Gerstein to perform Rachmaninoff concertos

TOLEDO – Pianist Kirill Gerstein will perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos 1 and 4 with the Toledo
Symphony Orchestra Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle.
Merwin Siu, the orchestra’s principal second violin said of Gerstein: "He takes pieces that we’ve
heard hundreds of times and makes them sound compellingly individual, and simultaneously, exactly right,
like they shouldn’t be played any other way."
Guest Gregory Vajda will conduct.
Tickets start at $21. Call (419) 246-8000.
Online: www.toledosymphony.com.TOLEDO – Pianist Kirill Gerstein will perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano
Concertos 1 and 4 with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Toledo Museum
of Art Peristyle.
Merwin Siu, the orchestra’s principal second violin said of Gerstein: "He takes pieces that we’ve
heard hundreds of times and makes them sound compellingly individual, and simultaneously, exactly right,
like they shouldn’t be played any other way."
Guest Gregory Vajda will conduct.
Tickets start at $21. Call (419) 246-8000.
Online: www.toledosymphony.com.