UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners

• Rachel Reyes, flute
• Kai-En Cheng, violin
• Ella Kalinichenko, piano
• David Alexander Rahbee, conductor
• Ryan Farris, conductor

Hisatada Otaka — Flute Concerto, Op. 30a (Rachel Reyes, flute)
Yonatan Ron — What Stood Still Goes Down Hill
Chen Gang / He Zhanhao — Butterfly Lovers' Concerto (Kai-En Cheng, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 ("I. Allegro con brio"; Ella Kalinichenko, piano)
Silvestre Revueltas — Sensemayá
Édouard Lalo — Overture to Le Roi d'Ys

David Alexander Rahbee conducts the University of Washington Symphony and winners of the UW Concerto Competition—Kai-En Cheng, violin; Rachel Reyes, flute; and Ella Kalinichenko, piano—in a program including winning concerto excerpts, a UW student composition by graduate student Yonatan Ron, Silvestre Revueltas's Sensemayá, and Overture to Le roi d'Ys, by Éduard Lalo.   

About UW Symphony Orchestra

http://music.washington.edu/ensembles/uw-symphony-orchestra

About UW School of Music

http://music.washington.edu/

About Rachel Reyes, flute

Rachel Reyes is an active performer and teacher residing in Seattle, WA. Recently, Reyes won first place at the Arizona Flute Society 2022 Graduate/Professional Competition and was selected as a winner for the 2022 Jacqueline Avent Concerto Competition.

https://rachelreyesflute.com/

About Ella Kalinichenko, piano

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98aFOp9U7n3SqX1fhwLkLA/

About David Alexander Rahbee, conductor

https://www.davidrahbee.com/

About Ryan Farris, conductor

Ryan Dakota Farris is an up-and-coming conductor and performer in the Pacific Northwest community. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Washington where he is the conductor of the Campus Philharmonia Orchestras and assistant conductor of the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra. Ryan has served as cover conductor for professional orchestras across the country, including the Auburn Symphony in Washington and the Boulder Philharmonic in Colorado. He has served as an assistant conductor for Colorado MahlerFest, Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras, and works a sectional conductor for Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus. Ryan was a proud student of the late maestro Michael Jinbo at the Pierre Monteux School and Music Festival in Maine for five summers. He has also studied with many notable conductors including Ludovic Morlot, David Rahbee, Nicholas Carthy, Donald Schleicher, Kensho Watanabe, and Tiffany Lu.

Ryan has served as principal cellist with the Boulder Opera Company, Seattle Philharmonic Strings, and the University of Washington Symphony. He has appeared as a featured soloist with the South Puget Sound College Orchestra, and regularly performs in chamber music groups across the region. Before moving to Seattle, he performed regularly with some of Colorado's best orchestras, including the Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, and Colorado MahlerFest. Ryan also composes his own music, performs on viola da gamba with the UW Baroque Ensemble, and busts out the traditional Irish fiddle with acclaimed Seattle-based Celtic group Cavort.