Name: Gershwin & Strauss
Start: 2025-05-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall

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LA Phil

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Teddy Abrams

Instrumentalist

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

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Gershwin & Strauss

Los Angeles

United States

Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Oratorio / Orchestral

Piano Concerto in F

Thus spoke Zarathustra, op. 30

Rahul Solomon

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Gershwin & Strauss: Concerto in F Gershwin (+1 More)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s relationship with Gershwin’s Concerto in F started when the pianist was just 14 years old. Over four decades of performances his love and jazz-infused interpretations have only deepened for a showpiece he says exudes “utter joy” that leaves every member of the audience and orchestra with a “smile on their face.” The opening of Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra was made famous by Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, but beyond the brass and bombast that signals the sunrise lies a marvelous and ambitious symphonic poem that channels nature, science, and questions of the unseen world. Teddy Abrams leads the LA Phil in this orchestral showpiece and—on Saturday and Sunday—Caroline Shaw’s The Observatory inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer's experience looking down at the shape of Los Angeles and up at the night sky from Griffith Observatory.

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Gershwin & Strauss by Gershwin, Strauss, From (2025/2025), Conductor Teddy Abrams, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, United States

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