Kent Nagano

After more than a decade as music director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano makes his final Carnegie Hall appearance in that role. He leads an exciting program, including Shostakovich’s “Babi Yar” Symphony, a memorial to the Holocaust and a scalding indictment of Soviet antisemitism. There’s also virtuoso flash when pianist Mikhail Pletnev, praised for his “virtuosity” and “magisterial command” (The New York Times), joins Nagano and the orchestra for Schumann’s brilliant concerto. Part of: International Festival of Orchestras I Performers Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Kent Nagano, Music Director and Conductor Alexander Vinogradov, Bass Mikhail Pletnev, Piano Men from the Chamber Singers, Oratorio Society, and Varsity Men's Glee Club of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andrew Megill, Director Program SCHUMANN Piano Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar" Part of Pre-Concert Talks Pre-concert talk at 7 PM with Simon Morrison, Professor of Music, Princeton University.