ORLANDO, FL – On Sunday, October 21, 2018, at 4:00 pm, Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras will astonish the public with the first concert of its 62nd Season at the historic Bob Carr Theater, located at 401 W. Livingston St.
The organization's three full orchestras and string-training orchestra will be featured as they showcase their talent. Featured guest artist Dr. Ayako Yonetani, an acclaimed violinist, will perform Alexander Glazunov's Violin Concerto in a minor, Op 82 accompanied by our Symphonic Orchestra. Led by Music Director and Symphonic Orchestra Conductor Hanrich Claassen.
As a professional violinist, Dr. Yonetani has shared the stage with several world-renowned orchestras such as Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra, Astana City Symphony Orchestra, and Gunma Symphony, to name a few. She sees playing for an audience as indispensable in developing a young musician.
"In this discipline, you can't improve 'performance' unless you perform in public. It is essential for a student to have this opportunity to perform in a serious orchestra. Once some rules are observed, it will be much more fun than just playing together." - Dr. Ayako Yonetani
Tickets for the event are $20 general admission with special pricing for children and Student/Senior/Military. Tickets may be purchased online at drphillipscenter.org, by calling 844.513.2014 or by visiting the Dr. Phillips Center Box Office at 445 S. Magnolia Avenue between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, or 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday. Online and phone ticket purchases are subject to handling fees. Prices, shows, artists, dates and times are subject to change at any time without notice. Tickets may also be purchased two hours prior to the performance at the Bob Carr Theater box office. Florida academic and private teachers receive free admission to all FSYO season subscription concerts. This is one that you do not want to miss!
About FSYO: Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras exists to encourage children and young adults, through the practice and performance of orchestral music, to become passionate leaders, thinkers, and contributors in their local community and beyond. In its 62nd Concert Season. Today, FSYO serves almost 300 students and is comprised of seven ensembles - three symphony orchestras, one string-training orchestra, a chamber orchestra, two jazz orchestras - and two supplementary programs - Stringmania Summer Camp and Sing-Song, String-Along.
FSYO programs are carefully structured to encourage student growth with FSYO throughout their primary and secondary years. Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras full range of ensembles gives each student a place to excel with peers at a similar level, and an opportunity to collaborate with seasoned music professionals on local, national, and international levels. During summers, Symphonic Orchestra students participate in life-changing experiences of organized tours, alternating between international & national travel every other year.
Programs are sponsored in part by the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; Orlando Utilities Commission; The City of Orlando, Mayor's Matching Grant; and United Arts of Central Florida. We thank these groups for their generous support.
Learn more: web: www.fsyo.org | FB: @TheFSYO | Twitter: @FSYO | IG: @F_S_Y_O | Youtube: @fsyo
About Ayako Yonetani: Ayako Yonetani, DMA violinist and violist, was born in Kobe, Japan, where, at the age of five, she began violin studies with the famous Saburo Sumi. Since winning the Japan National competition at age nine, she has quickly ascended to the top ranks of Japan's violinists. She performed as a soloist with renowned Japanese orchestras, including NHK Symphony, New Japan Philharmonic, and Gunma Symphony before she came to US.
Dr. Yonetani received her Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral degrees from the Juilliard School where she studied with Hyo Kang and the late Dorothy DeLay, world-renowned violin pedagogue, who taught such artists as Perlman, Midori, Cho-Liang Lin, Gil Shaham, and Sarah Chang. Since 1989 she has assisted the late Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard pre-college division and at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
After Dr. Yonetani moved to the US in 1982, she has appeared frequently as a recitalist in major cities such as New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Orlando. These appearances included numerous solo recitals, solos with orchestras, chamber music and ensemble performances. These concerts took place in prestigious venues such as Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Salzburg's Mozarteum, Vienna's Musikverrein, Tokyo's Kioi Hall, Slovak Republic's Dome Umenia, Dresden's Semperoper, and Astana City Hall in Kazakhstan. In 2012-2013, Yonetani performed for the President of Panama and the Japanese Ambassador to Panama in the event to commemorate one-year of Japan's earthquake/tsunami, and also for the Japanese emperor's birthday event.
In addition to concert performances, her international reputation has been enhanced by recordings and engagements as a master-teacher and/or judge for musical competitions. In 2005, she was invited to judge the International Competition, "Shabyt," in Kazakhstan and premiered a double violin concerto with the Astana City Symphony Orchestra in Kazakhstan. Yonetani released four solo CDs of Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn concerti, Bruch, Beethoven with original cadenza/Brahms concertos. She has participated in the production of six ensemble CDs as a member of Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo. Her Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn concerto CD with the Kosice Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra was selected as "The CD of the Month" by WMFE-90.7FM in October 2004. Japan's premier music publisher, Ongaku no Tomo, published her Japanese translation of Barbara L. Sand's book "Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician" in November 2001. The book is currently in its fourth printing and over 4500 copies have been sold.
Currently, she is a full professor of violin and viola at the University of Central Florida and is also a member of Japan's premier chamber ensemble, Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra (formerly Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo). She has been chosen as an official artist, the first violinist in its 30-year history for the Florida State Touring Program since 2006. In the 2018-2019 season, Yonetani will perform concertos with the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra, UCF Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic of Kosice and the Uzggorod Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine). Most recently, Yonetani became the chair of UCF Graduate String Quartet program.
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