American conductor Scott Yoo is the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Mexico City Philharmonic and the Music Director of Festival Mozaic.
He is also the Host and Executive Producer of the acclaimed PBS series Now Hear This, presented by Great Performances – the first show about classical music on American prime time TV in 50 years, now in its second season. He is the Conductor of the Colorado College Music Festival.
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Mahler – Symphony No. 5
Mexico City Philharmonic
November 14, 2025, 6:00pm
November 15, 2025, 12:30pm
November 21, 2025, 6:00pm
Scott Yoo conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony in three performances in Mexico City, including the Palacio de Bellas Artes on November 21.
Khachaturian Flute Concerto
Mexico City Philharmonic
October 25, 2026, 6:00pm
October 26, 2026, 12:30pm
Alice Dade makes her Mexico City Philharmonic debut in Khachaturian’s Flute Concerto. Brahms Symphony No. 2 concludes the program.
Scott Yoo Budapest Debut
Liszt Ferenc Hall, Budapest, Hungary
October 2, 2026, 7:00pm
Scott Yoo makes his Budapest debut with the MÁV Symphony Orchestra in Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, and joins Hungarian virtuoso Zoltán Fejérvári in Bartók’s last work, his third piano concerto at the Liszt Ferenc Hall in Budapest.
MTNA Keynote
Chicago, IL
March 22, 2026
Scott Yoo gives the keynote address for the 150th anniversary conference of the MTNA.
Beethoven Piano Trio, op. 1/1, Grieg Cello Sonata, Ravel Piano Trio
Festival Mozaic Chamber Music Concert
February 22, 2026, 3:00pm
Pianist Orion Weiss returns to San Luis Obispo to perform with Bion Tsang and Scott Yoo in a performance of Strauss’s Cello Sonata and Schubert’s monumental E-flat Major Piano Trio at the Cuesta College Performing Arts Center.
Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat Major
Festival Mozaic Notable Encounter
February 21, 2026, 3:00pm
Pianist Orion Weiss and cellist Bion Tsang join Scott Yoo in a Notable Encounter of Ravel’s Piano Trio. Following the presentation is a three-course dinner at the the Monarch Club.
Strauss Cello Sonata
Festival Mozaic Notable Insight
February 20, 2026, 5:30pm
Join Scott Yoo, cellist Bion Tsang and pianist Orion Weiss for a "museum docent's tour" of Richard Strauss's sonata for cello and piano during this one-hour event.
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.
Mexico City Philharmonic Recording
Mexico City Philharmonic
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.
The goal of Now Hear This is very simple – to make sure that people try out classical music and give it a chance. It used to be extremely popular at one point, and we’re still human beings – there’s no reason why people shouldn’t get the most out of life, and if you want to get the most out of life, part of it is getting the most out of music.
Featured Videos
Brahms – Serenade in D major, op. 11 Festival Mozaic Orchestra
Bartók – Music for Strings, Percussion, Celesta, Sz. 106 Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra
Vaughan-Williams – Piano Quintet in C minor John Novacek, piano / Scott Yoo, violin / Jessica Oudin, viola / Jonah Kim, cello / Susan Cahill, bass
