Shostakovich Gala at the TPO

 
MACM Hall. Mahidol University Salaya Campus. Nakhonpathom, Thailand. June 15. 2012. Korean pianist, Eun-Young Suh, who is head of the piano department at Mihidol's College of Music, gave an exciting account of Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 1, a light and fun piece not characteristic of the composer's later works. She was joined by the TPO's first chair trumpet, Surasi Chanoksakul. After the intermission, the TPO, conducted by its very fine principal conductor Gudni A. Emilsson, performed the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in as excellent a performance as I've heard anywhere. A thoroughly wonderful evening of music.