Before embarking on a tour of European festivals, Rafael Payare and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal find themselves at the Festival, this time with the imposing Tenth Symphony of Shostakovich.
The evocative power of this work reflects the biography of its creator, a restrained artist muzzled by the dictatorial regime of Stalinist Russia, under whose auspices he spent his life and with whom he had a complex and inextricable relationship. In the first half of the concert, Alisa Weilerstein performs Gabriela Ortiz’s cello concerto, written for her and premiered during the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2024-2025 season.