NYO2 (National Youth Orchestra 2) with Jennifer Koh

Saturday, July 15, 2023 8 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

 

 

A new generation of orchestra musicians is proudly showcased in NYO2, “a superbly talented youth orchestra” (New York Classical Review). The orchestra’s last performance at Carnegie Hall was called “inspiring … demonstrat[ing] a bright future for classical music” (Musical America), and the ensemble now returns under the esteemed leadership of conductor Joseph Young with renowned violinist Jennifer Koh as guest soloist. Enjoy Three Dance Episodes from Bernstein’s On the Town, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, and a suite of music from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

 

Tickets start at $13 ($10 + $3 fee)

 

Performers

NYO2

Joseph Young, Conductor

Jennifer Koh, Violin

 

Program

BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

SIBELIUS Violin Concerto

PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet 

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2023/07/15/NYO2-0800PM

 

 

Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, The Kovner Foundation, and Beatrice Santo Domingo.

 

Global Ambassadors: Michael ByungJu Kim and Kyung Ah Park, Hope and Robert F. Smith, and Maggie and Richard Tsai.

 

Leadership support for NYO2 is provided by Clarissa Alcock Bronfman and Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Estate of Joan Eliasoph, and Mellon Foundation.

 

Major support for NYO2 is provided by Ronald E. Blaylock and Petra Pope, Clive and Anya Gillinson, Beth and Joshua Nash, Melanie and Jean E. Salata, and Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon.

 

Founder Patron: Beatrice Santo Domingo.

With additional funding provided by Alphadyne Foundation, Sarah Arison, Ernst & Young LLP, Stella and Robert Jones, Martha and Robert Lipp, the Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation, David S. Winter, and Judy Francis Zankel.

 

Public support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.