Up next in our series of weekend plans from notable, in-the-know locals—a.k.a. people we like: Aurelien Pederzoli, Spektral Quartet violinist. Spektral Quartet performs at Make Music Chicago on Friday, June 21.

“Thursday evening, I have two meetings for the Beethoven Festival. [I’m the vice president for the International Beethoven Project. It’s an umbrella corporation that produces the Beethoven festival, happening September 7.] Generally after we have a meeting, we go to The Violet Hour and have some drinks. At any other bar in Chicago, it’s really loud, crowded, or very bright, so you can’t have a conversation. Here, you feel like you walked into the Victorian era. They also make the best old-fashioneds.

“We have a quartet rehearsal from 10 to 2 on Friday, then a soundcheck at 2:30 at the St. James Cathredral. Then we have a break and during that break, right next to St. James Cathredral is the Driehaus Museum—it’s really beautiful there. They’ll also have concerts for Make Music Chicago.

“After [our performance at 5], we’re going to go back to Granville where everybody lives. My favorite place to go after a concert is Sovereign, the best dive bar in Chicago.

“On Saturday, there’s a show at Constellation hosted by Peter Margasak. It’s weird, progressive jazz.

“Sunday morning, I have to go to a brunch at Union— it’s a pizzeria three blocks away from my place. It’s tough to find alcohol in the morning in Evanston, since it used to be a dry town but [Union] has great Bloody Marys.

“Then in the evening, a friend of mine, Lou Mallozzi, is playing at Constellation at 8 p.m. He’s the executive director of Experimental Sound Studio.

“Generally on Sunday nights when I don’t have an early rehearsal on Monday, I go to the Green Mill.  From 3 to 5, it’s generally modern music; ICE has played there. But I also go there at night to see the Kimberly Gordon Organ Trio. The organist [Chris Foreman] is amazing—he’s a small blind guy, and he puts Ray Charles to shame!” —As told to Tomi Obaro