Two concerti

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The Piano Concerto by Howard Shore was written for Lang Lang in 2010 during the bicentennial of Chopin's birth, commissioned by the Beijing Arts Festival. Besides the famous film scores he is known for (for The Lord of the Rings, Hobbit), Howard Shore was heard here in Paris at the Théâtre du Chatelet, with his opera "The Fly" under the direction of Placido Domingo, a performance that was a great success at the time. The Cello Concerto and Orchestra dates from 2012. It was written for Sophie Shao in the spirit of the Piano Concerto. Sophie Shao has achieved brilliant success at the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, and at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky Competitions in the recent sessions of these two events. The composer drew his inspiration from the architecture of the three classic Italian gardens: Cimbrone, Medici, and Visconti Borromeo Litta. It is a commission from the American Symphony Orchestra and made possible by the generous funds of Linda & Stuart Nelson.