The Charlotte Symphony will premiere Deus ex Machina, a 28-minute piano concerto by American composer Michael Daugherty that features pianist Terrence Wilson on March 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. Giancarlo Guerrero will conduct.

In the program's second half, audiences will experience a highlight of the current season, Brahms' towering Second Piano Concerto, featuring guest artist Stephen Hough. Performances take place at Orchestra Hall on Thursday, April 12, at 11 a.m. and on Friday, April 13, at 8 p.m. Ticket prices range from $20.25 to $82.25.

Known for his commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts, Yefim Bronfman returns to the Music Hall stage for concerts with Paavo Järvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on March 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. Mr. Bronfman performs the brilliantly romantic and technically demanding Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor by Rachmaninoff. This all-Russian program also includes Prokofiev's Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60 and Scriabin's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 29.

Experience the power and passion of a live symphonic concert with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra March 16-18 at Bass Performance Hall. The curtain rises with Schumann's powerful Overture to Manfred, Op. 115, based on Byron's drama of the same name.

Pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias will lead Seattle Symphony in a program that will include Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, Schubert's Deutsche Tänze and Mozart's "Linz" Symphony on Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 10, at 8 p.m.

When Tessa Uys fingers run up and down the ivories of the Blüthner grand piano at the Jewish Museum Berlin, it will be like meeting a trusted and familiar family member again. The instrument originally belonged to her mother Helga Bassel, who at the age of 28 fled the Nazis to South Africa in 1936. In her luggage was the grand piano she had bought in Berlin and on which her daughter was to learn.

Superb Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear performs Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F Major, and VSO Principal Cellist Lee Duckles performs the Canadian Premiere of the beautiful Kernis Air for Cello and Orchestra. In addition, the orchestra performs the world premiere of VSO Associate Principal Trumpet Marcus Goddard's newly commissioned piece, I Send Only Angels.

Distinguished virtuoso Artur Pizarro will perform Schumann's Piano Concerto with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in St Andrews (Wednesday 7 February), Edinburgh (Thursday 8 February) and Glasgow (Friday 9 February) in place of Jean-Marc Luisada, who has been obliged to withdraw from the concerts due to illness.

Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2, one of the great works for piano and orchestra, will be presented by Music Director Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony and piano virtuoso André Watts. The program will also include Aaron Jay Kernis' Newly Drawn Sky and Zoltán Kodály's Háry János Suite with Alexander Eppler playing cimbalom. Performances will take place on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m.