For the second time this season, a guest pianist has stepped in at the last moment for a triumphant performance with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
And for the second time, we’ve seen that the bench is deep in the U.S. when it comes to rising star pianists. On Friday morning, pianist George Li, 27, made an auspicious debut with the Cincinnati Symphony in Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 on barely four days’ notice. (The other pianist was Conrad Tao in November.) Li possessed everything…