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Posted: October 25, 2023

Founded in 2003, Camerata Chicago is a chamber orchestra that is equally at home in intimate settings as well as in larger chamber music venues, performing the rich tapestry of diverse chamber orchestral repertoire that includes newly commissioned works. Camerata Chicago is now firmly established as one of the finest chamber orchestras on the world stage and has performed frequently on WFMT radio station.

It has performed in well-known concert venues such as the Art Institute of Chicago, The Harris Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Northeastern Illinois University, St. James Cathedral, North Park University, College Church, and St. Michael's Catholic Church, Wheaton.

Music Director and Founder of Camerata Chicago is Drostan Hall, a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, where he studied violin with Yossi Zivoni and a graduate of Northern Illinois University where he studied with members of the Vermeer String Quartet including Shmuel Ashkenasi, Piere Menard and Mathias Tacke.
 

Members of Serbian royal family to attend benefit featuring violinist Stefan Milenkovich

Shaw Local News Network writes…..Camerata Chicago will celebrate its 20th anniversary with concerts in Chicago and Wheaton on Oct. 27 and 28, respectively. Guest artist will be Serbian violinist Stefan Milenkovich, and members of the Serbian royal family will attend. Celebrating in the presence of royal highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia, Camerata Chicago performs the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with internationally renowned Serbian violinist Stefan Milenkovich at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, in Wheaton, preceded by a concert in Chicago.

Conducted by Maestro Drostan Hall, the concert includes Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony and the overture to “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini. Proceeds from the concert series will be donated to the Lifeline Humanitarian Organization founded by Princess Katherine, according to a news release.

Camerata Chicago is described as a world-class chamber orchestra serving Chicago and its surrounding communities with performances of great music featuring musicians of global distinction. Camerata Chicago is committed to providing an incomparable concert experience that enriches the community and inspires the next generation of musicians and concert-goers, according to the release.

Camerata Chicago was founded in 2003 by conductor Drostan Hall. The orchestra can be heard frequently on WFMT radio station, and has collaborated with world-renowned artists such as cellist Wendy Warner and vocalist Sylvia McNair.

In addition to Saturday’s Wheaton performance, the anniversary concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at the Studebaker Theater, Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago.
 

(Photo provided by Dan Andersen)
 

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