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RACHMANINOFF'S RHAPSODY Pre-Concert Talk

A young man in a flannel shirt holds a microphone and smiles.

The first pre-concert talk of the 2026-27 season opened with Maestro Rossen Milanov speaking with piano soloist Dmitry Shishkin. Milanov discussed Shishkin's musical training, his goals for sharing music with people, and an exploration of Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". Shishkin used the piano on stage to demonstrate the theme and some of the variations. Milanov then proceeded to talk about Joan Tower's Suite from Concerto for Orchestra with Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra.

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