YPO Soloists Ensemble to perform ‘Music of the North’

The YPO Soloists Ensemble will be performing a concert, “Music of the North,” commemorating the sesquicentennial of two Nordic composers, Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 17 at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church, 17010 Pomerado Road.

This concert is free and open to the public.

The concert will feature several solo performances, including concert violinist Keita Ishibashi, a 2007 Rancho Bernardo High School graduate who has been acting as concertmaster for the Soloists Ensemble this season.

Ishibashi also works at Bertrands Music, where he has completely revamped the strings section, said Alyze Dreiling, artistic director and conductor for the Soloists Ensemble.

Also performing solos at the concert will be Evan Caplinger, Ruby Marrujo, Takuma Maruo, Christine Nguyen and Nathan Sariowan.

The concert will features works by Nielsen, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, Ravel, and Popper.