Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Asian Youth Orchestra World Tour with Sarah Chang




The Asian Youth Orchestra is a world class orchestra which consists of 109 young musicians gathered from all across Asia. Each year the orchestra goes on a major world tour around many continents and this year the young aspiring artists will visit Asia, North America, and Europe and perform in more than twenty different cities.  All of them rehearse and learn under the direct supervision of Richard Pontzious, the founder of the orchestra, in order to improve and perform well in front of a major audience on a global platform.

On the 4th of August, they will perform different acts of both Strauss and Beethoven in San Jose’s Hammer Theater and without a day’s holiday, they will perform at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Auditorium the very next date with Sarah Chang. It will be the first special event on American soil as they will later continue to Washington DC and later to North Carolina. The last and final performance with Sarah Chang will be on the 13th of August in Tilles Center for Performing Arts in New York, after which the orchestra will switch continents again and go to Europe, where they will finish their world tour.

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Another interesting part of the world tour this year, is that the youth orchestra will be joined by the world renowned violinist Sarah Chang in many performances. While the orchestra tours around Japan and China in July, in August their eyes are set on the European and American scene.

Who Is Sarah Chang?
Sarah Chang is one of the most famous musician child prodigies, born in 1980. Already at the age of nine, she was playing solos for both the Philadelphia Orchestra as well as the New York Philharmonic. Since then she has acted as a soloist for a number of different high-performance orchestras all around the globe. She is considered among the best violinists and people that have worked with her report of her extreme professionalism not only during live performances but also in rehearsals when the soloist has to allow the orchestra to catch up to her.
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The Asian Youth Orchestra: How it began
One of the most famous schools for young aspiring musicians is the Asian Youth Orchestra. It all first began in 1987 when the founder, Richard Pontzious, was touring throughout Asia and introduced classical music geniuses such as Beethoven to the public. Students often ended up asking Pontzious of ways to study abroad and learn to play as well as him.

The idea of creating an orchestra was sparked! An orchestra that might unite the region, celebrate the excellence of young Asian musicians and encourage this new generation of talented individuals to build on what they have at home Thus Richard Pontzious began to bring the Asian Youth Orchestra to life with the help of several friends and colleagues, seeking to fulfill the dreams of many aspiring musicians and enable them to develop professionally as well as bring beautiful music to the public.

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