This year, Gabrielius Alekna debuts with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra (New York) and the New Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria). The performance in New York, of the glorious ‘Emperor’ piano concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven, will take place in Symphony Space, New York, on April 7, 2011. Later in the year, for his debut with the New Symphony Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria, Gabrielius Alekna will play Witold Lutoslawski’s concerto for piano and orchestra, one of the most brilliant works in this genre from the second half of the 20th century.