Two oboists share their thoughts on the NYO-USA experience and performing Strauss’s "Eine Alpensinfonie" at Tanglewood Music Center and Carnegie Hall.
This summer’s NYO-USA comprises 119 members—ages 16–19 and hailing from 33 US states—who have been recognized by Carnegie Hall as some of the finest players in the country following a comprehensive national audition process. In preparation for its performance activities in the New York area and abroad, NYO-USA will once again work with an impressive list of principal players from many of the nation’s top professional orchestras during its training residency.
Following a return to the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, Massachusetts, Sir Antonio Pappano and NYO-USA take center stage at Carnegie Hall for the orchestra’s annual concert in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The program will include Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie and Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été featuring renowned mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. The orchestra then departs to Europe for debut performances as part of the Young Euro Classic series at Konzerthaus Berlin with mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, as well as the Edinburgh International Festival and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, and a return to the BBC Proms and Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
