MUSIC DIRECTOR’S WELCOME As Festival Mozaic celebrates more than 50 years of great music, and I embrace 15 years here in San Luis Obispo, I continue to search for the purpose and expression the great composers have poured into their works. I hope our concerts help you do that as well. We are committed to a diverse and interesting group of artists and repertoire each and every season. This summer we are pleased to feature women composers with different points of view — from Fanny Mendelssohn to Clara Schumann, Louise Farrenc to Amy Beach. We’ll also host the brilliant young singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno and hear the tango and cabaret stylings of Grande Orquesta Navarre. This past year was devastating to the business of live performance. Musicians have never gone as many days without preparing for our next concerts. I, like all of the artists performing for you this week, am ready to go. Thank you to our members of the board, supporters, volunteers, and staff; and to our musicians, who are the heart and soul of the Festival. From those friends of years past to the ones we’ve yet to discover, we hold these weeks in honor of you. Some of you have been with us since Day One, when Clifton Swanson came up with this amazing idea. For others, this will be your first time attending. May everyone find joy in every concert. Scott Yoo, Music Director
ABOUT SCOTT YOO Scott Yoo is the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Mexico City Philharmonic and the Music Director of Festival Mozaic. He is also the Host and Executive Producer of the PBS Great Performances series Now Hear This. He is the Conductor of the Colorado College Music Festival and the founder of the Medellin Festicámara. Scott has conducted major orchestras around the world, including Dallas, San Francisco, St. Paul, London Symphony, L’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. As a violinist, Scott has made solo appearances with orchestras throughout the country and as a guest with chamber music festivals worldwide. Scott was born in Tokyo and raised in Glastonbury, CT. He received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and has won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and an Avery Fisher Career Grant.
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FESTIVAL MOZAIC | 2021 SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL
