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Presented by Teatro Colón
NYO-USA in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Saturday, August 10, 2024
4 PM
Teatro Colón
NYO-USA by Chris Lee
This summer, the extraordinary young musicians of the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) embark on a tour of South America with stops in Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Buenos Aires under the direction of celebrated conductor Marin Alsop. The esteemed ensemble will perform a program of works by Barber, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Gershwin, featuring world-renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet as soloist in Rhapsody in Blue.
Part of: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Performers
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
Marin Alsop, Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Program
BARBER Symphony No. 1
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade
Lead Donors: Hope and Robert F. Smith, 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.
Global Ambassadors: Michael ByungJu Kim and Kyung Ah Park, Hope and Robert F. Smith, and Maggie and Richard Tsai.
Major funding has been provided by Veronica Atkins, Mercedes T. Bass, Ronald E. Blaylock and Petra Pope, Lorraine Buch Fund for Young Artists, Estate of Joan Eliasoph, Clive and Anya Gillinson, The Carl Jacobs Foundation, Melanie and Jean E. Salata, JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation, and United Airlines, Airline Partner to the National Youth Ensembles.
Additional funding has been provided by the Alphadyne Foundation, Sarah Arison, The Jack Benny Family Foundation, Mary Anne Huntsman Morgan and The Huntsman Foundation, IAC, Stella and Robert Jones, Martha and Robert Lipp, Beth and Joshua Nash, The Netherland-America Foundation, The Morton H. Meyerson Family Foundation, and David S. Winter.
Founder Patrons: Blavatnik Family Foundation; Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari; The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Marina Kellen French and the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation; The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation; Ronald O. Perelman; Robertson Foundation; Beatrice Santo Domingo; Hope and Robert F. Smith; Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon; and Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Foundation.