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Colorado College Summer Music Festival

June 14, 2022, 7:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Bruch’s Concerto for Viola and Clarinet with violist Toby Appel and clarinetist Jon Manasse. Works by Brahms and Stravinsky round out the program.

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Mozart - Symphony No. 36

Mexico City Philharmonic
May 14, 2022, 6:00pm
May 15, 2022, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Mozart’s Linz Symphony and other masterworks.

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Brahms - Symphony No. 3

Mexico City Philharmonic
May 7, 2022, 6:00pm
May 8, 2022, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts performances of the Third Brahms Symphony and Bernstein’s Serenade with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

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Now Hear This, Season 3

PBS National Premiere, presented by Great Performances

"Amy Beach: American Romantic"
April 8, 2022, 9:00pm/8:00pm Central – Episode Info
"Florence Price and the American Migration"
April 15, 2022, 9:00pm/8:00pm Central – Episode Info
"Aaron Copland: Dean of American Music"
April 22, 2022, 9:00pm/8:00pm Central – Episode Info
"New American Voices"
April 29, 2022, 9:00pm/8:00pm Central – Episode Info

Now Hear This is a new four-part docu-series presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, travel and culture. After the success of the first two seasons, Now Hear This Season 3 is premiering on PBS stations nationwide and streaming online.

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Now Hear This, Season 2

After the huge success of Season 1, Now Hear This is back with Season 2 with a prime-time national release on PBS.

Now in its second season, Now Hear This is an acclaimed docu-series presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, travel and culture.

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Ravel’s La Valse and Fumiaki Miura

Mexico City Philharmonic
September 26, 2020, 6:00pm
September 27, 2020, 12:30pm

Japanese virtuoso violinist Fumiaki Miura returns to the Mexico City Philharmonic to perform Elgar’s monumental Violin Concerto. Scott Yoo leads performances of Ravel’s La Valse and Rapsodie Espagnole.

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Now Hear This found millions of viewers with an appetite for classical music

The Washington Post
September 10, 2020

With the arrival of Now Hear This Season 2, the series has gotten attention from media outlets and earned a special feature in The Washington Post.

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Poem of Ecstasy

Mexico City Philharmonic
May 2, 2020, 6:00pm
May 3, 2020, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo and the Mexico City Philharmonic perform Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy. Cellist Bion Tsang performs Schumann’s Cello Concerto and Bruch’s Kol Nidrei.

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Pines of Rome

Mexico City Philharmonic
April 25, 2020, 6:00pm

Scott Yoo and the Mexico City Philharmonic performs Respighi’s Fountains and Pines of Rome and Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony in front of an expected audience of over 25,000 at the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City.

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Schubert Piano Trio No. 2

Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
April 19, 2020, 3:00pm

Flutist Alice K. Dade and pianist Anna Polonsky join Scott in a performance of Nino Rota’s Trio. Cellist Robert deMaine performs Schubert’s second Piano Trio with Scott and Anna.

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Beethoven’s Fifth

Mexico City Philharmonic
April 4, 2020, 6:00pm

The Festival Centro Historico presents Scott Yoo and the Mexico City Philharmonic in a performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in front of an expected audience of over 25,000 people at the Zócalo in Mexico City. Mr. Yoo plays and conducts the two Beethoven Romances to start the program.

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The Brandenburg Concertos

Mexico City Philharmonic
March 28, 2020, 6:00pm
March 29, 2020, 12:30pm

The Festival Centro Historico presents Scott Yoo and soloists from the Mexico City Philharmonic in the complete Brandenburg Concertos by Bach at the Templo Santo Domingo in Mexico City’s Historic Center. The program is repeated Sunday at the Roberto Cantoral Hall.

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Ravel Daphnis and Chloé

Mexico City Philharmonic
February 8, 2020, 6:00pm
February 9, 2020, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts the complete ballet score of Daphnis and Chloé with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

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Baroque at Templo Santo Domingo

Mexico City Philharmonic
February 1, 2020, 6:00pm
February 2, 2020, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo and virtuoso harpsichordist Eunice Padilla collaborate with the Mexico City Philharmonic in performances of Bach’s D minor Harpsichord Concerto at the Templo Santo Domingo in Mexico City’s Historic Center. The program is repeated Sunday at the Roberto Cantoral Hall.

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Beethoven Symphony No. 4

Mexico City Philharmonic
January 25, 2020, 6:00pm
January 26, 2020, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Beethoven’s Fourth and Mozart’s 32nd with the Mexico City Philharmonic. Also on the program is Britten’s masterful Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes.

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Mahler Symphony No. 1

Mexico City Philharmonic
November 30, 2019, 6:00pm
December 1, 2019, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

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Schumann Symphony No. 2

Mexico City Philharmonic
November 23, 2019, 6:00pm
November 24, 2019, 12:30pm

Scott Yoo conducts Schumann’s Second Symphony and Mozart’s 39th with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

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Dvořák Piano Quartet in E-flat

Festival Mozaic Wintermezzo
November 17, 2019, 3:00pm

Pianist Ayako Tsuruta, violist Jessica Chang, cellist Bion Tsang and Scott Yoo perform Dvořák’s Piano Quartet and Dohnányi’s Serenade.

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Bruckner Symphony No. 3

Mexico City Philharmonic
October 26, 2019, 6:00pm
October 27, 2019, 12:30pm

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

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Martinů Symphony No. 1

Mexico City Philharmonic and Steven Copes, violin
October 19, 2019, 6:00pm
October 20, 2019, 12:30pm

Steven Copes performs Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto in his first performances with the Philharmonic. Scott Yoo concludes the program with Martinů’s First Symphony.

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Now Hear This Season 1

Following a hugely successful national premiere on PBS stations during Fall 2019, the series is now streaming on PBS.org and Amazon.

Now Hear This is a new four-part docu-series presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, travel and culture.

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Verdi Requiem

Orchestre national de Metz, Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris and soloists
Cathédrale Saint Louis des Invalides
October 3-4, 2019, 8:00pm

Scott Yoo conducts Verdi’s monumental Requiem in Paris with the Orchestra National de Metz, soprano Teodora Gheorghiu, mezzo-soprano Valentine Lemercier, tenor Kévin Amiel, and bass Jérôme Varnier.

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Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Mexico City Philharmonic and John Novacek, piano
September 28, 2019, 6:00pm
September 29, 2019, 12:30pm

John Novacek returns to perform Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with the Mexico City Philharmonic. Scott Yoo conducts Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony to conclude the program.

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Nielsen Symphony No. 5

Mexico City Philharmonic and Grace Park, violin
September 21, 2019, 6:00pm
September 22, 2019, 12:30pm

Naumberg Violin Competition winner Grace Park makes her first appearances with the Mexico City Philharmonic in Nielsen’s Violin Concerto. Scott Yoo concludes the program with Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5.

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Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor

Festival Mozaic
Harold J. Miossi CPAC at Cuesta College
August 4, 2019, 2:30pm

Pianist Christopher Shih joins Scott Yoo, Aeolus Quartet violist Caitlin Lynch and Baltimore Symphony Principal cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski in Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G minor.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.