Meet the two-time Runner up of PYP’s biennial Piano Concerto Competition Aveek Ganguly

Posted on November 9, 2017

Aveek Ganguly is the two-time Runner up of PYP’s biennial Piano Concerto Competition in 2015 and 2017. He will perform Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Portland Youth Conservatory Orchestra on Sunday, November 12, 2017, in the Skyview Auditorium.

Aveek Ganguly is currently a senior at Westview High School, Beaverton.  He started his piano lessons at the age of eight... Read More ›

Meet 15-Year-Old Fall Concert Piano Soloist Natalie Tan

Posted on October 2, 2017

Natalie Tan is the winner of PYP’s 2016-17 Piano Concerto Competition. She will perform Frédéric Chopin‘s Piano Concerto No. 2 at PYP’s Beethoven’s 5th performance on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PYP’s Mini-Tour to Roseburg (Saturday, October 28, 2017) and Corvallis (Sunday, October 29,... Read More ›

Spring Concert Soloist Annie Zhang

Posted on April 30, 2017

Cellist Annie Zhang is the winner of the 2016-17 PYP Concerto Competition. She will present Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor at PYP’s Spring Concert on Sunday, May 7, 2017.

Annie Zhang is a freshman at Southridge High School in Beaverton. She has been studying... Read More ›

Spring Concert Composer Debra Kaye

Posted on April 30, 2017

Portland Youth Philharmonic will premiere Debra Kaye‘s Ikarus Among the Stars at the Spring Concert on Sunday, May 7, 2017.

Hailed as “a unique voice in American music, transcendent…witty… colorful…profound,” composer Debra Kaye is a star whose brilliance continues to shine. Her body of work blends her deep classical roots with a wide range of influences including jazz, world music, folk, experimental improvisation,... Read More ›

Camerata PYP Special Guest: Matt Hannafin

Posted on April 7, 2017

Matt Hannafin will join Camerata PYP as a special guest on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 2:00 PM concert at Wieden+Kennedy.

Matt is a New York–born, Portland-based percussionist active in experimental music, free improvisation, and Iranian classical and traditional music. His teachers included Persian tar and tombak master Kavous... Read More ›

Camerata PYP Special Guest: Nat Hulskamp

Posted on April 5, 2017

Nat Hulskamp joins Camerata PYP as a special guest on Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 2:00 PM concert at Wieden+Kennedy.

A Portland native, Nat began studying guitar with guitarist/composer Paul Chasman at age seventeen. He was soon introduced to flamenco guitar by Jose Solano.... Read More ›