Piano Festival
Southern Illinois Piano Festival 2024-25
Guest Artist Series
The biennial Southern Illinois Piano Festival aims to provide and promote classical music through the medium of piano to SIU students, faculty, staff, and the community, through lectures, workshops, and solo recitals.
Guest Pianists will present solo recitals and lectures in 2024-25 for the SI Piano Festival/Guest Artist Series on the SIU Carbondale Campus.
Schedule of Events
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Location: Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
- 5:00 pm | Daniel Paul Horn, pianist, Lecture on “Working with Richard Danielpour: Composition as Friendship and Collaboration”
- 7:00 pm | Recital performing works by Mozart, Danielpour, and Liszt
Also on the series and part of the Outside the Box Festival:
Monday, March 24, 2025
Location: Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
- 5:00 pm | Angela Kim Recital
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Location: Old Baptist Foundation Recital Hall
- 10:00 am | Angela Kim, Lecture on “Commissioning New Works and How to Work with Composers”
All events are free admission and supported by the SIU Fine Arts Activity Fee.
Community students who attend the October 1st events for both the 5pm lecture and the 7pm recital AND the March 24th recital, totaling 3 events, and get attendance checked on the form provided by the usher will receive a 20% discount on SIU Summer Piano Camp 2025 registration fee.
For questions, please contact Southern Illinois Piano Festival Director Dr. Junghwa Lee at jlee@siu.edu