Annual Benefit Concert

World-class musician, prolific performer, and Bay Area treasure Jon Nakamatsu headlines the El Camino Youth Symphony Annual Benefit Concert on April 2, 7:30pm at Flint Center in Cupertino. The program features Grieg’s most widely regarded orchestral work, his dramatic Piano Concerto in A minor with guest soloist Mr. Nakamatsu as well as Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, a calculated tribute to his homeland.

Nakamatsu brings “solid technique and a gentle, introspective, interpretive spirit” (The New York Times) to Grieg’s Norwegian masterpiece, as clean and clear and the glaciers and fjords it pays homage to. Born and raised in the South Bay, Nakamatsu was the Winner of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.