This concert is online only.
PROGRAM
Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D Major
Featuring students from LAV’s violin instruction program at the Pacoima Elementary School performing with the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra.
W.A. Mozart – Violin Concerto no.4 in D Major, K.218
Audrey Park, violin
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Julianne Jimenez, harp
W.A. Mozart – Violin Concerto no.5 in A Major, K.219
YuEun Kim, violin
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Ticket levels provide different levels of acknowledgments at the end of the performance (e.g. a Platinum ticket buyer will be gratefully recognized as a Platinum Donor in the credit reel).
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ABOUT
The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV) is an orchestra of professional musicians dedicated to the advocacy and support of music education, envisioning a world in which every young person has access to music education.
Founded in 2013 as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization by Maestro Carlo Ponti, the ensemble was formed on the core belief that an orchestra is a unique educational resource.
LAV's mission is to serve as a catalyst in supporting music education through collaborative partnerships with the community, schools, agencies, and other arts organizations, and by allocating 100% of net income from performances to support and develop the study of music.
Carlo Ponti, conductor
Maestro Carlo Ponti is known for taking audiences of all ages on musical journeys of unique interpretive depth.
He has worked at the Conductor’s Institute in Connecticut under Harold Farberman, with Andrey Boreyko, Mehli Mehta and Zubin Mehta in Los Angeles, and furthered his musical studies in Austria at the Vienna Music Academy under Leopold Hager and Erwin Acel.
Maestro Ponti was awarded Italy’s Premio Galileo award in 2006 for exceptional musical achievement. In the United States, he was the recipient of the 2008 Artistic Achievement Award from the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and the 2009 Spirit of Hope Award from the Childhelp Foundation for his contributions to the development and advancement of young musical talent through music education. In 2011 he was co-recipient of the Lupa di Roma prize in Rome, and received the Premio Civitas 2014 award in Naples, Italy.
Ponti was associate conductor of the Russian National Orchestra from 2000 to 2018, served as music director and principal conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony from 2001 to 2013, and in 2013 founded the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra – an ensemble emphasizing music’s educational value of which he is the Music and Artistic Director, and currently performing its sixth concert season (2020-2021) in Los Angeles, California.
He has also led the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Valencia, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Orquesta Filarmonica de Malaga, Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Orchestra della Repubblica di San Marino, Orchestra della Magna Grecia, Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Samara Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and Orchestra of the State Opera of Georgia, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Strings, Budapest Concert Orchestra, Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Napa Valley Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Festival Orchestra NAPA, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, American Youth Symphony, Cape Town Youth Philharmonic, Taurida Symphony Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra, UCLA Philharmonia and the Felix Mendelssohn Jungendorchester at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg.
International festival and event appearances include the Festival d’Echternach, Festival Vancouver, Taichung Music Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bratislava Spring Music Festival, St. Petersburg Palaces Music Festival, Hungary's Royal Days Festival, Festival Internacional de Musica de Villena, Malaga’s Julio Musical, Festival Napa Valley, Tuscan Sun Festival, the Europaischer Kulturpreis at the Vienna State Opera and the Köln Musik Triennale.
Celebrated as “a brilliant debut” (Audio and Record), Ponti’s recording with the Russian National Orchestra of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition on Pentatone Classics quickly garnered critical acclaim. A second album with the RNO featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade was hailed as “superb” (All Music) and “a work in which every little instrumental timbre has a meaning all its own” (Audio Video Club of Atlanta).
Ponti’s work and performances have been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC/Universal, NPR, PBS, ORF, Spectrum, KTLA, Fox News, Leonard Lopate, Dennis Miller, Symphony Magazine, Classical KUSC, the Associated Press, American Public Media’s Performance Today and America’s Music Festivals.
Students from LAV’s violin instruction program at the Pacoima Elementary School
The Pacoima Elementary School had no existing instrumental instruction program less than two years ago. Since then, it has grown from 15 violin students performing on instruments donated by the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV) to a thriving instruction violin program co-sponsored by the Johnny Carson Foundation and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra currently boasting over 100 violin students under the guidance of Ms. Sandra Ortiz, LAV member and principal violin instructor, and Ms. Sylvia Fajardo, the School’s principal.
