The Charlotte Symphony’s 1/31/26 Saturday 7:30 pm performance and the 2/1/26 Sunday 3:00 pm performance have been cancelled. Ticket buyers’ will be notified via email of their ticket options. For any questions, please contact the CSO.

Presented By: Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

Kwamé Ryan, conductor
Ran Dank, piano

IVES                                       The Unanswered Question
PROKOFIEV                                Piano Concerto No. 3
R. SCHUMANN                     Symphony No. 2

Ives’s The Unanswered Question opens the program with a haunting meditation on existence, as searching strings and restless winds drift through an eternal mystery. Prokofiev’s bold and electrifying Piano Concerto No. 3 follows with virtuosic brilliance and biting wit. Finally, Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 rises from darkness into triumph — a testament to resilience, overflowing with soaring melodies and unshakable spirit.