Nashville Symphony | Kevin John Edusei, conductor | Brad Mehldau, piano

They began at the piano. Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Mehldau: three composers from three centuries whose musical vision blossomed from the keyboard to the orchestra.  

You’ll experience the intensity of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, a drama of conflict and willpower compressed into eight fierce minutes.  

You’ll soar in Rachmaninoff’s brilliant Symphony No. 3, a work that combines yearning for the composer’s homeland as well as the energy of his adopted America. 

The centerpiece: Brad Mehldau, one of the defining jazz pianists of his generation, performing his own Piano Concerto.*  

This concerto expands the borders of the piano world, and you’ll get to experience it live.  

Program

Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan 
Mehldau: Piano Concerto 
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 

* A concerto is a piece that features a soloist stepping into the spotlight of a full orchestra, showcasing their virtuosity and prowess in a spellbinding musical conversation with all the other instruments around them. Our 2026/27 season highlights 10 concertos, many of them by American composers, to celebrate the extraordinary musicianship of your Nashville Symphony musicians and guest artists.