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Salonen brings Bryce Dessner's Violin Concerto to the LA Philharmonic

Pekka Kuusisto
© Elizabeth Asher, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic
© Elizabeth Asher, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
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“this stirring piece of new music made for a welcome contemporary centerpiece”
Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 4 May 2025
Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Dessner, Violin Concerto
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, Violin
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