Jon Nakamatsu: TOLEDO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Few works test a pianist like Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto. Toledo Symphony favorite Jon Nakamatsu tackles this legendary showpiece in a program of orchestral color and scale that also features Hindemith and Dvořák’s New World Symphony.

Now in his third decade of touring worldwide, American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw critical and public acclaim for his intensity, elegance, and electrifying solo, concerto, and chamber music performances. Catapulted to international attention in 1997 as the Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—the only American to achieve this distinction since 1981—Mr. Nakamatsu subsequently developed a multi-faceted career that encompasses recording, education, arts administration, and public speaking in addition to his vast concert schedule.