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Shostakovich’s Eighth Abduraimov plays Tchaikovsky

Name: Shostakovich’s Eighth Abduraimov plays Tchaikovsky
Start: 2026-02-07T20:00:00
Location: Kennedy Center

National Symphony Orchestra

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Be moved by a program of towering contrasts, drama, and defiance. Behzod Abduraimov, “the most perfectly accomplished pianist of his generation” (The Independent), makes his NSO debut in Tchaikovsky’s thundering Piano Concerto No. 1. Gianandrea Noseda closes the concert with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8, an unflinching response to war wrapped in moments of tension, reflection, and strength.

Program

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8

Composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1

Composer

Participants

Behzod Abduraimov

Piano

Gianandrea Noseda

Conductor

National Symphony Orchestra

Producer