This week, Mihhail Gerts makes his Australian debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducting four concerts at the Sydney Opera House from 08-11 March. The programme opens with the world premiere of a new work by Australian composer Miriama Young, followed by Saint-Saëns’ Second Piano Concerto performed by pianist Marie-Ange Nguci, concluding with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, in the iconic orchestration by Maurice Ravel.
In an interview with the SSO, Gerts explains, “It is a wonderful programme, Saint-Saëns is a fantastic composer; he was really a giant. And Pictures at an Exhibition gives me goose bumps. I feel the way Mussorgsky felt when he observed the pictures. And I’m sure that will transmit itself to the audience.”
More information and tickets to the concerts are available here.
Photo credit: Kaupo Kikkas
