Join us as the IAA Orchestra presents our third annual Concerto Competition Finals to the public! This program will feature Idyllwild Arts instrumentalist finalists competing before a panel of distinguished guest judges, including Idyllwild Arts Foundation President Pamela Jordan, and a live audience. The concert will also feature original works by IAA Jazz composers Cainan Birchim and Seb Olsen, as well as a performance by last year’s competition runner-up, Luis Chen, playing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto . The winner of this year’s competition will be announced live at the event!

Finalists and their pieces include:

Abby Regua, violin | Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto

Michelle Fan, ‘cello | Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme

Rinka Xiong, piano | Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A-minor

Yiwei Guo, bass | Carl von Dittersdorf’s Concerto for Double Bass

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