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Michael Tilson Thomas

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Orion Weiss

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National Symphony Orchestra

Michael Tilson Thomas returns Orion Weiss plays Mozart & Brahms

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Concert Hall

Michael Tilson Thomas returns Orion Weiss plays Mozart & Brahms: Shango Memory Wilson, O. (+2 More)

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Shango Memory

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Major K. 414

Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25 (arr. Arnold Schoenberg)

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Superstar maestro, composer, and Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas makes a grand return conducting Olly Wilson’s Shango Memory, inspired by the Nigerian god of thunder, and Brahms’ beautiful Piano Quartet. Orion Weiss, regarded as a “brilliant pianist” by The New York Times, makes his anticipated NSO debut performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12.
Superstar maestro, composer, and Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas (known to loyal fans as “MTT”) makes a grand return to the Concert Hall! Always a champion of contemporary music, MTT opens the program with Olly Wilson’s Shango Memory, inspired by the Nigerian god of thunder and lightning.

Orion Weiss, regarded as a “brilliant pianist” (The New York Times) with “powerful technique and exceptional insight” (The Washington Post), makes his NSO debut performing Mozart. MTT rounds off the program with Schoenberg’s beautiful orchestration of Brahms’ Piano Quartet

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Michael Tilson Thomas returns Orion Weiss plays Mozart & Brahms by Wilson, O., Mozart, Brahms, From (2023/2023), Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., United States

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