September’s chamber concert will be headlined by acclaimed Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu, who will also appear as soloist in the Orchestra’s season-opening concert the previous evening. The programme presents a diverse selection of solo and chamber music, ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach and Clara Schumann to James Lee III and Missy Mazzoli. Audiences will also have the rare opportunity to hear works by lesser-known composers such as Emmy Schäfer Klein and Leokadiya Kashperova. The ERSO Chamber Ensemble will be joined by a chamber arrangement of Wolfgang Amadus Mozart’s well-known Rondo in D major for piano and orchestra. Additional featured composers include Amy Beach, Florence Price, and Nadia Boulanger.

Alexandra Dariescu and Chamber Musicians of the ERSO

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Behzod Abduraimov “has the magic touch” (The Times, London) for the keyboard pyrotechnics and heart-aching melodies of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto. Music Director Jader Bignamini leads a world premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Abels (known for composing the scores to Jordan Peele’s films Get Out, Us, and Nope) and the Detroit premiere of Leokadiya Kashperova’s lyrical Symphony in B minor.

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Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto

Orchestra Hall

From intimate storytelling to full orchestral color, this program proves we are more than the sum of our parts. Film composer Michael Abels’s Emerge finds musical meaning in a community reunited. Alexandra Dariescu brings the cinematic Piano Concerto by Leokadiya Kashperova back from obscurity. And Respighi brings the full orchestra to dazzling life in his radiant evocations of Rome. | Join us for a pre-concert talk 1 hour before most performances.

Leokadiya Kashperova

Events

Upcoming events

15 - 17 Oct, 2026

Fountains & Pines of Rome · Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Sep 20, 2025

Alexandra Dariescu and Chamber Musicians of the ERSO · Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

5 - 7 Jun, 2025

Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto · Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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