Pianist

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil lead Strauss’ Don Quixote, an epic tone poem that pits the infamous “Man of La Mancha” against a flurry of windmills and wizards, featuring LA Phil Principal Cello and Principal Viola Robert deMaine and Teng Li as soloists. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 is the composer at the top of his game, a piece that flipped conventional baroque traditions on its head by shining a clear spotlight on the soloist, highlighted here by leading Mozart interpreter Maria João Pires.

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Dudamel Leads Mozart and Strauss

Walt Disney Concert Hall

"One thing's for sure we will never hear Beethoven played with such humility, musical understanding and sheer technical conviction than that by Ms. Pires." (Serenade)

Widely regarded as one of the great pianists of our time, Portuguese virtuoso Maria João Pires makes her ASO debut in an evening not to be missed. She joins music director Nathalie Stutzmann and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s sublime Piano Concerto No. 4. The concert stays in the German-Romantic vein with works by Mendelssohn and Schumann, including a musical postcard from Scotland by the 20-year-old Mendelssohn. The Hebrides Overture paints an enigmatic portrait of a sea cave in the Inner Hebrides islands. And the Symphony No. 4 by Robert Schumann offers a feverish flight through intense lyricism and bravura.

Stutzmann Conducts Pires + Beethoven

Atlanta Symphony Hall

Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires has been hailed as “an elegant technician and probing interpreter” (The New York Times), whose playing is “modest in scale, gloriously immodest in its beauty” (Financial Times). Acclaimed for her recordings of music by Mozart, Chopin and Schubert, Pires makes a rare Chicago recital appearance.

Maria João Pires at Chicago Symphony Center

Symphony Center

Acclaimed piano virtuoso Maria João Pires makes a rare American appearance in the season finale joining Maestro Gerard Schwarz and the Palm Beach Symphony to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, which brilliantly blends the composer’s unique ability to both lift the heaviest heart and stir its deepest emotions. The program opens with the Florida premiere of the orchestral version of Adolphus Hailstork’s Monuments for solo trombone and string orchestra featuring Palm Beach Symphony Principal Trombone and Latin GRAMMY winner Domingo Pagliuca.

Palm Beach Symphony Presents Maria João Pires, Hailstorck, and Franck

Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall

Acclaimed pianist Maria João Pires has been hailed as “an elegant technician and probing interpreter” (The New York Times), whose playing is “modest in scale, gloriously immodest in its beauty” (Financial Times). Renowned for her recordings of music by Mozart, Chopin, and Schubert, Pires makes a rare Cleveland recital appearance.

Maria João Pires

Pianist

Events

May 2, 2024

Dudamel Leads Mozart and Strauss · Los Angeles Philharmonic

18 - 20 Apr, 2024

Stutzmann Conducts Pires + Beethoven · Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

May 28, 2023

Maria João Pires at Chicago Symphony Center · Chicago Symphony Orchestra

May 15, 2023

Palm Beach Symphony Presents Maria João Pires, Hailstorck, and Franck · Kravis Center

May 3, 2023

Maria João Pires in Recital: Debussy & Schubert · The Cleveland Orchestra

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