Music Institute of Chicago Presents Pianist Meng-Chieh Liu, 3/18

Acclaimed pianist and Music Institute of Chicago faculty member Meng-Chieh Liu performs a concert program March 18 at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

Liu’s program includes Robert Schumann’s Waldszenen Op. 82; Isaac Albéniz’s Iberia Book III; a selection of Nocturnes by Fauré, Chopin, and Liebermann; and Paul Pabst’s Paraphrase on Themes from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

About Meng-Chieh Liu

Meng-Chieh Liu has received the 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant, the 2002 Philadelphia Musical Fund Society Career Advancement Award, and first prizes in the Stravinsky, Asia Pacific Piano, and Mieczyslaw Munz competitions. In addition to the Music Institute, he is on faculty at The Curtis Institute of Music and Roosevelt University.

About the Music Institute of Chicago

The Music Institute of Chicago believes that music has the power to sustain and nourish the human spirit; therefore, our mission is to provide the foundation for lifelong engagement with music. As one of the three largest and most respected community music schools in the nation, the Music Institute offers musical excellence built on the strength of its distinguished faculty, commitment to quality, and breadth of programs and services. Founded in 1931 and one of the oldest community music schools in Illinois, the Music Institute is a member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. Each year, the Music Institute’s world-class music teachers and arts therapists provide the highest quality arts education to more than 5,000 students of all ability levels, from birth to 101 years of age at campuses in Evanston, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, Winnetka, and Downers Grove. The Music Institute also offers lessons and programs at the Steinway of Chicago store in Northbrook and early childhood and community engagement programs throughout the Chicago area and the North Shore. Nichols Concert Hall, an education and performance center in downtown Evanston, reaches approximately 14,000 people each year. The Music Institute’s community engagement and partnership programs reach an additional 6,500 Chicago Public School students annually. The Music Institute offers lessons, classes, and programs through four distinct areas: Community School, The Academy, Creative Arts Therapy (Institute for Therapy through the Arts), and Nichols Concert Hall.