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Review: Pianist Taylor gets 3 curtain calls in Overture show

Next time the Madison Symphony Orchestra wants to find an outstanding guest artist, it needn’t look any further than its own back yard. Or, perhaps, Middleton.

Pianist Christopher Taylor, associate professor of piano performance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Middleton resident, figuratively took the roof off Overture Hall on Friday with an outstanding performance of George Gershwin’s “Concerto in F,” a performance that was one of the brightest lights of MSO’s entire season.