Brace yourself for a completely postmodern evening. The eclectic music miniatures program under the baton of Daniel Raiskin opens with Alfred Schnittke’s Polyphonic Tango, blending Baroque counterpoint with Argentine dance. Instead of Mario Brunello who was prevented to come due to health reasons, Maja Bogdanović will perform with the Belgrade Philharmonic orchestra. The favorite of the Serbian audience and an international cello star will perform Weinberg’s Concerto based on Jewish klezmer music.

Musicians will like to play it, and critics will delight in blasting it, Shostakovich said after finishing his shortest symphony, the Ninth. Often referred to as Shostakovich’s Classical Symphony by critics, it represents an ironic Mozartean departure within his stylistically varied body of work.