Featured Updates
Now Hear This Season 5 Released on PBS
PBS National, presented by Great Performances
The fifth season of the acclaimed docu-series premiered April 12 - May 3.
Festival Mozaic
July 19-27, 2024
Scott Yoo and Festival Mozaic artists present 15 orchestral, chamber, and instrumental recital programs in 9 days in the Central Coast of California.
40th Colorado College Summer Music Festival
Richard Celeste Theater
June 2-21, 2024
Scott Yoo returns to Colorado Springs for the 40th Colorado College Summer Music Festival. He leads the orchestra at the Richard Celeste Theater in performances of Stravinsky’s Petrouchka and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He also performs chamber music with members of the faculty and the young fellows of the festival.
Berlioz - Harold in Italy and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
Mexico City Philharmonic
May 4, 2024, 6:00pm
May 5, 2024, 12:30pm
Mexico City Philharmonic Principal Violist Felisa Hernández joins Scott Yoo and the orchestra in the symphonic concerto of Berlioz, Harold in Italy. Mr. Yoo plays and conducts Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto to open the program.
Mexico City Philharmonic Recording
Mexico City Philharmonic
April 24-28, 2024
The Mexico City Philharmonic undertakes its second recording in five months, this time with five works by five Mexican women composers: Andrea Chamizo, Georgina Derbez, Ana Lara, Hilda Paredes, and Marcela Rodríguez.
All Other Updates
Brahms Serenade No. 1
Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Robert Belinić, guitar
August 3, 2019, 7:30pm
Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College
Virtuoso guitarist Robert Belinić joins Scott Yoo and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra in Rodrigo’s Fantasía para un gentilhombre. Scott Yoo leads Brahms’ First Serenade and deFalla’s Three-Cornered Hat.
Haydn’s Military Symphony
Festival Mozaic Orchestra, Jonah Kim, cello and Fei Xie, bassoon
July 31, 2019 7:30pm
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Principal bassoonist of the Minnesota Orchestra Fei Xie performs Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, and Jonah Kim performs the Haydn C Major Cello Concerto in a program that includes Haydn’s Military Symphony.
Baroque in the Vines
Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Xiaodi Liu, oboe
July 27, 2019, 7:30 pm
Serra Chapel (formerly Chapel Hill)
Oboe virtuoso Xiaodi Liu performs Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in a program that includes works by Handel and Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti.
Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra, Annamarie Zmolek, soprano and Brian Major, baritone
Celeste Theater, Cornerstone Performing Arts Center
June 22, 2019, 7:30pm
Soprano Annamarie Zmolek and baritone Brian Major join Scott Yoo and the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble in a performance of Brahms’ Requiem.
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra
Celeste Theater, Cornerstone Performing Arts Center
June 11, 2019, 7:30pm
The Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra performs Rimsky-Koraskov’s Scheherazade and Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun.
Verdi Requiem
Mexico City Philharmonic
April 13, 2019, 6:00pm
Monumento a la Revolución
Soprano Alejandra Sandoval, mezzo soprano Carla López Speziale, tenor Joel Montero, and bass-baritone Carsten Wittmoser join Scott Yoo, the Mexico City Philharmonic, and the Philharmonic Chorus in a free concert of Verdi’s Requiem for an estimated 25,000 people at the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City.
Dvořák Symphony No. 5
Mexico City Philharmonic
March 9, 2019, 6:00pm
March 10, 2019, 12:30pm
Scott Yoo leads the Mexico City Philharmonic in Dvořák’s rarely performed masterpiece.
Tchaikovsky / Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
Mexico City Philharmonic
March 2, 2019, 6:00pm
March 3, 2019, 12:30pm
Scott Yoo leads the Mexico City Philharmonic in two Russian renditions of Shakespeare’s classic tale.
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1
February 24, 2019, 3:00pm
Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
Congregation Beth David
Pianist Anna Polonsky and cellist Bion Tsang perform Britten’s Cello Sonata. Scott Yoo joins them in Mendelssohn’s first Piano Trio.
Sibelius Symphony No. 1
Mexico City Philharmonic
February 2, 2019, 6:00pm
February 3, 2019, 12:30pm
Scott Yoo leads the Mexico City Philharmonic in Sibelius’ first symphony, and the world premiere of a new work by composer Marcela Rodríguez.
All-Brahms
Mexico City Philharmonic and Erika Dobosiewicz, violin
January 26, 2019, 6:00pm
January 27, 2019, 12:30pm
Mexico City Philharmonic Concertmaster Erika Dobosiewicz performs the Brahms Violin Concerto on this all-Brahms program.
Mahler Symphony No. 6
Mexico City Philharmonic
November 17, 2018, 6:00pm
November 18, 2018, 12:30pm
November 23, 2018, 6:00pm
Sala Nezahualcoyotl
Scott Yoo conducts the mammoth Sixth Symphony by Gustav Mahler in three concerts with the Mexico City Philharmonic.
All-Prokofiev
Mexico City Philharmonic
November 10, 2018, 6:00pm
November 11, 2018, 12:30pm
Mexico City Philharmonic Concertmaster Erika Dobosiewicz performs the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 on this all-Prokofiev program featuring the Fifth Symphony.
