Sergio Tiempo is Artist in Residence, with Stephen Hough, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Bernstein’s 100 among the highlights.

Now in her second year as Music Director of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Alondra de la Parra follows up her daring first season with an equally thrilling programme for 2018. Joining the renowned conductor will be the Argentine pianist Sergio Tiempo, who thrilled Queenslanders with his performances of Latin American Music just last week, as the orchestra’s Artist in Residence.

Tiempo, a protégé of Martha Argerich’s, will present a series of performances throughout the year, including his first solo piano recital of works inspired by his family, and by composers like Debussy, Chopin and Beethoven. Described by de la Parra as “one of the most thought-provoking pianists of his generation”, Tiempo will perform the Ginastera Piano Concerto in April, and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 1 in August, in what will be his debut of the work. He will also appear in a chamber players’ special event, performing alongside cellist Andre Duthoit in Chopin’s Introduction et polonaise brillante, and Debussy’s Cello Sonata, in celebration of the composer’s centenary. In a nod...