Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann welcomes Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi who brings "a probing yet playful touch" (Chicago Classical Review) to a Beethoven concerto packed with brilliance, geniality, and wit. On the flip side, Nathalie Stutzmann summons the feverish virtuosity of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Shostakovich's biting protest against tyranny, the heartrending Symphony No. 8.
