SJYS presents Philharmonic Orchestra's 26-27 Season Opener

About this event

The San Jose Youth Symphony’s Philharmonic Orchestra, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Yair Samet, presents its 2026–2027 Season Opener Concert, to be held on Sunday, December 6, 2026, 5:00 PM, at the Hammer Theatre Center, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113.

The orchestra is excited to present its program repertoire linked to Hungary, the country where the orchestra will be performing its final concert in Budapest during their 2027 International Tour to the Balkans next June and July! The orchestra will open with Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel’s Overture to his opera, Hunyadi Làszlò, one of the first important operas composed in Hungary. The orchestra will close the concert with Massenet’s Suite No. 2—Scènes Hongroises.

This concert will also feature two winners from last season’s 2026 Young Artist Competition, proudly sponsored by the San Jose Symphony Foundation*. Outstanding young soloist, Charlotte Jew, will perform Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, and Shogo Huang, will perform Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor.

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