Dvořák Bass Quintet
October 27, 2018, 3:00pm
Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
United Methodist Church
Violist Ben Ullery, cellist Jonah Kim, bassist Susan Cahill, and violinists Scott Yoo and Jason Uyeyama perform Dvořák’s Bass Quintet at Festival Mozaic.
Mexico City Philharmonic at the Cervantino Festival
Mexico City Philharmonic and Gabriela Herrera, soprano
October 13, 2018, 6:00pm
Teatro del Bicentenario
The Mexico City Philharmonic returns to the Cervantino Festival to perform Shostakovich’s epic 11th Symphony. Gabriela Herrera returns to sing Strauss’ Four Last Songs.
Shostakovich Symphony No. 11
Mexico City Philharmonic and Anabel de la Mora, soprano
October 6, 2018, 6:00pm
October 7, 2018, 12:30pm
Scott Yoo conducts Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Tlateloco Massacre in Mexico City. Anabel de la Mora joins in Strauss’ Four Last Songs.
Respighi Pines of Rome
Mexico City Philharmonic and Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
September 8, 2018, 6:00pm
September 9, 2018, 12:30pm
Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio returns to the Mexico City Philharmonic to perform the second Brahms Piano Concerto. The Philharmonic concludes the program with Respighi’s Pines of Rome.
Schubert Cello Quintet
Festival Mozaic
July 29, 2018, 3:00pm
Cuesta College Performing Arts Center
Scott Yoo, Aurelia Duca, Maurycy Banaszek, Jonah Kim, and Michael Katz perform Schubert’s landmark Cello Quintet.
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Festival Mozaic Orchestra
July 28, 2018, 8:00pm
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Scott Yoo leads the Festival Mozaic Orchestra in Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks, Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
Haydn Symphony No. 101
Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Anna Polonsky, piano
July 25, 2018, 7:30 pm
Mission San Miguel Arcángel
Virtuoso pianist Anna Polonsky joins Scott Yoo and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra in Mozart’s 19th Piano Concerto. The program concludes with Mozart’s 31st Symphony and Haydn’s Clock Symphony.
Handel Water Music
Festival Mozaic Orchestra and Joseph Brent, mandolin
July 21, 2018, 7:30 pm
Serra Chapel (formerly Chapel Hill)
The Festival Mozaic performs the first Suite from Handel’s Water Music, and Joseph Brent performs two Vivaldi Mandolin Concertos.
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Mexico City Philharmonic and Bion Tsang, cello
May 5, 2018, 6:00pm
May 6, 2018, 12:30pm
Cellist Bion Tsang returns to the Mexico City Philharmonic to perform the Enesco Symphonie Concertante. Scott Yoo leads Saint-Saëns’ Third Symphony.
Sibelius Symphony No. 7
Mexico City Philharmonic and Fumiaki Miura, violin
April 28, 2018, 6:00pm
April 29, 2018, 12:30pm
Japanese violinist Fumiaki Miura makes his first appearance with the Mexico City Philharmonic in Britten’s Violin Concerto. Scott Yoo conducts Sibelius’ Seventh.
Beethoven’s Ninth at the Zocalo
Mexico City Philharmonic and Chorus
March 25, 2018, 6:00pm
Zocalo
Soprano Gabriela Herrera, mezzo soprano Maria Luisa Tamez, tenor Alan Pingarron, and bass-baritone Carsten Wittmoser join Scott Yoo, the Mexico City Philharmonic, and the Philharmonic Chorus in a free concert of Beethoven’s Ninth for an estimated 25,000 people at the Zocalo in Mexico City.
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Mexico City Philharmonic and Anna Polonsky, piano
March 3, 2018, 6:00pm
March 4, 2018, 12:30pm
Anna Polonsky returns to the Mexico City Philharmonic to perform Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. Scott Yoo conducts Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony.
Roussel Serenade
February 25, 2018, 3:00pm
Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center
Pianist John Novacek, Scott Yoo, violist Jessica Chang, and cellist Jonah Kim perform Fauré’s Second Piano Quartet. Flutist Alice K. Dade and harpist Meredith Clark join in Albert Roussel’s Serenade.
Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Mexico City Philharmonic and Orion Weiss, piano
February 3, 2018, 6:00pm
February 4, 2018, 12:30pm
Pianist Orion Weiss performs Tchaikovsky’s first Piano Concerto and Scott Yoo conducts Pictures at an Exhibition. The Philharmonic also performs the world premiere of a new work by Michael Fine.
Pelleas and Melisande
Mexico City Philharmonic
January 27, 2018, 6:00pm
January 28, 2018, 12:30pm
Scott Yoo leads Pelleas and Melisande, as written by Fauré and Schoenberg.
Brahms Symphony No. 1
Mexico City Philharmonic and John Novacek
November 18, 2017, 6:00pm
November 19, 2017, 12:30pm
Scott Yoo leads the Mexico City Philharmonic in their first concerts in the newly-refurbished Sala Silvestre Revueltas. John Novacek makes his first appearances with the Philharmonic in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto.
Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet
Festival Mozaic
July 30, 2017, 3:00pm
Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center
Scott Yoo is joined by his Festival Mozaic colleagues: violist Jessica Oudin, cellist Jonah Kim, bassist Susan Cahill, and pianist John Novacek in the rarely-performed Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet.