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Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens season with a bang

By Rafael de Acha, 25 September 2015
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“Bronfman... and the orchestra played at full-throttle in a performance brimming with electricity”
Reviewed at Music Hall, Cincinnati on 25 September 2015
Programme
Beethoven, Fidelio, Op.72: Overture
Bartók, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G major, Sz 95
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Performers
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée, Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Piano
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Rafael de Acha
Rafael de Acha
Cuban-born Rafael de Acha moved to the United States to study at the Juilliard School of Music, and later at the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music, from which he received the Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music. Rafael co-founded New Theatre in Miami, Florida, where he produced twenty seasons of classical and contemporary theater. He now writes and teaches in Cincinnati, Ohio.