In May 2024 Maestro Rustioni will make his debuts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.
Rachmaninoff, wizard of the piano, meets Paganini, wizard of the violin. The result: the notoriously difficult Rhapsody — 24 variations on the 24th of Paganini’s Caprices — encompassing everything from knuckle-busting runs to the terrifying Day of Wrath medieval chant and the swoon-worthy 18th variation [pianist: Behzod Abduraimov]. Followed by Casella’s thrillingly assertive second symphony, this program will take its audience on a powerful musical journey.
https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/rachmaninoff-rhapsody-on-a-theme-of-paganini/
Strap in for the psychedelic rollercoaster of Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s epic fever dream of obsession, ecstasy, tantrums, and wild ambition. Conductor Daniele Rustioni brings to life this escapist (and arguably autobiographical) tale of an artist’s self-destructive passion for a beautiful woman.
The NSO gets things buzzing with Bryce Dessner’s Mari, named for the Basque forest goddess, and Liszt’s scintillating Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by the “one in a million giant of solo piano” Benjamin Grosvenor (The Independent).
https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2023-2024/rustoni-grosvenor/