Thursday 14 June 2012, 20.30 - Teatro della Pergola

Concert

Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Nina Kotova, cello 
Alondra de la Parra, conductor
Orchestra della Toscana

Chopin: Concerto for Piano in E minor No. 1, op. 11
Interval
Saint-Saens: Concerto for Violoncello in A minor No. 1, op. 33
Beethoven: Symphony in C major No. 1, op. 21

Ever since his debut recital in New York Carnegie Hall in 1981, legendary pianist Ivo Pogorelich has created a sensation with his performances in all the great concert halls throughout the world: in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and South America.  Maestro Pogorelich makes his debut at the Tuscan Sun Festival performing Chopin beautiful piano concerto, led by Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra and the Orchestra della Toscana.  The evening also features one of the Tuscan Sun Festival founders, Nina Kotova, performing Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1.