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Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto + Pictures at an Exhibition

Presented by Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto ON

May 24 - 27 2023

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto + Pictures at an Exhibition

Building to a rafter-shaking finale replete with brass and pealing bells, Mussorgsky’s sonic gallery tour is live music at its most electrifying. Plus, Canadian superstar James Ehnes performs Tchaikovsky’s beloved concerto.

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Its staggering virtuoso demands were deemed “unplayable” when first composed—but Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto has gone on to become one of the best known and best-loved in the repertoire. No one in the world plays it better than international Canadian star James Ehnes, “a violinist in a class of his own” (The Times). Imbued with the technicolour magic of master-orchestrator Maurice Ravel, Mussorgsky’s sonic gallery tour is one of music’s most unique and electrifying showpieces,