On Anton Bruckner's 202nd birthday, Riccardo Chailly and his Filarmonica della Scala present Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony and Rachmaninoff's Fourth Piano Concerto with rising star Alexander Malofeev. As a festive prologue to the Bruckner Festival Linz 2026, Riccardo Chailly and his Filarmonica della Scala bring two celebrated fourth works to the stage on Anton Bruckner's 202nd birthday. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony was composed in 1877, the same year as Bruckner's Fourth, whom Tchaikovsky regarded as one of the few "outstanding German composers." A work full of energy, drama, and biographical depth, between fateful sounds and exuberant "Village Festival" finale – another parallel to Bruckner's Fourth – which Tchaikovsky dedicated to his "best friend"; meaning his pen pal and patron Nadezhda von Meck. In contrast stands Sergei Rachmaninoff's brilliant Fourth Piano Concerto. Composed exactly 100 years ago as his first work after emigrating to the USA, it stands with one foot in the Romantic tradition and the other in modernity infused with extended tonality, popular music, and jazz. Russian virtuoso pianist Alexander Malofeev returns to the Bruckner House as soloist. This festive birthday serenade will be heard live in Donau Park as the Classical Klangwolke 26! Classical music fans can enjoy this top-class concert from 7:30 p.m. under the open sky on the Danube waterfront.