2020
Photo Credit: Lauren Kovacik Photography
December 4, 2020
“Discovering a Russian Recluse in California”
Guest columnist on Slipped Disc, the #1 Classical Music News Site
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November 14, 2020 – Glendale, California (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Music by Ravel, Lalo, Villa-Lobos, Charlotte Bray, and Respighi
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September 25, 2020 – Azusa, California (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Music by CPE Bach, Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Wagner
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July 2020 – Harbin, China (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Harbin Symphony Orchestra
Conducting the Gala Opening of the 2020 Schoenfeld International String Competition
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April 30-May 2, 2020 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
“Mälkki conducts Sibelius”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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April 17, 2020 – Glendora, California (canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture (Michael Huynh, graduate conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
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April 2020
Judge in the final round of the La Sierra University Concerto Competition
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April 4, 2020 – Hong Kong, China
Appointed to the online teaching faculty (conducting) for the Hong Kong International Music Festival.
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February 28, 2020 – Irvine, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Bizet: Jeux d’infants (Pola Benke, graduate conductor)
Éric Tanguy: Constellations (United States premiere)
Debussy: Nuages and Fêtes from “Nocturnes”
Berlioz: Hungarian March from “The Damnation of Faust”
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February 20-23, 2020 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Ives 1 & Dvořák 7”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
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February 11, 2020 – Santa Ana, California
Guest masterclass with the Orange County School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra
Elgar: Enigma Variations (excerpts)
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January 31, 2020 – Azusa, California
Azusa Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 5
Sibelius: En Saga
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7
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January 11-12, 2020 – Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
“Mehta Conducts Wagner”
Pre-Concert lecture for the Los Angeles Philharmonic