The Utah Symphony has announced that Louis Lortie has had to cancel his appearance with the Utah Symphony this weekend due to the flu. He was scheduled to perform the three piano concertos by Tchaikovsky.

Conrad Tao (Photo Credit: Nadja Kilchhofer)

Young Conrad Tao, who has played with the Utah Symphony twice before, will replace Lortie in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor in the second half.

The first half of the program has been changed. Instead of the Second and Third Concertos, the Utah Symphony and Thierry Fischer will play the suite from Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Sleeping Beauty and his Capriccio italien. Schoenberg’s Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene, op. 34, will remain on the program

The performances are at 8 p.m. on April 19-20 in Abravanel Hall. Tickets are $18-$53 ($5 higher when purchased on the day of performance) and available by calling 801-355-2787 or 888-451-2787 or logging on to www.utahsymphony.org.