Anja Bihlmaier & Johannes Piirto
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It was with her performance of Stravinsky’s sunny chamber concerto Dumbarton Oaks that we became seriously aware of German conductor Anja Bihlmaier. She has since been back to Finland a number of times and has been Principal Guest Conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra since autumn 2020. Scriabin was a composer and pianist, and so is Johannes Piirto. The Piano Concerto is a virtuosic early work in the spirit of Chopin and Liszt. The fourth Symphony by Robert Schumann was, in its day, unorthodox, experimental, and radically romantic.