Organization

Conductor

Simone Young

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Lise de la Salle

Piano

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra

Simone Young conducts Also sprach Zarathustra Lise de la Salle plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9

Washington D.C.

United States

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Concert Hall

Simone Young conducts Also sprach Zarathustra Lise de la Salle plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9: Orion Saariaho (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Orion

Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271

Thus spoke Zarathustra, op. 30

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As heard in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the famous ascending brass passage that opens Also sprach Zarathustra is just the tip of this orchestral iceberg. Prepare yourself for a wild ride of cosmic drama led by one of today’s leading conductors, Simone Young. Lise de la Salle—“a musical thinker with charm, imagination and a dazzling technique” (The Washington Post)—performs Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 9.
As heard in 2001: A Space Odyssey, the famous ascending brass passage that opens Also sprach Zarathustra is just the tip of this orchestral iceberg. Prepare yourself for a wild ride of cosmic drama led by one of today’s leading conductors, Simone Young.

French pianist Lise de la Salle—“a musical thinker of impressive weight, with charm, imagination and a dazzling technique” (The Washington Post)—reunites with the NSO for Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 9, called the first masterpiece of classical style.

English

Simone Young conducts Also sprach Zarathustra Lise de la Salle plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 by Saariaho, Mozart, Strauss, From (2024/2024), Conductor Simone Young, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C., United States

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