now Celebrating our
42nd world connections Season

Pictures at an exhibition

a musical journey through the louvre!

may 17 - 18, 2025 – wachholz college center

McClaren Hall at the Wachholz College Center

Saturday, May 17th at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 18th at 3:00 p.m.

Our season finale concert brings together two of the greatest works from the Russian symphonic tradition in one concert, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at and Exhibition, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel and perhaps Tchaikovsky’s greatest and most universally popular work, the Piano Concerto No. 1 in b minor. Pictures at an Exhibition walks the audience through the auditory experience of touring The Louvre in Paris. After the grand opening piece, the powerful piano chords of Tchaikovsky’s first concerto is one of the true iconic opening passages in all of the concerto repertoire. Our soloist will be the engaging and technically masterful, Ilya Yakushev, a charismatic audience favorite, returning to our stage after “bringing the house down” with his electrifying performances here in 2023.

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