The classes enable one of the LAV's world-class musicians to lead violin instruction class residencies during which the students are exposed to the benefits of studying music, learning how to play an instrument and receiving musical education, and culminating in performances alongside LAV’s professional musicians at LAV’s season concerts and other events.
Audrey Park, violinist
Praised for her “rich sound [and] excellent rhythmic drive” (violinist.com), young violin virtuoso Audrey Park currently studies at the Juilliard School under Mr. Hyo Kang, with additional instruction from Linda Rose, Almita Vamos, and Cho-Liang Lin.
Most recently, her solo appearance at the “First Fridays” recital presented by Classical Crossroads garnered a glowing review hailing that “Park’s formidable talent will flower in years to come” (laopus.com).
Audrey has appeared as a soloist with the Santa Clarita Philharmonic, San Fernando Symphony Orchestra, Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra, Peninsula Symphony, Culver City Symphony Orchestra, and Curtis Y.A.S.P. Orchestra.
Receiving accolades at numerous competitions, Audrey was the First Prize winner of the Great Composers International Music and James Ramos International Video Competitions. In addition, she won the W.G. Still Art Center’s Young Artists and G.C.C. Music Competitions, leading to a scholarship. She was also a top prize winner at the Classics Alive Young Artists Auditions, BIMA International Competition, VOCE State Finals, and was recognized as a 2019 and 2020 National Young Arts Winner.
Radio broadcasts include participation in NPR's nationally syndicated program From the Top, recorded at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, and featured on KHTS AM 1220 Radio News.
An avid chamber musician, Audrey was a winner of the ENKOR International Music Competition with the Zenith Quartet from the Junior Chamber Music program. Furthermore, she won the Silver Medal at the PCM National Chamber Music Competition, placed in the semi-finals at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition with the Piacere Trio from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and was selected to join the Junior Chamber Music’s Honors Tour of Prague, Vienna, and Budapest as a Debut Artist.
Having participated in various prestigious music festivals, Audrey was chosen to be one of ten student artists to be featured in the prestigious 2019 Starling-DeLay Symposium at the Juilliard School. She has also attended the Young Artist Summer Program at the Curtis Institute of Music, as well as the Montecito International and Bravo International Music Festivals under a scholarship, and was invited to participate in masterclasses by Ray Chen, Glenn Dicterow, Cho-Liang Lin and Jan Sloman. Other festival performance highlights include appearances at the La Jolla Music Society Summerfest with world-class soloists Hilary Hahn, Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, Cho-Liang Lin, and Kyoko Takezawa.
When she is not performing, Audrey enjoys teaching violin, spending time with family and friends, horseback riding, skiing, and snowboarding.
YuEun Kim, violinist
Born in Seoul, Korea in 1988, the violinist YuEun Kim is forging a significant international career. While performing extensively, Ms. Kim has won top prizes at the Korean Times Music Competition, Kumho Art Hall Recital Series Competition, Sungjung Competition, Music Education News Concours, and the Seoul High Schools Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Kim also received Second Prize at Joong Ang Music Concours in 2010. She was featured as a soloist with the SNU Philharmonic Orchestra (Seoul) in 2009, as well as the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra in 2012. At the start of her venture into the international music scene, she was selected to be a semi-finalist in the 2012 International Violin Competition Buenos Aires.
Ms. Kim has been a junior member of the Chamber Music Society of Kumho Art Hall since 2010, and she has concertized around the world, including a performance at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. YuEun advocates for chamber music in a variety of settings, including smaller and more casual venues, where music has an especially intimate, powerful impact, such as The House Concert series and the Starlight Outreach Community Concerts, in her native Korea. She is also a founding member of the Zaffre String Quartet. Furthermore, Ms. Kim regularly participates in numerous music festivals, including Seoul Spring Festival-Fringe Festival, Seoul National University Chamber Music Festival, Costa Rica International Music Festival of Music4one, and Klangspuren Festival in Austria. YuEun Kim is also a dedicated painter and photographer, whose living space is a virtual darkroom, her various forms of artistic expression deepening each other.
