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Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 8 pm
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Mario Venzago, conductor Claire Huangci, piano
Anna Clyne
Masquerade
Wolfgang Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
Amadeus Mozart I. Allegro maestoso II. Andante III. Allegro vivace assai
INTERMISSION
Claire Huangci, piano
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944,“ The Great” I. Andante- Allegro, ma non troppo II. Andante con moto III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace IV. Allegro vivace
This performance is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes and includes a 20-minute intermission.
The appearance of Claire Huangci is made possible through the support of the Hilda Perl Goodwin Young Artist Fund.
Mario Venzago
Mario Venzago
Mario Venzago served as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Bern Symphony Orchestra for 11 years until summer 2021. Previously, he held positions as Chief Conductor or General Music Director with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Basque National Orchestra San Sebastian, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Graz Opera and Graz Philharmonic Orchestra, the German Chamber Philharmonic Frankfurt( now Bremen), the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Winterthur Musikkollegium. From 2010 to 2014, he was Principal Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, from 2010 to 2019 Artist in Association with the Finnish Tapiola Sinfonietta, and from 2000 to 2003 Artistic Director of the Baltimore Music Summer Fest, succeeding Pinchas Zukerman and David Zinman.
Mario Venzago has conducted many prestigious orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Philadelphia and Boston Orchestras, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Filarmonica della Scala, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
Several of his CDs have received international awards, including the Grand Prix du Disque, the Diapason d’ or, and the Prix Edison. The recordings of the operas Venus
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