Pianist Watts to perform with GR Symphony

Wed, May 7, 2008

GRAND RAPIDS — Pianist André Watts will join the Grand Rapids Symphony Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall for its classical season finale concert.

The pair of Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series performances features works by Ravel, Grieg and Tchaikovsky, and is presented in collaboration with the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival.

Watts will join the orchestra for Grieg's "Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra."

Individual tickets start at $16 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (616) 456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com, or in person at the Symphony office.