Grimaud and McGegan perform Mozart masterpieces in Dallas

By Zoltán Szabó, 08 February 2021

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“nimble fingers moved with an assertive energy that seems to be her trademark”

Reviewed at Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas on 29 January 2021

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K466

Mozart, Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550

Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Nicholas McGegan, Conductor

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Hélène Grimaud and Nicholas McGegan perform Mozart masterpieces in Dallas