Pianist Krystian Zimmerman's Bartok was incredible

Pianist Krystian Zimmerman's Bartok was incredible

Maestro Pierre Boulez, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted the virtuoso artists with a dazzling and astounding technique and stirring temperament during the subscription concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in American premiere of Peter Eotvos' "Zero Points," Bela Bartok's "Piano Concerto No. 1," with piano soloist Krystian Zimerman and Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" orchestrated by Ravel.

The high point of the concert was the dazzling performance of Pianist Zimerman's "Piano Concerto No. 1" composed by Bartok. Zimerman's interpretation of the nationalist idioms of the …