Sixteen year old Jan Lisiecki debuts with Mozart’s sublime Piano Concerto No. 20 while rising star Julian Kuerti returns to conduct Brahms’s glorious First Symphony.

Past participants in the NAC’s Summer Music Institute’s Young Artists Program, conductor Julian Kuerti returns with debuting pianist Jan Lisiecki in Mozart’s sublime Piano Concerto No. 20, a work that even Beethoven admired and often performed. Kuerti also leads a world premiere by NAC Award-winning composer John Estacio as well as Brahms’s glorious First Symphony, a work on which the composer toiled for decades. At its premiere, Brahms’s masterpiece was hailed by critics as “Beethoven’s Tenth” and is now celebrated as a jewel of the orchestral repertoire.

Pre-Concert Choir performance in Lobby
Harbourview Choral Ensemble
19:30 - 20:00