Solzhenitsyn performs double duty with the BSO

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its Casual Series season opener on Saturday with critically acclaimed Russian-American pianist and conductor Ignat Solzhenitsyn. Recognized internationally as one of today’s most gifted artists, he will lead Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 11” from the keyboard, followed by Schubert’s “Symphony No. 4 Tragic.”

The Examiner recently caught up with Solzhenitsyn in Philadelphia, where his is now serving his fifth season as the music director of the city’s Chamber Orchestra.