
SF Symphony Youth Orchestra
November 23, 2025
Overview
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra launches its season with an energetic program headed by Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari, which invokes a magical blue deer. Violinist Aaron Ma, winner of the 2024 YO Concerto Competition takes the stage for Felix Mendelssohn’s famed Violin Concerto, while works by Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms celebrate their special friendship.Artists
Conductor, Wattis Foundation Music Director
Aaron Ma
Violin
Program
Gabriela
Ortiz
Kauyumari
Felix
Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64
Johannes
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture, Opus 80
Antonín
Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Opus 88
Sponsors
The Youth Orchestra concerts are supported by


Radu Paponiu, conductor

SF Symphony Youth Orchestra
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