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National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America
This concert was broadcast live on July 31, 2026. Program notes courtesy of Carnegie Hall. Experience America’s bright musical future on Carnegie Hall’s biggest stage. This evening’s performance by the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) opens with Barber’s playful first orchestral work: Overture to The School for Scandal. Gershwin’s jazz-infused Piano Concerto in F follows, featuring soloist Kirill Gerstein—a pianist praised for his “blazing technique” (The Wall Street Journal) and “the kind of … virtuosic music-making that keeps classical music alive” (The…
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