Featured Performers

• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Santtu-Matias Rouvali, principal conductor
• Víkingur Ólafsson, piano

Program

• ORTIZ: Si el oxígeno fuera verde

• RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major

• SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Pre-concert lecture at 7pm by Kristi Brown-Montesano

Led by the dynamic Santtu-Matias Rouvali, join the world-class Philharmonia Orchestra for an unforgettable evening of musical brilliance with Shostakovich’s monumental Symphony No. 5, a stirring masterpiece of drama, triumph, and emotional depth. Acclaimed pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, hailed as “Iceland’s Glenn Gould,” brings his poetic touch to Ravel’s dazzling Piano Concerto in G major, a work brimming with jazzy rhythms and lush lyricism. 

What a sound he drew from the Philharmonia — the strings were a blaze of scorching sunlight, the woodwind and brass bold and gleaming.

The Times (on Santtu-Matias Rouvali)

Vikingur Ólafsson explored a fascinating sound cosmos in an amazingly unpretentious and effortless performance. Played with passion and yet gentleness, with breath-taking precision and unconditional devotion, creating an interpretation of lasting impact.

Thüringer Allgemeine (on Víkingur Ólafsson)

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