Pianist Emanuel Ax and conductor Daniel Harding join Nov. 9 concert

Pianist Emanuel Ax and conductor Daniel Harding join the Deutsche Kammerphil-harmonie for a concert in Bailey Hall this Tuesday, Nov. 9. The concert features Ax playing Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor, and Harding conducting the 35-person orchestra in the Lyric Suite for Orchestra by Alban Berg and Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony.

Ax is known for his virtuosity, poetic temperament and the breadth of his performing activity. His distinguished career includes numerous appearances with major symphony orchestras worldwide, the commissioning and performance of new music, recitals in the most celebrated concert halls and additions to his acclaimed discography. He last appeared on the Cornell Concert Series in 1990 with violinist Yo-Yo Ma.

Only 24 years old, Harding is a rising star on the international music scene who already has conducted such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This is his first season as music director of the German philharmonic orchestra.

Founded in 1980, the Deutsche Kammer-philharmonie is based in Bremen, Germany, and has become a leading international chamber orchestra, appearing regularly in the major European music centers. The orchestra has also made highly successful tours of Japan, the former Soviet Union, South America and the United States, where it became the first German orchestra to perform at the Tanglewood Festival.

Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance at Bailey Hall are $37, $33, $29 and $24 for the general public and $22, $20, $18 and $15 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the Cornell Concert Series ticket office in 124 White Hall. The ticket office is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets also may be purchased through the Cornell Concert Series web site: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/ccs. Call 255-5144 for further ticket information.