Mahler – Symphony No. 3

Mexico City Philharmonic
November 15, 2025, 6:00pm
November 16, 2025, 12:30pm
November 22, 2025, 6:00pm

Scott Yoo conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony in three performances in Mexico City, including the Palacio de Bellas Artes on November 22. Joining him is the mezzo-soprano Carla López Speziale.

Debussy – La Mer

Mexico City Philharmonic
October 25, 2025, 6:00pm
October 26, 2025, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Estrella Cabildo’s Perennial Sea along with Debussy’s La Mer.

Bruckner – Symphony No. 9

Mexico City Philharmonic
September 27, 2025, 6:00pm
September 28, 2025, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Bruckner’s unfinished Ninth Symphony with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

Daniels – Progressive Expansion

Mexico City Philharmonic
September 20, 2025, 6:00pm
September 21, 2025, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts the premiere of young Mexican composer Charles Daniels Progressive Expansion. Principal violist Felisa Hernández performs Bartók’s Viola Concerto, and the program concludes with Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.

Festival Mozaic

July 18-26, 2025

Scott Yoo and Festival Mozaic artists present 15 orchestral, chamber, and instrumental recital programs in 9 days in the Central Coast of California.

Colorado College Summer Music Festival

June 6-27, 2025

Scott Yoo returns to Colorado Springs for the Colorado College Summer Music Festival. He leads the orchestra at the Richard Celeste Theater in performances of Brahms Symphony No. 1, Shostakovich Symphony No. 1, and Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. He also performs chamber music with members of the faculty and the young fellows of the festival.

Shostakovich – Cello Concerto

Mexico City Philharmonic
May 24, 2025, 6:00pm
May 25, 2025, 12:30pm

Bion Tsang performs the first Shostakovich Cello Concerto with the Mexico City Philharmonic. The orchestra performs Shostakovich’s first symphony, and the Latin American premiere of Grace Hale’s The Night Within Us, Full of Stars.

Eric Nathan – The Seas Between Us

Mexico City Philharmonic
May 17, 2025, 6:00pm
May 18, 2025, 12:30pm

Virtuoso flutist Alejandro Escuer performs the World Premiere of Eric Nathan’s The Seas Between Us with Scott Yoo and the Mexico City Philharmonic, commissioned by Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting. The concert concludes with Brahms Symphony No. 1.

Holst’s Planets

Mexico City Philharmonic
April 5, 2025, 6:00pm
April 6, 2025, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Holst’s Planets. Ignacio Cornejo, the Principal Trumpet of the Mexico City Phiharmonic, performs the spectacular Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto.

Ravel Piano Trio

Festival Mozaic Notable Dinner
February 21, 2025, 5:30pm

Pianist Adam Neiman 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 Monday Club

Beethoven Piano Trio, op. 1/1 and Grieg Cello Sonata

Festival Mozaic Notable Insight
February 20, 2025, 2:00pm

Pianist Adam Neiman and cellist Bion Tsang join Scott Yoo in a Notable Insight of Beethoven’s first piano trio and Grieg’s Cello Sonata at Patty Boyd Concert Hall at Hancock College.

Mahler’s Third Symphony with Carla López Speziale

Mexico City Philharmonic
November 23, 2024, 6:00pm
November 30, 2024, 6:00pm
December 1, 2024, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony in three performances in Mexico City. Joining him is the mezzo-soprano Carla López Speziale.

Brahms with Pianist Sergei Babayan, Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe

Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic
November 8, 2024

Sergei Babayan joins Scott Yoo and the Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic in a performance of the titanic second Brahms Piano Concerto. Also on the program is the complete ballet of Daphnis and Chloe by Ravel.

Composer Andrea Chamizo premiere and Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe

Mexico City Philharmonic
October 26, 2024, 6:00pm
October 27, 2024, 12:30pm

Young composer Andrea Chamizo writes a new work to be premiered on this weekend of concerts with the Mexico City Philharmonic. The week concludes with Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe.

Festival Mozaic

October 16-17, 2024

Violist Ben Ullery, cellist Robert deMaine, and pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute join Scott Yoo in three days of performances, including the A major Brahms Piano Quartet.

Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony

Mexico City Philharmonic
September 28, 2024, 6:00pm
September 29, 2024, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts the Mexico City Philharmonic in Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony on the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Mexico City Philharmonic
September 21, 2024, 6:00pm
September 22, 2024, 12:30pm

The Mexico City Philharmonic kicks off the fall with two mammoth works – Stravinsky’s Petrushka and the Organ Symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns.

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.

George Crumb: Ancient Mysteries and the Universe of Dreams

Guarneri Hall
April 2, 2024, 6:30pm

American composer George Crumb (1929-2022) will be the focus of an evening dedicated to his work. Scott Yoo hosts the program with performances by flutist Alice Dade, members of NEXUS Chamber Music, and members of the Grossman Ensemble.

Nielsen - Symphony No. 4

Mexico City Philharmonic
March 23, 2024, 6:00pm
March 24, 2024, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Fourth Symphony. Young violinist Olga Arribas Quintana Šroubková makes her Philharmonic debut with the Mexico City Philharmonic. The concert starts with a tribute to the Philharmonic’s late concertmaster in an Elegy written by her brother.

Khachaturian Flute Concerto

Jalisco Philharmonic
March 14, 2024, 8:30pm
March 17, 2024, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo accompanies flutist Alice K. Dade in Khachaturian’s Flute Concerto in Guadalajara. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Cello Concerto with Bion Tsang

Mexico City Philharmonic
March 9, 2024, 6:00pm
March 10, 2024, 12:30pm

Philharmonic favorite Bion Tsang joins Scott Yoo and the Mexico City Philharmonic in Elgar’s noble cello concerto. The program also features Elgar’s Enigma Variations and the World Premiere of Charles Daniel’s El Beso de Tiamat.

Mozart - Piano Trio, K. 56 and Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 10 and Dohnányi - Piano Quintet in E-flat minor

Festival Mozaic Notable Encounter
February 24, 2024, 2:00pm

Violinist Steve Copes, violist Caitlin Lynch, cellist Bion Tsang, and pianist Anna Polonsky join Scott Yoo in a Festival Mozaic Chamber Music Concert at the Cuesta College Performing Arts Center.

Mozart - Piano Trio, K. 56 and Dohnányi - Piano Quintet in E-flat minor

Festival Mozaic Notable Encounter
February 23, 2024, 5:30pm

Violinist Steve Copes, violist Caitlin Lynch, cellist Bion Tsang, and pianist Anna Polonsky join Scott Yoo in a Notable Encounter of a Mozart Piano Trio and Dohnanyi’s Piano Quintet in E-flat minor. Following the presentation is a three-course dinner at Cypress Ridge.

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 10

Festival Mozaic Notable Insight
February 22, 2024, 5:30pm

Violinist Steve Copes, violist Caitlin Lynch and cellist Bion Tsang join Scott Yoo in a Notable Insight of Shostakovich’s tenth string quartet at Congregation Beth David.

2024 Gurwitz International Piano Competition

Mexico City Philharmonic in San Antonio, TX
January 26 - February 4, 2024

Scott Yoo joins a jury of Tanja Dorn, Michael Fine, Sergio Tiempo, Mikhail Voskresensky, and Lilya Zilberstein in a nine-day piano competition. The Mexico City Philharmonic travels to San Antonio to accompany the three finalists in the fourth round at the Tobin Center.

Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2

Mexico City Philharmonic
January 20, 2024, 6:00pm
January 21, 2024, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony with the Mexico City Philharmonic. Philharmonic Principal Trumpet Ignacio Cornejo Díaz and pianist Argentina Durán join in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. The year starts with a premiere of Marcela Rodríguez – a close collaborator with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony and Second Piano Concerto with Jae-Hyuck Cho

Mexico City Philharmonic
November 25, 2023, 6:00pm
November 26, 2023, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo and the Mexico City Philharmonic perform Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony in preparation for their recording for Sony Classical. Korean superstar pianist, Jae-Hyuck Cho, performs Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto in his debut with the orchestra.