Young Concert Artists has announced programming for its 60th-anniversary gala, to be streamed on May 20 from the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City, featuring YCA alumni. The concert will be shown free at 7 p.m. ET on YCA’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Repertoire will include Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, with violinists Ani Kavafian, Paul Huang, Daniel Phillips, and Erica Tursi; violists Marcus Thompson and Hsin-Yun Huang; and cellists Jonathan Swensen and Fred Sherry. Violinists Juliette Kang and SooBeen Lee; violist Ida Kavafian; cellist Carter Brey; and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott will perform Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81. A work by Daniel Kellogg for four cellos will feature Zlatomir Fung, Fred Sherry, Carter Brey, and Marcy Rosen. Also scheduled is music by Mason Bates, Andrew Norman, Chopin, and Delibes. From May 12 to 19, YCA musicians performed outdoor concerts in New York City at Central Park, Lincoln Center, and Madison Square Park; YCA musicians in the pop-up concerts include violinist SooBeen Lee, violinist Benjamin Baker, clarinetist Narek Arutyunian, double bassist Xavier Foley, and flutist Anthony Trionfo.
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