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Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra|Mar 4, 2023

On Sunday, March 12, Rufus Choi will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto #5, "Emperor." The concert begins at 4 p.m at Country Oaks Baptist Church, 20915 Schout Rd. Beethoven completed writing the Emperor concerto in Vienna in April 1809 while the city was under siege by Napoleon's armies. The work premiered in Leipzig, Germany, in 1811, and it remains the best known and most frequently performed of Beethoven's five piano concerti. Soloist Dr. Rufus Choi, a Korean-American pianist, has performed...