National Youth Orchestra of USA
Introduction
Each summer, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute brings together 120 of the brightest young musicians, aged 16-19, from across the United States to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). Following a comprehensive audition process and a two-week training residency at Purchase College, State University of New York, with a faculty made-up of principal players from top American orchestras, these remarkable teenagers embark on a tour to some of the great music capitals of the world, serving as dynamic musical ambassadors.
Launched in summer 2013 to great critical acclaim, the first-ever NYO-USA presented concerts with conductor Valery Gergiev and renowned violinist Joshua Bell for enthusiastic audiences in Washington DC; Moscow and St Petersburg; and at the BBC Proms, London. The New York Times remarked: “The performance exuded vitality and confidence.”
Since the inaugural tour in partnership with Askonas Holt the Orchestra has toured the USA, Europe, South America and Asia.
Tours
- Aug 2024 - Aug 2024NYO USA | South America | August 2024
Marin Alsop Jean-Yves Thibaudet Programme: Symphony No.1, Barber, Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin, Symphony No.5, Rimsky-Korsakov Auditorio Nacional del Sodre Montevideo | Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires | Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro | Sala Sao Paulo
- Jul 2023NYO USA | North America | July 2023
Sir Andrew Davis Gil Shaham (violin*) Hilary Hahn (violin) Programme 1: Coleman Giants of Light [Commission by Carnegie Hall], Barber Violin Concerto*, Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique Programme 2: Coleman Giants of Light [Commission by Carnegie Hall], Barber Violin Concerto, Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique Groton Hill Music Centre* | Carnegie Hall, New York* | Lanaudiere Festival, Montreal* | Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville | Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas | Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole* | Bing Amphitheater, Stanford* | Rady Shell, San Diego*
- Aug 2022NYO USA | Europe | August 2022
Daniel Harding Alisa Weilerstein (cello) Programme: Elgar Cello Concerto, Mahler Symphony No.5 Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Young Euro Classics, | Ravello Festival | Lucerne Festival
- Aug 2019NYO USA | Europe | August 2019
Sir Antonio Pappano Joyce Didonato (mezzo soprano) Magdalena Kožená (mezzo soprano*) Programme 1: Davis Delicate Tension, Berlioz Les Nuits d'ete, Prokofiev Symphony No.5 Programme 2: Beckman Occidentalis, Berlioz Les Nuits d'ete, Strauss An Alpine Symphony Programme 3: Beckman Occidentalis, Berlioz Les Nuits d'ete, Prokofiev Symphony No.5 YoungEuro Classics, Berlin* | Edinburgh International Festival | BBC Proms | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
- Jul 2018 - Aug 2018NYO USA | Asia | July-August 2018
Michael Tilson Thomas Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Programme: Hearne Brass Tacks, Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major, Sibelius Symphony No.2 National Concert Hall, Taiwan | Shanghai Symphony Hall | National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing | Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul | Daejeon Culture and Arts Center
- Jul 2017NYO USA | South America | July 2017
Marin Alsop Lina Gonzales-Granados (conductor, programme 2) James Ross (conductor, programme 2) Programme 1: Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Frank Apu:Tone Poem for Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No.1 Programme 2: (with Orquestra Sinfonica Juvenil de Guadalajara) Gerswhin Cuban Overture, Ginastera Estancia, Frank Latin American Dances, Bizet Carmen Suite No.1, Redmond Silhouette, Bernstein West Side Story: Somewhere, Marquez Conga del Fuego Nuevo Auditorio Telmex, Guadalajara | Auditorio Telmex, Quito | Teatro Sucre, Bogota
- Jul 2016NYO USA | Europe | July 2016
Valery Gergiev Denis Matsuev (piano) Debussy Prélude à “l'après-midi d'un faune”, Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3, Prokofiev Symphony No.4, Prokofiev Romeo and Juliette Selections Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Musee Fabre, Montpellier | Tivoli Konzerthalle, Copenhagen | Smetana Hall, Prague
- Jul 2015NYO USA | Asia | July 2015
Charles Dutoit YUNDI (piano) Programme: Tan Dun Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds, Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing | Shanghai Oriental Arts Center | Suzhou Culture and Arts Center | Xi'an Concert Hall | Shenzhen Concert Hall | Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou | Hong Kong Cultural Center
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