| About Ensemble 212 Founded in 2004 by conductor Yoon Jae Lee, Ensemble 212 is an exciting New York-based orchestra comprised of emerging artists and young professionals. The orchestra performs a diverse range of repertoire from the Baroque to the present featuring chamber music, ensemble, and orchestra concerts. This allows Ensemble 212 flexibility to range from an intimate duo up to a symphony orchestra of over fifty musicians. Chamber music concerts feature small groups without a conductor. Ensemble concerts feature larger groups with the conductor and musicians in collaboration. In orchestra concerts, the artistic decisions emanate from the conductor. Ensemble 212 is dedicated to promoting and collaborating with musicians based in the greater New York metropolitan area. Featured guest artists have included David Krakauer, Daniel Phillips, Nicholas Kitchen, Yeesun Kim, Ilya Yakushev & Lisa Yui. The Young Artist Competition series showcases exceptional young musicians as soloists with the orchestra. Each season, the age and categories are rotated to include instrumentalists, vocalists, and composers. Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo has been selected as the Composer in Residence for the 2011-12 season. Last year, the orchestra commissioned Mohammed Fairouz to compose his Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, & Orchestra which received its world premiere in September 2010. Ensemble 212 was recognized for its excellence by being selected for WNYC 93.9 FM’s Salute The Arts *STAR* Initiative in April 2009. Mission Statement Ensemble 212’s mission is to propel the careers of young professional musicians as they develop into the finest performing artists of their generation. By bringing outstanding musicians together to perform at the highest level, Ensemble 212 plays a crucial role in creating new opportunities for New York’s emerging instrumentalists, vocalists, and composers. |
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