Concerts

March 10th 2019: California Young Musicians performed a concert at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California
October 10th 2018: Carey Byron, Victor Shlyakhtenko, and Elizabeth Zietz performed at the Lang Lang & Friends Gala Concert Dinner, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation, in New York City, New York
June 17th 2018: Victor Shlyakhtenko performed with the Peninsula Symphony at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California
Program:
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
     I. Allegro Maestoso
     II. Quasi adagio 
     III. Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato
     IV. Allegro marziale animato
March 18th 2018: California Young Musicians performed a concert at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California
March 2nd 2018: Victor Shlyakhtenko performed with the South Coast Symphony at Coast Hills Auditorium in Aliso Viejo, California
Program:
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
     I. Allegro Maestoso
     II. Quasi adagio 
     III. Allegretto vivace – Allegro animato
     IV. Allegro marziale animato
January 26th 2018: Elizabeth Zietz performed twice at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium and Weill Recital Hall in New York City, New York
December 12th 2017: Mya Greene performed at the University of Southern California's United University Church in Los Angeles, California
November 29th 2017: Man-Ling Bai performed at California State University Fullerton School of Music's Recital Hall in Fullerton, California
November 19th 2017: Leyla Kabuli performed with the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California
Program:
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
     I. Moderato
     II. Adagio sostenuto
     III. Allegro scherzando
November 4th 2017: Victor Shlyakhtenko performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, New York
October 1st 2017: Victor Shlyakhtenko performed with the Orchestra Collective of Orange County in Anaheim, California
Program: 
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
   III. Rondo: Vivace
September 16th 2017: California Young Musicians had a free piano masterclass with international concert pianist Rueibin Chen at OC Music and Dance, generously sponsored by our partner OC Music and Dance​, in Irvine, California
September 10th 2017: California Young Musicians presented the first concert in the California Young Musicians at OC Music and Dance​ Concert Series, generously sponsored by our partner OC Music and Dance, in Irvine, California
June 25th 2017: California Young Musicians presented a concert at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California
May 23rd 2017: Victor Shlyakhtenko performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California, as the Grand Prize Finalist of the 2017 Music Center's Spotlight Awards! For tickets, please visit: https://www.musiccenter.org/spotlightfinale​ 
March 24th 2017: Jade Chen and Elizabeth Zietz performed in an all-Liszt concert featuring some winners of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition in Azusa, California
Program:
LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
March 12th 2017: Victor Shlyakhtenko performed with the Colburn Youth Orchestra and Colburn Concert Choir in Los Angeles, California
Program:
BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy 
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February 10th 2017: Elizabeth Zietz performed with the South Coast Symphony at Coast Hills Auditorium in Aliso Viejo, California
Program:
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2
   I. Moderato
January 22nd 2017: Man-Ling Bai gave a solo recital at the Sunset Center in Carmel, California
Program:
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann
CHOPIN Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1
​KAPUSTIN Etudes Op. 40 No. 1, 3, 6, and 7
RAVEL La Valse
SCHUMANN Carnaval Op. 9
Free improvisation on themes from the audience
January 18th 2017: Victor Shlyakhtenko gave a solo recital for the Music Section of the UCLA's Women Faculty Club
Program:
BACH Toccata in e minor, BWV 914
BARBER Sonata, Op. 26
   IV. Fuga: Allegro con Spirito
BEETHOVEN Chorphantasie Op. 80
HAYDN Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI: 52
   I. Allegro
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
LISZT Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli (Supplément aux Annes de Pélerinage, 2nd Année: Italie)
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
   I. Allegro Maestoso
December 31st 2016: Janice Yun Lu gave a solo recital in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Program:
BRAHMS Piano Sonata No. 3 in f minor, Op. 5
​CHOPIN 24 Preludes, Op. 28
October 15th 2016: California Young Musicians presented a concert at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
​Program: Music by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, Barber, and Schnittke

Past Events and Highlights

  • Our musicians have appeared in performances for organizations, benefit concerts, and public concerts in venues throughout California, such as:
    • Herbert Zipper Concert Hall of the Colburn School of Music
    • Thayer Hall of the Colburn School of Music
    • ​Walt Disney Concert Hall
    • Jackson Hall of the Mondavi Center
    • Children's Hospital of Orange County
    • County of Orange United Way
    • Anaheim Arts Council
    • Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
    • Musical Encounters at Para Los Niños Elementary School
    • Classics Alive Foundation
    • The Raise Foundation
    • Lakewood Cultural Center
    • Saddleback College
    • Atria Woodbridge
    • Atria Golden Creek
    • Atria Del Sol
    • StandUp for Kids​​