JULY 2006: The 5th annual YOA Summer Tour brought the orchestra for the first time to Europe.  On July 10, 2006, 110 young musicians from 20 countries of the Western
Hemisphere arrived in Brussels, Belgium for a 10-day residency at Flagey Cultural
Center followed by a three-week orchestral tour of Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, and England. The orchestra rehearsed a large, demanding and wide range of repertoire under guest conductors, David Robert Coleman, Plácido Domingo, and Benjamin Zander…

AUGUST 2006: On August 23, a hand picked chamber orchestra of 40 musicians from nine countries of the Western Hemisphere arrived in São Paulo, Brazil for a 3-day residency of intense rehearsals of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion with world famous conductor, Kent Nagano…

APRIL 2007: H. E. The Ambassador of Spain, Carlos Westendorp y Cabeza, and his wife Amaya de Miguel hosted cocktails and a private performance by Venezuelan pianist, Gabriela Montero - recently featured on CBS’s “60 Minutes” as a “piano virtuoso” with an “amazing gift” - followed by a seated dinner for 50 special guests at their residence in Washington, DC.  Guests were invited to make a charitable contribution to YOA for this memorable evening…

APRIL 2007: On April 5, 12 YOA musicians from Canada, Chile, Panamá and the United States arrived at Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Farms in the Virginia
countryside to rehearse and perform a new production of Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera The Rape of Lucretia. This program
formally launched the first Castleton Residency for Young Artists, an annual program created by Dietlinde and Maestro Maazel and The
Châteauville Foundation…

JULY 2007: ON July 5th, 8 YOA musicians arrived at The River Inn in the heart of Washington, D.C. for a 5-day residency of rehearsals and cultural excursions, culminating in two short performances at a White House Conference on the Americas on July 9. The musicians hailed from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the United States and Uruguay…