Debut repertoire marks conductor’s first NSO appearance

Published January 12, 2011 5:00am ET



As world-renowned maestro Kirill Karabits prepares to make his conducting debut with the National Symphony Orchestra this weekend, he speaks of a very strong, personal connection to each of the pieces that will be performed in the program. There is a palpable attachment to the opening composition, Silvestrov’s “Elegy for Strings,” which also marks the NSO’s first performances of any of Silvestrov’s works.

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