Pianist Michelle Cann + Symphonie Fantastique

Thursday, August 6, 2026 | 7:30 pm America/Denver
Audiences raved about pianist Michelle Cann’s Festival debut in 2023; now Cann returns to Chautauqua to perform a world premiere piano concerto by esteemed composer Valerie Coleman. After intermission, Berlioz invites us on a psychedelic romp: his Symphonie fantastique is a musical hallucination that evokes dark revels, an execution, and a visit to the underworld.
$31 – $113
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Location: Chautauqua Auditorium

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Artists:
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
Ezra Calvino, conductor
Valerie Coleman, composer

Program:
Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino Overture
Valerie Coleman: Piano Concerto (world premiere)

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

This concert is sponsored by:
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Pre-Concert Talk:
Join us at 6:30 PM for a pre-concert talk under the tent on the north side of Chautauqua Auditorium.


 


 
Lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Michelle Cann is a GRAMMY Award-winning pianist who has performed with major orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and is a recipient of the Sphinx Organization Medal of Excellence. Cann’s 2025–26 season features the Colorado, New Jersey, and Kansas City Symphonies, and Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra. Recital highlights include Stanford Live, Music Toronto, Chamber Music Detroit, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Spivey Hall, and a Chinese tour.

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