A concert by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu, featuring Tom Borrow on piano, with works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Saariaho and Sibelius.
Tom Borrow takes the stage at Atlanta Symphony Hall on Thursday, February 18, 2027, with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. He's the center of the evening, and the program is built around him. He'll be joined by conductor Hannu Lintu, and the orchestra is playing a four-piece set that runs from Stravinsky to Sibelius.
Borrow is a young Israeli pianist, born in Tel Aviv in 2000. He started studying at five and went on to the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, where he was mentored by Murray Perahia. He made his name in January 2019 when he stepped in for Khatia Buniatishvili at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on just 36 hours' notice. Since then, he's become a BBC New Generation Artist, made his Proms debut, and served as the 2024-25 Artist-In-Residence of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. The piece he's tackling here is Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, which is widely regarded as one of the most difficult concertos in the repertoire.
The rest of the program frames that concerto. The night opens with Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and the second half closes with Sibelius's Symphony No. 7, an atmospheric work that Lintu has paired with a spooky piece by Kaija Saariaho, Ciel d'hiver (Winter Sky). Between the wind ensemble opener and the Sibelius finale, you've got the Prokofiev concerto and Saariaho's Ciel d'hiver.
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It's a two-night run, with the same program on February 18 and February 20, both at 8 PM at Atlanta Symphony Hall. If you're into piano, this is a good chance to see a young artist take on one of the toughest pieces in the book.
