Conrad Tao © Vanessa Briceno Scherzer

2013-11-28 20:00 2013-11-29 22:00 60 Canada/Eastern 🎟 NAC: Mozart and Shostakovich

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Young piano phenom Conrad Tao, who amazed audiences during last season’s Beethoven Festival, returns to play a Mozart piano concerto that has a sunny disposition, charm, and elegance—all at the same time. Maestro Zukerman leads the NAC Orchestra premiere of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, which represents / portrays the composer’s musical portrait of Stalin—demonic, loud, and violent. Musical pitches equivalent to Shostakovich’s initials are embedded like a...

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Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
November 28 - 29, 2013
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Conrad Tao © Vanessa Briceno Scherzer
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Young piano phenom Conrad Tao, who amazed audiences during last season’s Beethoven Festival, returns to play a Mozart piano concerto that has a sunny disposition, charm, and elegance—all at the same time. Maestro Zukerman leads the NAC Orchestra premiere of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, which represents / portrays the composer’s musical portrait of Stalin—demonic, loud, and violent. Musical pitches equivalent to Shostakovich’s initials are embedded like a kind of code and triumphantly crush the tyrant’s music—like dancing on Stalin’s grave...