
Montage Civic Orchestra will present its first concert in 2010, featuring music by Beethoven, Brahms, and a brilliant cello soloist, Sarah Koo who will perform Tchaikovsky's Rococ Variations.
"...with Sarah Koo, cello, I was more than impressed. From the opening notes, I rejoiced... she present us with a new interpretation, completely and brilliantly realized." (Gerald Carpenter, The Santa Barbara Independent, July, 2005)
Ms. Koo recently completed a season as the Assistant Principal Cellist of the Phoenix Symphony. Prior to her appointment with the Phoenix Symphony, she was touring Italy and Europe with the Symphonica Arturo Toscanini under the direction of Maestro Lorin Maazel. Ms. Koo grduated with her Masters and Bachelors of Music degrees from the Juilliard School where she was the sole recipient of the prestigious William Schumann Award for outstanding achievements in music, academics, and leadership. Ms. Koo made her 2000 New York debut in a solo recital at Caregie's Weill Recital Hall as the youngest winner of the Artists International Competition.
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