In a recent performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, German pianist Martin Helmchen displayed fabulous speed-of-light fingering at one moment and lyrical grace the next, writes WTTW News theater critic Hedy Weiss.
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There were light blustery breezes on Michigan Avenue the afternoon before the Symphony Ball for financial supporters of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a kickoff of the 2023–24 season. The pavement
Guest conductor David Afkham led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Vadim Guzman, the extraordinary guest violinist, in a riveting performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s fiendishly difficult, emotionally intense “Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor.” Perfomances of works by Ravel and Debussy rounded out the program.
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