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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 2017-2018 season opened with the music of Mozart
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Guest artist Emmanuel Axe played the piano with precision, poise, and passion
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Music is my religion. And Powell Hall was his place of worship for two weeks
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Axe split his time between playing piano concertos and meeting music students
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Eight-year-old Oscar Ramirez, who was blind, spent time with Axe backstage and on stage before a concert
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Ramirez dreams of becoming a concert pianist. We had a nice exchange and he played a few notes for me
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and I played a little bit for him and we had a good time. Axe also hit the right notes at Jennings High School
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He performed for the students and held a question and answer session
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It was a really phenomenal experience to have someone who's won seven Grammys right here in our school district
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I think it was inspiring. The inspiration didn't stop there. Axe invited the students to Powell Hall for one of his performances
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For me, it's just a pleasure to meet people that love music
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Axe also met with piano students from Music and 44 Soul. And what would a stay in St. Louis be without baseball
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I got to see the St. Louis Cardinals ballpark, which was very exciting
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For the SLSO Stories from Backstage. It's been a great stay. I'm Anthony Kiko
