Interchanging Idioms

Three-time Grammy award-winning rock group Train is being added to the 2012 Tanglewood season line up, performing on Friday, August 31, at 7 p.m. Up-and-coming pop star Andy Grammer and Nashville-based singer/songwriter Mat Kearney will open for Train. Additional details of the Labor Day Weekend festivities will be announced at a later date. Train made its Tanglewood debut with a concert on August 8, 2011. Tickets for Train range from $22-$88 and go on sale Saturday, April 28. Beginning at 10 a.m., tickets may be purchased online through the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s website at www.tanglewood.org , by calling SymphonyCharge at 617-266-1200 or 888-266-1200, or by visiting the Symphony Hall Box Office. There is a service charge for each ticket purchased on line or by phone.

Gerstein Rejoins Dutoit with Philadelphia Orchestra (Aug 6); Gives Recital at Tannery Pond (July 31); Plays Chamber Music at Saratoga (Aug 9); Performs with Royal Philharmonic in Shanghai (Aug 18); and Concludes Summer at Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival (Aug 31 – Sep 4) Kirill Gerstein has had a momentous season. In January, he became the sixth recipient of the coveted Gilmore Artist Award, worth $300,000 and described by the New York Times as “music’s answer to the MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ grants.” Only two months later, he followed this coup with a second major triumph when he was named the winner of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Not surprisingly, this Russian-born pianist is much in demand this summer. He makes his Boston Symphony debut at Tanglewood on July 30, performing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto under the direction of Charles Dutoit. The following night, as part of the Tannery Pond Concerts’ landmark 20th-anniversary season, he gives...