The Australian Chamber Orchestra and their dynamic leader, Richard Tognetti return to Cal Performances for a wide-ranging pair of programs, featuring pianist Alice Sara Ott in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Tognetti, himself a superb violinist is featured in a new work by fellow Aussie Brett Dean, the 2009 Grawemeyer Award winner. Dean’s winning composition was also a violin concerto: This latest one is for electric violin and was written for Tognetti. The group has a lot of verve and personality and should make as big a splash as they did the last time they were here, in 2011.