In terms of piano and orchestra repertoire, 1923 was a vintage year in the decade of the 1920s. Tamara Stefanovich is hailed for her outstanding interpretations and unique programmes; the Bochum Symphony has gathered an impressive selection of works for their joint appearance with her at the Ruhr Piano Festival. Whereas the Hindemith piano concerto only calls for the left hand, the Stravinsky concerto features a wind instrument ensemble instead of an entire orchestra. And the two orchestra suites by Béla Bartók and Kurt Weill are each highly original in their own right. Tamara Stefanovich and Tobias Bleek will give an introductory lecture before the concert, in which you will be able to find out why Hindemith’s piano concerto was long regarded as lost (it was already performed in 2005 at the Ruhr Piano Festival), why Stravinsky was so eager to write a piano concerto, and what the Bochum Symphony Orchestra was up to in the year 1923.