Having earned her Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in violin performance from the prestigious Seoul National University, Ms. Kim is presently working towards her Artist Diploma, as a Starling Fellow on full scholarship at the USC-Thornton School of Music, under the tutelage of world-renowned violinist Midori Goto.
Since moving to Los Angeles in the fall of 2013, Ms Kim has been actively performing in the area, including recitals at the Pasadena City College, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Palos Verdes Library, and the Nixon Presidential Library. She has won first place in USC’s Solo Bach Competition and the Strings Concerto Competition, and was a semi-finalist at the China International Violin Competition and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Ms Kim’s forthcoming engagements include performing at Yellow Barn (Putney, VT), and appearing as a soloist with the USC Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Irvine in 2015. She has recently won the auditions for “Beverly Hills National Audition” and “Sundays Live at LACMA” (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), opening doors to numerous programs in the following years.
Julianne Jimenez, harp
Ms. Jimenez is a recent graduate from Westmont College, from which she received a Bachelor of Music degree in Harp Performance.
She started her studies with Alison Bjorkedal and Paul Baker, furthered her performance work at Westmont under Marcia Dickstein, and participated in masterclasses with noted harpists such as Remy van Kesteren, Judy Loman, Elizabeth Hainan and the late Susan Allen.
An active performer, recent appearances include performances with the Spokane Symphony, Westmont Orchestra, UCSB Orchestra, Santa Barbara Youth Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony in its’ Music Van project, Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy, and in the Curtis Institute of Music's 2020 Summer Harp Days under a full scholarship.
Celebrate unforgettable orchestral masterworks by Pachelbel, Mozart, and Debussy in an exciting concert as LAV showcases three talented up-and-coming soloists (Audrey Park (violin), YuEun Kim (violin), Julianne Jimenez (harp)), and violin students from Pacoima Elementary School.
LAV is the only professional orchestra in the United States to offer aspiring young soloists and students unparalleled opportunity to rehearse and perform with the most talented musicians in the country. Access to a professional orchestra allows the next generation of aspiring talent to see how the pros work on their craft and pushes them to aspire to greater heights, bringing a professional career into focus.
This concert is online only.
PROGRAM
Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D Major
Featuring students from LAV’s violin instruction program at the Pacoima Elementary School performing with the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra.
W.A. Mozart – Violin Concerto no.4 in D Major, K.218
Audrey Park, violin
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Julianne Jimenez, harp
W.A. Mozart – Violin Concerto no.5 in A Major, K.219
YuEun Kim, violin
==
Ticket levels provide different levels of acknowledgments at the end of the performance (e.g. a Platinum ticket buyer will be gratefully recognized as a Platinum Donor in the credit reel).
==
ABOUT
The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV) is an orchestra of professional musicians dedicated to the advocacy and support of music education, envisioning a world in which every young person has access to music education.
Founded in 2013 as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization by Maestro Carlo Ponti, the ensemble was formed on the core belief that an orchestra is a unique educational resource.
LAV's mission is to serve as a catalyst in supporting music education through collaborative partnerships with the community, schools, agencies, and other arts organizations, and by allocating 100% of net income from performances to support and develop the study of music.
Carlo Ponti, conductor
Maestro Carlo Ponti is known for taking audiences of all ages on musical journeys of unique interpretive depth.
He has worked at the Conductor’s Institute in Connecticut under Harold Farberman, with Andrey Boreyko, Mehli Mehta and Zubin Mehta in Los Angeles, and furthered his musical studies in Austria at the Vienna Music Academy under Leopold Hager and Erwin Acel.
Maestro Ponti was awarded Italy’s Premio Galileo award in 2006 for exceptional musical achievement. In the United States, he was the recipient of the 2008 Artistic Achievement Award from the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition and the 2009 Spirit of Hope Award from the Childhelp Foundation for his contributions to the development and advancement of young musical talent through music education. In 2011 he was co-recipient of the Lupa di Roma prize in Rome, and received the Premio Civitas 2014 award in Naples, Italy.
Ponti was associate conductor of the Russian National Orchestra from 2000 to 2018, served as music director and principal conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony from 2001 to 2013, and in 2013 founded the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra – an ensemble emphasizing music’s educational value of which he is the Music and Artistic Director, and currently performing its sixth concert season (2020-2021) in Los Angeles, California.
