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Franz Welser-Most

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Founded in 1918, the Cleveland Orchestra has been led by a succession of renowned conductors, beginning with its first music director, Nikolai Sokolov, followed by Rozinski, Reinsdorf, Sell, Maazel, and Dohnnyiand grew into one of the worlds leading orchestras within half a century. At the 100th-anniversary concert held on September 29, 2018, Franz Welser-Mst, who has led the orchestra since 2002, delighted the audience with a program featuring music that has graced Vienna, the capital of his native Austria. The concert opened with a Mozart concerto featuring the world-renowned pianist Lang Lang. Lang Lang delivered a deeply expressive performance of one of Mozarts few concertos written in a minor key, while the orchestra, conducted by Met, provided a perfectly synchronized accompaniment, creating a wonderfully harmonious performance. In the Woman Without a Shadow Symphonic Fantasya work n