Festivals & Series

Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane Duo

Part of the Skyline Piano Artist Series

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 7:30pm CDT

Galvin Recital Hall

Pianist, conductor, and scholar Jeffrey Kahane is in the fifth decade of an expansive and versatile career which has included concertos with the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphonies, recitals with Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Bell, and collaborations with the Emerson, Miró, Dover, Attacca, and Calidore String Quartets. Grand Prize winner of the 1983 Arthur Rubinstein International Competition, Jeffrey Kahane performs with his son Gabriel Kahane, a musician and storyteller whose work increasingly exists at the intersection of art and social practice. As a composer, Gabriel Kahane has been commissioned by many of America’s leading arts institutions, including the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Public Theater, which in 2012 presented his musical February House. A frequent collaborator across a range of musical communities, Kahane has worked with an array of artists including Paul Simon, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Phoebe Bridgers, Caroline Shaw, and Chris Thile.

Connie Converse, “Two Tall Mountains” 
Paul Simon, “Train in the Distance” 
Joni Mitchell, “A Case of You” 
J. S. Bach (arr. György Kurtág), Sonatina from Actus tragicus, BWV 106 
Gabriel Kahane, “November” from Book of Travelers 
Felix Mendelssohn, Duetto from Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 38 
Gabriel Kahane, “Baltimore” from Book of Traveler
Franz Schubert, Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3 
Gabriel Kahane, “We are the Saints” from Magnificent Bird 
Traditional, “America the Beautiful” 
Gabriel Kahane, “To Be American” from Magnificent Bird 
Gabriel Kahane, “Final Privacy Song” 

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Single tickets are $40 for the general public and $15 for students with valid ID.

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Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

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70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
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Located in the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this 400-seat hall features a 40-foot glass wall offering views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Undulating walls of Forest Stewardship Council–certified wood, covered with a thin layer of African moabi wood, provide optimal acoustics, and the hall is equipped with state-of-the-art sound and video equipment for recording.