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The Philharmonic Orchestra Performs Glazunov, Conus, Doppler and Liszt
The San Jose Youth Symphony’s Philharmonic Orchestra, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Yair Samet, presents its 2025-26 Spring Concert, featuring 2025 Young Artist Competition Winners to be held on Saturday, March 28, 2026, 2 pm, at the California Theatre, 345 S. 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113.
The orchestra will open with selections from Glazunov’s music for the grand ballet, Raymonda, and will close the concert with Liszt’s symphonic Les Préludes.
This concert will also feature two winners from last season’s 2025 Young Artists’ Competition, proudly sponsored by the San Jose Symphony Foundation*. Outstanding young soloists, Aden Liu, will perform Conus’s spectacular Violin Concerto in E minor, and Leo Liu, will perform Doppler’s Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy for Flute and Orchestra.
Leo Liu is currently a senior at Monte Vista High school (Danville). He has been playing the flute for eight years and is currently studying with Dr Ming Li. Leo is currently the first chair at his school’s wind ensemble and a first flute in the Philharmonic Orchestra.
The San Jose Youth Symphony (SJYS) is one of the oldest and finest youth orchestras on the West Coast of the U.S. Founded over seven decades ago as part of the former San Jose Symphony, SJYS has a rich tradition of musical performance and education.
The musicians of SJYS, all school-age youth, are chosen from more than 650 applicants through our annual auditions. The SJYS comprises 12 distinct performing ensembles: two full orchestras, a chamber orchestra, two flute choirs, two string ensembles, as well as winds, brass, saxophone, percussion, and jazz ensembles.
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