UTSO Concerto Competition Finals

To select soloists for the 2025/2026 University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra Season.

Program

Concertino for Vibraphone and Marimba, Larysa Kuzmenko (b. 1956)                                       
    Movement I
    Movement II 
Amiel Ang, Percussion
Mai Miyagaki, Piano

Concerto for Bassoon, String Orchestra, Harp and Piano, André Jolivet (1905 – 1974) 
    1a. Recitativo
    1b. Allegro gioviale
    2a. Largo cantabile
    2b. Fugato
Cian Bryson, Bassoon 
Wesley Shen, Piano

Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, Hector Berlioz (1803 – 1869)
    6. L'Île inconnue
    2. Le Spectre de la rose
    4. L'Absence
Grace Ronan, Mezzo-soprano
Helen Becqué, Piano

Première Rhapsodie, Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Niki Tang, Clarinet
Sasha Bult-Ito, Piano

Fantasia para saxophone, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959)
    I. Animé
    II. Lent
    III. Très animé
Liam McClure, Soprano Saxophone
Ivan Jovanovic, Piano

INTERMISSION

Departures, Christos Hatzis (b. 1953)
    I. Blooming fields
    II. Serenity
    III. Progress Blue
Josh Chong, Flute
Michelle Kim, Piano

Knoxville Summer of 1915, Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)
Zyion Stephens, Soprano
Joel Goodfellow, Piano

Concerto pour Saxophone alto et Orchestre à cordes, Pierre Max Dubois (1930 – 1995)
    I. Lento Espressivo, Allegro
    II. Sarabande
    III. Rondo
Kannan Bloor, Alto Saxophone
Wesley Shen, Piano