James D. Watts Jr.

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra will open its 20th anniversary season with a concert featuring renowned pianist Emanuel Ax at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Tulsa PAC, 101 E. Third St.

This will be the first time in more than 35 years that Ax has performed in Tulsa. He was a guest with the now-defunct Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2000, he performed at the OK Mozart International Festival in Bartlesville as a last-minute substitute when a scheduled artist was forced to cancel his appearance.

Ax first came to international attention in 1974, when he took first place in the first-ever Artur Rubenstein International Piano Masters Competition. Since then, he has had a distinguished international career as a soloist and chamber musician, in

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