Anton LYAKHOVSKY – piano
Conductor Tarmo PELTOKOSKI
Programme:
Sergei PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 11 in G minor
Two concerts with a joint programme bring together Tarmo Peltokoski, Music and Artistic Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO), and the beloved pianist Anton Lyakhovsky. Both musicians had a musical collaboration with the LNSO in January 2022. The concert was so emotionally charged and explosive that it was decided: the orchestra’s new Music and Artistic Director would be none other than the then 21-year-old Finnish sensation Peltokoski, whose flourishing conducting career had just begun. Now, the close and successful collaboration continues for the second season – in this programme, with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 11, which offers many musical subtexts typical of the composer’s oeuvre. Meanwhile, Anton Lyakhovsky will join in to interpret Sergei Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto. This tribute to the composer’s friend displays direct emotionality intertwined with ironclad precision and technique.