Known for her passionate virtuosity and brilliant improvisation, Latin Grammy Award-winning pianist/composer Gabriela Montero performs her recently recorded first piano concerto — a soulful work she characterizes as showing the “complexities of South American life.” The Venezuela native joins recording partner and frequent collaborator Carlos Miguel Prieto, artistic director of the National Symphony of Mexico, in the ensemble’s first Ann Arbor performance since 1958. Prieto was named 2019 Conductor of the Year by Musical America and is the foremost Mexican conductor of his generation.