Madison Symphony Orchestra

press release: Gil Shaham plays Tchaikovsky

Fri., Jan. 19, 2018, 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 20, 2018, 2017, 8:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 21, 2018, 2:30 p.m. – 5:00 pm.

An international star among celebrity violinists, Gil Shaham’s long awaited debut with the Madison Symphony Orchestra comes in a rousing program of three of the most popular and beloved Russian composers of all time. Mr. Shaham, named by Time Magazine “the outstanding American violinist of his generation,” shines in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto followed by Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges Suite and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3. Student rush tickets are available for $12-$18 at the Overture Center’s Box Office on the day of the concert, and a free 30-minute talk by music experts starts one hour before the concert.