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April 15, 2005: official opening of Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy. This hall was built inside the Fazioli factory, for concerts, recordings, and piano selection in a hall setting.	Rei Hotoda and the Lake Shore Symphony Orchestra performed Beethoven's fourth piano concerto. Russell Vinick was the conductor.	Kurt Elling and the Laurence Hobgood trio perform at the Oak Park Cultural Center with the help of a F228 Fazioli.	May 1, 2005: we celebrate our first anniversary as PianoForte Chicago and one year of representing Fazioli pianos.	Laurence Hobgood at the CRC Studios for a Blue Note record to be released in January 2006 featuring Jackie Allen.
Herbie Hancock at Symphony Center on March 7, 2005.	Welz Kauffman at the Fazioli with Michelle Areyzaga, Soprano / Athenaeum Theater, March 5 & 6, 2005.	Jeffrey Kahane conducting and performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, April 2007.	3 FAZIOLI concert grands in Toronto are played by Angela Hewitt, Louis Lortie, and Andre Laplante with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra / Jan '05.	Herbie Hancock performed Gershwin on a Fazioli F278 piano with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on November 5, 2004. HH and TZ compare ties. Jeffrey Kahane looks on with a smile.

Oct 26, 2004: Chicago Historical Society / Contempo and Brad Mehldau present a joint concert combining contemporary music with jazz.	Daniel Barenboim rehearsing Mozart's 25th piano concerto. He requested to try the Fazioli concert grand. His comments were very favorable.

June 25 & 26: Jeffrey Kahane conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard in a performance of all five Beethoven piano concertos.	Roberto Prosseda takes a bow at the Woodstock Opera House on August 7, 2004, with Gregory Vajda, Conductor, and the Festival Orchestra.	Garrick Ohlsson and Leonard Slatkin take a bow after performing the Paganini Rhapsody by Rachmaninov at the Ravinia Festival on July 10, 2004. CSO members in the background.	Rei Hotoda performed a program of Debussy and contemporary Japanese compositions on an F212 at the Tower Club of Chicago.	Jeffrey Kahane and Thomas Zoells after his performance of 3 Beethoven piano concertos at the Ravinia Festival (June 25 and 26).

Mr. Joe Cisar tries out the F183 (6') piano to his delight and the delight of listeners.	David Schrader tries out the F212 on PianoForte's stage during our May 2004 opening.	Joshua Seedman from Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, performs on the F278, Islamey by Balakirev among other compositions.	The post-opening celebration. Paolo Fazioli and Darcy Zoells.	David Graham, Becky Witkowski, Tanya Dorn, Anne Graham, Thomas Zoells, Steve Witkowski (not visible) and Paolo Fazioli.

An impromptu song presented by Mrs. Audrey Haak in the course of the Opening.	Thomas Zoells promoting Fazioli pianos.	Thomas Zoells networking.

First time a Fazioli F278 is used in a Chicago concert / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor, Louis Lortie, Piano. January, 2004.	First jazz concerts on our F278 concert grand in Chicago's Symphony Center May 9 and May 16. Herbie Hancock requested the Fazioli.	Thomas Zoells testing the F278 at Symphony Center prior to Herbie Hancock's rehearsal in May 2004.

The PianoForte Chicago showroom as seen from the stage.	F228 in an artistic shot.	The owner's hands.	Publicity photograph.

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