He has also led the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Valencia, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo, Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Orquesta Filarmonica de Malaga, Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra, Orchestra della Repubblica di San Marino, Orchestra della Magna Grecia, Orquesta Sinfonica de Mineria, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Samara Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and Orchestra of the State Opera of Georgia, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Strings, Budapest Concert Orchestra, Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Napa Valley Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Festival Orchestra NAPA, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, American Youth Symphony, Cape Town Youth Philharmonic, Taurida Symphony Orchestra, Pro Arte Orchestra, UCLA Philharmonia and the Felix Mendelssohn Jungendorchester at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg.
International festival and event appearances include the Festival d’Echternach, Festival Vancouver, Taichung Music Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bratislava Spring Music Festival, St. Petersburg Palaces Music Festival, Hungary's Royal Days Festival, Festival Internacional de Musica de Villena, Malaga’s Julio Musical, Festival Napa Valley, Tuscan Sun Festival, the Europaischer Kulturpreis at the Vienna State Opera and the Köln Musik Triennale.
Celebrated as “a brilliant debut” (Audio and Record), Ponti’s recording with the Russian National Orchestra of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition on Pentatone Classics quickly garnered critical acclaim. A second album with the RNO featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade was hailed as “superb” (All Music) and “a work in which every little instrumental timbre has a meaning all its own” (Audio Video Club of Atlanta).
Ponti’s work and performances have been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC/Universal, NPR, PBS, ORF, Spectrum, KTLA, Fox News, Leonard Lopate, Dennis Miller, Symphony Magazine, Classical KUSC, the Associated Press, American Public Media’s Performance Today and America’s Music Festivals.
Students from LAV’s violin instruction program at the Pacoima Elementary School
The Pacoima Elementary School had no existing instrumental instruction program less than two years ago. Since then, it has grown from 15 violin students performing on instruments donated by the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra (LAV) to a thriving instruction violin program co-sponsored by the Johnny Carson Foundation and the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra currently boasting over 100 violin students under the guidance of Ms. Sandra Ortiz, LAV member and principal violin instructor, and Ms. Sylvia Fajardo, the School’s principal.
The classes enable one of the LAV's world-class musicians to lead violin instruction class residencies during which the students are exposed to the benefits of studying music, learning how to play an instrument and receiving musical education, and culminating in performances alongside LAV’s professional musicians at LAV’s season concerts and other events.
Audrey Park, violinist
Praised for her “rich sound [and] excellent rhythmic drive” (violinist.com), young violin virtuoso Audrey Park currently studies at the Juilliard School under Mr. Hyo Kang, with additional instruction from Linda Rose, Almita Vamos, and Cho-Liang Lin.
Most recently, her solo appearance at the “First Fridays” recital presented by Classical Crossroads garnered a glowing review hailing that “Park’s formidable talent will flower in years to come” (laopus.com).
Audrey has appeared as a soloist with the Santa Clarita Philharmonic, San Fernando Symphony Orchestra, Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra, Peninsula Symphony, Culver City Symphony Orchestra, and Curtis Y.A.S.P. Orchestra.
Receiving accolades at numerous competitions, Audrey was the First Prize winner of the Great Composers International Music and James Ramos International Video Competitions. In addition, she won the W.G. Still Art Center’s Young Artists and G.C.C. Music Competitions, leading to a scholarship. She was also a top prize winner at the Classics Alive Young Artists Auditions, BIMA International Competition, VOCE State Finals, and was recognized as a 2019 and 2020 National Young Arts Winner.
Radio broadcasts include participation in NPR's nationally syndicated program From the Top, recorded at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, and featured on KHTS AM 1220 Radio News.
An avid chamber musician, Audrey was a winner of the ENKOR International Music Competition with the Zenith Quartet from the Junior Chamber Music program. Furthermore, she won the Silver Medal at the PCM National Chamber Music Competition, placed in the semi-finals at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition with the Piacere Trio from the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and was selected to join the Junior Chamber Music’s Honors Tour of Prague, Vienna, and Budapest as a Debut Artist.
