In a rare, incredible treat for Palouse audiences, highly acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough joins the Washington Idaho Symphony November 7th and 8th for performances of both the Dvorak and Schumann piano concertos. Hailed as one of the world's greatest musicians alive today, Hough is described by Vanity Fair as one who "...can power through man-eating Liszt and Tchaikovsky concerti with the best of them. But for Hough God is mostly in the details - the beautifully articulated inner voices, the crystaline clarity of lyrical passages, the precision of the pedal. From the moment he walks onstage, erect and beautifully turned-out in a dark Nehru jacket, he radiates a higher sense of purpose."