Philadelphia Youth Orchestra

PYO closes its historic 87th season with a spectacular Annual Festival Concert celebrating and culminating Maestro Louis Scaglione’s 30th Anniversary with PYOMI. The season-defining program opens with a newly commissioned work by American composer Paul Frucht, whose music has been praised for its “individual voice” and “sense of lyricism, driving pulse, and great urgency.” Frucht previously wrote a double bass concerto premiered by PYO in the 2024–25 season, featuring Ranaan Myer as soloist. Concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra David Kim returns as soloist for Bruch’s beloved Scottish Fantasy, and the concert concludes with Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 1, “Titan.”

This landmark performance brings PYO’s 87th season, and a yearlong celebration of Maestro Scaglione’s three decades of leadership, to a powerful and unforgettable conclusion.