Concerto Competition
Each spring CYSO holds a concerto competition among current active members of the orchestra. Winners are chosen to be featured soloists the following season with the adult Claremont Symphony Orchestra. The 2018 Concerto Competition will take place on May 5, 2018.
The winner of the 2017 CYSO concerto competition, Jonathan Recomanta, will perform with the Claremont Symphony Orchestra on January 27, 2018.
The winner of the 2017 CYSO concerto competition, Jonathan Recomanta, will perform with the Claremont Symphony Orchestra on January 27, 2018.
Jonathan Recomanta, clarinet
Jonathan Recomanta is a freshman at Etiwanda High School, where he is a member of the marching band. He has been playing clarinet for four years and studies with Kira Golombek. He will perform the first movement of Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra by Aaron Copland.
Past Concerto Competition Winners
2016
Elisar Elgaouny, cello
Chloe Harsojo, piano
Allen Lin, clarinet
2015
Anselm Knecht, cello
Jo Ann Sun, violin
2014
JJ Alvarez, trumpet
Talia Knecht, violin
Kyra Madunich, flute
2013
Gaeun Moon, violin
ShihZan Yao, cello
2012
Evangeline Tsai, cello
Shih-Jing Yao, violin
2011
Jahnavi Curlin, flute
Alicia Lee, violin
Elisar Elgaouny, cello
Chloe Harsojo, piano
Allen Lin, clarinet
2015
Anselm Knecht, cello
Jo Ann Sun, violin
2014
JJ Alvarez, trumpet
Talia Knecht, violin
Kyra Madunich, flute
2013
Gaeun Moon, violin
ShihZan Yao, cello
2012
Evangeline Tsai, cello
Shih-Jing Yao, violin
2011
Jahnavi Curlin, flute
Alicia Lee, violin
