Capital City Symphony 2012-2013 Season
Victoria Gau, Artistic Director & Conductor
Join us for our 45th Season!
All The World’s A Stage: Music from Ballet, Film, Opera, and Stage
Concerto Concert ~ Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 5pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC
* Featuring Beethoven’s 3rd piano concerto with Ryo Kaneko, piano
winner of the 2012 Ylda Novik Memorial Concerto Competition
* Prokofiev, Lt. Kije
* Khachaturian, Masquerade Suite
BUY TICKETS!
Adults $20/$25; Student/Senior $16/$20
Tickets for kids 16 and under are FREE!
Born in Japan in 1994, Ryo Kaneko’s first exposure to music lessons was at the age of two in a Yamaha Music Program. He enjoyed dancing, singing and listening to music, and from their unique training he developed his perfect pitch. At the age of four, his family moved to the United States where he began his serious study of piano at the age of 9. His fascination for music has grown exponentially in the past few years, leading him to a rapacious study of composers and their entire works, compositional styles, study of orchestration and harmony and various forms of analysis.
Ryo is starting his senior year at McLean High School in McLean, Virginia. He is a noted young pianist in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area where he is actively involved in all aspects of performing. He has presented solo performances at George Mason University’s Performing Arts Center Young Artists Series, the Rising Star Concerts at The Alden, JoAnn Rose Gallery, and Harris Theater.
He has been a winner in the Lichtenberg Competition, Friday Morning Music Club High School Piano Competition, MTNA Virginia Senior Competition, Old Dominion University Harold Protsman Competition, Washington Music Teachers Association Ylda Novik Concerto competition, and Northern Virginia Music Teachers Concerto Competition. His piano trio has competed in Fischoff competition in 2011. He has participated in numerous Summer Festival such as Piano Texas, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Academie Boulanger in Gargenville, France and Pianosummer at New Paltz with pianist Vladimir Feltsman. He has been a student of Marjorie Lee for 8 years.
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The Capital City Symphony fits your budget and your lifestyle, with low ticket prices (free for kids!), creative programming, exciting collaborations, and fun special events such as Meet-The-Musicians Happy Hours and Come-Play-With-Us Chamber Music Jams.
The Capital City Symphony strives to make great orchestral music approachable by presenting affordable concerts to the public, performing innovative programs in a relaxed concert format, and providing a musical outlet for talented amateur as well as professional players.
