Ax will open the season with two performances on September 17 and 18, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9. Ohlsson will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 as part of a Rachmaninoff Festival in October.
Other visiting pianists include Andr_-Michel Schub, playing Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto; Jorge Federico Osorio, playing Manuel de Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain; Orion Weiss, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21; and John Nakamatsu, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27.