WED MAR 5, 2025, 7:30 PM
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Conrad Tao piano and lumatone

Claude DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
Études
Étude 1, pour les “cinq doigts” (d’après Monsieur Czerny) 
Étude 2, pour les tierces
Étude 3, pour les quartes
Étude 4, pour les sixtes
Étude 5, pour les octaves
Étude 6, pour les huit doigts

Conrad TAO (b. 1994)
Improvisation for Lumatone

INTERMISSION 

Harold ARLEN (1905–1986)
trans. Tao
“Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz

Conrad TAO
Keyed In

Robert SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
arr. Tao
No. 7, “Auf einer Burg,” from Liederkreis, Op. 39

DEBUSSY 
Études
Étude 7, pour les degrés chromatiques
Étude 8, pour les agréments
Étude 9, pour les notes répétées
Étude 10, pour les sonorités opposées
Étude 11, pour les arpèges composés
Étude 12, pour les accords

This performance is approximately 110 minutes long, including intermission. 

The Conrad Tao Recital is made possible by an endowed gift from the Fund for Great Artists by Fred L. & Katherine H. Groll.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.