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Palm trees are reflected on the shades of Assistant Principal Timpani Vadim Karpinos as he arrives in California.
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Before the first concert in Costa Mesa, California, CSO musicians soaked up the sunshine and took in the sights. Meanwhile, several CSO musicians, including cellist Brant Taylor and a CSO string quartet, headed out for educational activities at nearby schools.
Along with Costa Mesa, the tour features CSO debuts in Stanford, California, and Stillwater, Oklahoma. The first leg culminates with two concerts in Toronto, marking the orchestra’s first appearances there since 1914. The programs consist of Beethoven’s Seventh and Eighth symphonies and Coriolan Overture, Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake and Ravel’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition.
After the CSO returns to Symphony Center for a few weeks, Muti joins them Feb. 23-25 in Chicago and then in Kansas City for a concert Feb. 26 with Julia Fischer in Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. They wrap up their winter tour by traveling to Florida for four concerts from Feb. 28 to March 4.
Violinist Kozue Funakoshi heads to the bus for the ride to Phoenix airport and the flight to Costa Mesa.
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Yuan-Qing Yu, CSO assistant concertmaster, boards the plane for the hourlong flight to Costa Mesa.
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Riccardo Muti and Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson share a laugh at the John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
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Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán and stage technician Paul Christopher head into the hotel together.
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Decorations for the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Rabbit are on full display at a nearby Costa Mesa mall.
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Cellist David Sanders, the CSO’s resident road-trip food fanatic, enjoys a meal at Din Tai Fung with Wendy Koons Meir (violin), guest musician Kelly Karamanov (keyboard), Florence Schwartz (violin) and guest musician Kiju Joh (violin).
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Cellist Loren Brown meets up with his brother-in-law in the Costa Mesa hotel lobby.
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Quartet members So Young Bae (violin), Karen Basrak (cello), Matous Michal (violin) and Simon Michal (viola) go over some quick adjustments before getting heading out to John A. Murdy Elementary School in nearby Garden Grove.
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Before the school performance, CSO musicians study scores by Mozart, Beethoven and Dvořák.
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At Murdy Elementary, violinist Matous Michal runs through a passage in the school's multi-purpose room.
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The CSO ensemble performs a movement from Dvořák’s “American” Quartet that includes melodies inspired by traditional folk tunes and suggests the forward motion of a moving train.
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Students enjoy the program, applauding, pointing out elements and asking questions of the CSO musicians.
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Students document the visit by the CSO string quartet (from left, Matous Michal, So Young Bae, Karen Basrak and Simon Michal) by taking photos.
Cellist Brant Taylor conducts a Q&A session with music students at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo. Joining him is Chloe Hopper, an education staffer from the Philharmonic Society of Orange County.
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