MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS STEPS IN FOR 
ZUBIN MEHTA IN LA PHIL PROGRAM AT 
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL 

Program Update: Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 Replaces 
Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 

Thursday through Saturday December 14 - 16, 2017, at 8 PM 
Sunday, December 17, 2017, AT 2 PM

WHAT:  

Michael Tilson Thomas replaces Zubin Mehta in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's final orchestral program of the calendar year, Thursday, December 14 through Sunday, December 17. As previously announced, Mehta has been forced to withdraw from all engagements for the next three months due to shoulder surgery.

Tilson Thomas also returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall with the San Francisco Symphony in March of 2018.

In the December performances, Bruckner's Seventh Symphony replaces the originally programmed Ninth Symphony by the composer.

Soloist Khatia Buniatishvili will play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488, as previously scheduled.

The complete program is as follows:

MOZART      Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

WHO:          

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, conductor
KHATIA BUNIATISHVILI, piano

For full artist biographies, please visit laphil.com.

 
WHEN:       

Thursday, December 14, 2017, at 8 PM
Friday, December 15, 2017, at 8 PM
Saturday, December 16, 2017, at 8 PM
Sunday, December 17, 2017, at 2 PM

WHERE:  

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL 
111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles

TICKETS: 
 
Tickets are available for purchase at LAPhil.com or the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office. To order by phone with credit card, please call the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office at 323.850.2000. For more information, please call 323.850.2000. 

Sophie Jefferies, 213.972.3422, sjefferies@laphil.org 
Lisa White, 213.972.3408, lwhite@laphil.org