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If we listen carefully to a close-knit group of musicians returning to masterpieces such as Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto and Brahms' Second Symphony, we can hear the understanding of years of working together making music. It is in the unrepeatable moment of the concert that mutual trust allows the unexpected to emerge. Director Emeritus since 2023, designated Music Director of the Teatro alla Scala since 2026, Myung-Whun Chung has established with Filarmonica a friendship based on an immediate mutual artistic and personal understanding, just renewed on the tour in South Korea and Japan in autumn 2025. After fourteen years we meet again the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who in 2016 recorded for Sony the complete Beethoven concerts with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Chung and Filarmonica della Scala have been playing Beethoven and Brahms for almost forty years. And yet, every time it's like the first.
Concerto No. 3 in C minor op. 37 for piano and orchestra
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 73
Myung-Whun Chung’s long and outstanding musical career is marked by his appointment as Direttore Emeritus at Filarmonica della Scala in Milano since 2023, the first ever in their history; Principal Guest Conductor of Dresden Staatskapelle,
Read MoreThe New York Times calls Leif Ove Andsnes “a pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight,” and the Wall Street Journal names him “one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.” With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide
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