Present 20th Edition
The Hyde Park Jazz Festival will take place for the 20th time on the final weekend of September 2026. Beginning half…
The Keys To The Future Piano Festival will present a mix of classical and jazz solo keyboardists at New York’s Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow St., on Nov. 7, 8 and 9. Curated by pianist Joseph Rubenstein, the festival will offer a survey of contemporary music through a program of one-hour recitals.
Rubenstein, Tatjana Rankovich, Lora Tchekoratova and Polly Ferman will perform such works as Fred Hersch’s “24 Variations On A Bach Chorale” and Brad Mehldau’s “Elegiac Cycle.”
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