Conrad Tao

June 7, 2026
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Overview

America 250In his 2023 CSO subscription debut, Conrad Tao gave a “dazzling, staggering” performance of Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, wrote the Chicago Tribune, in which Tao “carried his melodies masterfully.” As part of the CSO’s monthlong focus on American music, the Illinois native returns with a selection of Gershwin song arrangements interspersed with works by Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Schoenberg and Robert Schumann.

Schedule
Program
Gershwin

The Man I Love

Gershwin

Swanee

Schoenberg

Walzer from Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23

Gershwin

Oh, Lady, Be Good!

Debussy

Pour les agréments from Etudes

Tatum

Cherokee

Ravel

Mouvement de menuet from Sonatine

Gershwin

But Not for Me

Debussy

Pour les arpèges composés from Etudes

Strayhorn

Lush Life

Schumann

Auf einer Burg from Liederkreis, Op. 39

Gershwin

I Loves You, Porgy

Gershwin

I Got Rhythm

Rachmaninov (trans. Barnatan)

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

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