Pittsburgh pitches for composer-performers

Pittsburgh pitches for composer-performers

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norman lebrecht

February 11, 2015

Music director Manfred Honeck has announced four soloists playing their own compositions next season.

Organ extrovert Cameron Carpenter will premiere his new concerto.

 

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Daniil Trifonov will play his recent piano concerto in E-flat minor. Stewart Copeland, formerly of The Police, will appear in his first percussion concerto, titled The Tyrant’s Crush. And pianist Conrad Tao will present an orchestral piece, Pangu.

Different. Calculatedly different.

 

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