Marrowstone Music Festival: Full Orchestra Performance

• Simone Porter, violin

Don't miss SYSO alum and world-renowned violinist Simone Porter as the featured soloist for Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1. Additionally, the performance will include Bernstein's Overture to Candide and Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite (1919 version).

About Marrowstone Music Festival

Marrowstone Music Festival is a two-week orchestral training program for advanced student musicians, led by SYSO Music Director Juan Felipe Molano. It is an impactful opportunity for advanced musicians to study music in great detail, receiving world-class instruction while simultaneously forging friendships that will last a lifetime. Marrowstone Music Festival is a program of Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra.

About Simone Porter, violin

Violinist Simone Porter has been recognized as an emerging artist of impassioned energy, interpretive integrity, and vibrant communication. In the past few years she has debuted with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and with a number of renowned conductors, including Stéphane Denève, Gustavo Dudamel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Nicholas McGegan, Ludovic Morlot, and Donald Runnicles. Born in 1996, Simone made her professional solo debut at age 10 with the Seattle Symphony and her international debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London at age 13. In March 2015, Simone was named a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant.