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Concert review: Alexei Volodin delivers a dashing take on Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1

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Pianist Alexei Volodin joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for a performance on July 24.

Pianist Alexei Volodin joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra for a performance on July 24.

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Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 & Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Esplanade Concert Hall
July 24, 7.30pm

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s lush first piano concerto and Anton Bruckner’s unfinished 9th symphony are the oddest of odd couples – a glamorous Russian romp stuffed with folk tunes and an apocalyptic meditation on God and the infinite.

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