Special Projects & Upcoming Performances
January 15, 2025
Saint Barthélemy Music Festival
Saint Barthélemy Music Festival Orchestra
Catholic Church of Lorient
Tereza Stanislav, violin
Rob Brophy, viola
Tim Cobb, bass
Ryan Roberts, oboe
Alecia Lawyer, oboe
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Handel: L’arrivée de la Reine de Saba
Koussevitsky: Bass Concerto, Op. 3
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K 364
Dvořák: New World Symphony
February 1, 2025
Metropolitan United (Ontario, Canada)
Lina Cao, guzheng
Scott St John, violin
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Huang Ruo: Folk Songs for Orchestra
Renato Taki: The Moon over the Ruined Castle
Kevin Lau: Across the Jade Sea
Alice Ping Yee Ho: Silk Road Fantasy
Wang Rui: Waves of the Sea
Debussy: Clair de lune
Li Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture
February 15, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Barry Douglas, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Hitomi Oba & Erika Oba: Meguru: Dreams of Harvest (World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
February 16, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Barry Douglas, piano
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Hitomi Oba & Erika Oba: New Work (World Premiere)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
April 12, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Sandeep Das, tabla
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Debussy: Clair de lune
Dinuk Wijeratne: Tabla Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
April 13, 2025
Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall (Fresno, CA)
Sandeep Das, tabla
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Debussy: Clair de lune
Dinuk Wijeratne: Tabla Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 10:30am & 12pm
San Diego Symphony
Jacobs Music Center (San Diego, CA)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Huang Ruo: Flower Drum Song, from Feng Yang
Grieg: Morning Mood (Peer Gynt Suite)
Copland: Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Copland: Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances: III. The Mestizo Waltz
John Williams: Suite from Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope
Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 10:30am & 12pm
San Diego Symphony
Jacobs Music Center (San Diego, CA)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Huang Ruo: Flower Drum Song, from Feng Yang
Grieg: Morning Mood (Peer Gynt Suite)
Copland: Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Copland: Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances: III. The Mestizo Waltz
John Williams: Suite from Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope
Friday, April 18, 2025 at 10:30am & 12pm
San Diego Symphony
Jacobs Music Center (San Diego, CA)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Huang Ruo: Flower Drum Song, from Feng Yang
Grieg: Morning Mood (Peer Gynt Suite)
Copland: Appalachian Spring: Variations on a Shaker Melody
Copland: Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Gabriela Lena Frank: Three Latin American Dances: III. The Mestizo Waltz
John Williams: Suite from Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope
May 10, 2025
The Smith Center (Las Vegas, NV)
Rei Hotoda, conductor and piano
Clyne: Sound and Fury
Higdon: Breeze Serenade from “Dance Card”
Montgomery: Rounds
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
May 20-22, 2025
William Saroyan Theatre (Fresno, CA)
Valerie Salcedo, actor
Tony Sanders, actor
Rei Hotoda, Music Director & Conductor
Link Up: The Orchestra Sings