Violinist Lisa Batiashvili has cancelled her three concerts with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia on 28/29/30 November with Daniel Harding conducting. Her replacement in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2 will be the Hungarian Kristóf Baráti.
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