Having participated in various prestigious music festivals, Audrey was chosen to be one of ten student artists to be featured in the prestigious 2019 Starling-DeLay Symposium at the Juilliard School. She has also attended the Young Artist Summer Program at the Curtis Institute of Music, as well as the Montecito International and Bravo International Music Festivals under a scholarship, and was invited to participate in masterclasses by Ray Chen, Glenn Dicterow, Cho-Liang Lin and Jan Sloman. Other festival performance highlights include appearances at the La Jolla Music Society Summerfest with world-class soloists Hilary Hahn, Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, Cho-Liang Lin, and Kyoko Takezawa.
When she is not performing, Audrey enjoys teaching violin, spending time with family and friends, horseback riding, skiing, and snowboarding.
YuEun Kim, violinist
Born in Seoul, Korea in 1988, the violinist YuEun Kim is forging a significant international career. While performing extensively, Ms. Kim has won top prizes at the Korean Times Music Competition, Kumho Art Hall Recital Series Competition, Sungjung Competition, Music Education News Concours, and the Seoul High Schools Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Kim also received Second Prize at Joong Ang Music Concours in 2010. She was featured as a soloist with the SNU Philharmonic Orchestra (Seoul) in 2009, as well as the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra in 2012. At the start of her venture into the international music scene, she was selected to be a semi-finalist in the 2012 International Violin Competition Buenos Aires.
Ms. Kim has been a junior member of the Chamber Music Society of Kumho Art Hall since 2010, and she has concertized around the world, including a performance at the Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. YuEun advocates for chamber music in a variety of settings, including smaller and more casual venues, where music has an especially intimate, powerful impact, such as The House Concert series and the Starlight Outreach Community Concerts, in her native Korea. She is also a founding member of the Zaffre String Quartet. Furthermore, Ms. Kim regularly participates in numerous music festivals, including Seoul Spring Festival-Fringe Festival, Seoul National University Chamber Music Festival, Costa Rica International Music Festival of Music4one, and Klangspuren Festival in Austria. YuEun Kim is also a dedicated painter and photographer, whose living space is a virtual darkroom, her various forms of artistic expression deepening each other.
Having earned her Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in violin performance from the prestigious Seoul National University, Ms. Kim is presently working towards her Artist Diploma, as a Starling Fellow on full scholarship at the USC-Thornton School of Music, under the tutelage of world-renowned violinist Midori Goto.
Since moving to Los Angeles in the fall of 2013, Ms Kim has been actively performing in the area, including recitals at the Pasadena City College, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Palos Verdes Library, and the Nixon Presidential Library. She has won first place in USC’s Solo Bach Competition and the Strings Concerto Competition, and was a semi-finalist at the China International Violin Competition and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition. Ms Kim’s forthcoming engagements include performing at Yellow Barn (Putney, VT), and appearing as a soloist with the USC Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Irvine in 2015. She has recently won the auditions for “Beverly Hills National Audition” and “Sundays Live at LACMA” (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), opening doors to numerous programs in the following years.
Julianne Jimenez, harp
Ms. Jimenez is a recent graduate from Westmont College, from which she received a Bachelor of Music degree in Harp Performance.
She started her studies with Alison Bjorkedal and Paul Baker, furthered her performance work at Westmont under Marcia Dickstein, and participated in masterclasses with noted harpists such as Remy van Kesteren, Judy Loman, Elizabeth Hainan and the late Susan Allen.
An active performer, recent appearances include performances with the Spokane Symphony, Westmont Orchestra, UCSB Orchestra, Santa Barbara Youth Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony in its’ Music Van project, Fresno Summer Orchestra Academy, and in the Curtis Institute of Music's 2020 Summer Harp Days under a full scholarship.
Celebrate unforgettable orchestral masterworks by Pachelbel, Mozart, and Debussy in an exciting concert as LAV showcases three talented up-and-coming soloists (Audrey Park (violin), YuEun Kim (violin), Julianne Jimenez (harp)), and violin students from Pacoima Elementary School.
LAV is the only professional orchestra in the United States to offer aspiring young soloists and students unparalleled opportunity to rehearse and perform with the most talented musicians in the country. Access to a professional orchestra allows the next generation of aspiring talent to see how the pros work on their craft and pushes them to aspire to greater heights, bringing a professional career into focus.