NSO: Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances | Jorge Federico Osorio plays Beethoven

• Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
• Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Outstanding Mexican artists treat the audience to timeless classics and stirring new music. Jorge Federico Osorio, hailed as "an imaginative interpreter with a powerful technique" (The New York Times), takes on Beethoven's intensely energetic Piano Concerto No. 3.

Maestro Carlos Miguel Prieto, who returns to the NSO following his "revolutionary," "high-octane" 2018 debut (Washington Classical Review), conducts Rachmaninoff's lush and lively Symphonic Dances. Prieto, a champion of Latin American music, opens the program with Téenek — Invenciones de Territorio, Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz's uplifting ode to a future without borders.

Jan. 16-18.

About National Symphony Orchestra

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About Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

Recipient of the Medalla Bellas Artes, the highest honor granted by Mexico's National Institute of Fine Arts, Jorge Federico Osorio has been lauded worldwide for his superb musicianship, powerful technique, vibrant imagination, and deep passion. He has performed with many of the world's leading ensembles and conductors, and on concert tours throughout Asia, the Americas, and Europe. An avid chamber music performer, Osorio has served as artistic director of Mexico's Brahms Chamber Music Festival and collaborated with such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma, Ani Kavafian, Elmar Oliveira, Henryk Szeryng, and the Pacifica and Moscow Quartets.

Osorio has a wide variety of recordings to his credit, including major orchestral piano concerti and solo works.

About Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

http://www.carlosmiguelprieto.com/en/