Ades - Classical with Boston Symphony Orchestra, Stravinsky, and more

Boston-based symphony (founded 1881); famed for top RCA/Deutsche Grammophon recordings, Tanglewood, premieres by Stravinsky/Bartók; worked with John Williams/Spielberg.

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer and conductor who became a naturalized French and American citizen. Widely considered one of the most influential and revolutionary composers of the 20th century, his career is traditionally divided into three stylistic periods: Russian, Neoclassical, and Serial. He achieved international fame through a series of groundbreaking ballets commissioned by impresario Sergei Diaghilev for the Ballets Russes, most notably The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913), the latter of which caused a famous near-riot at its Paris premiere due to its avant-garde rhythms and dissonant harmonies. He later lived in Switzerland and France before moving to the United States in 1939, where he settled in Los Angeles and eventually New York City.

A prominent British composer, pianist, and conductor born in London in 1971, renowned for his innovative classical works, including acclaimed operas and orchestral compositions.

Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein, famed for clear, virtuosic Bach-to-Adès range; Gilmore Artist Award winner; ECHO Klassik for Tchaikovsky; worked w/Gary Burton.

Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, and teacher of the Romantic period. Recognized as a child prodigy, he began performing publicly at age nine and studied in Vienna under Carl Czerny and Antonio Salieri. He achieved unprecedented European stardom in the 1830s and 1840s, provoking a fan hysteria known as Lisztomania. Liszt revolutionized the standard piano recital by playing entirely from memory and positioning the piano to face the audience. His extensive musical legacy includes inventing the symphonic poem, pioneering the masterclass, and developing a vast body of influential compositions such as the Hungarian Rhapsodies.