Young Artist Showcase with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

What You’ll Hear

Our annual Young Artist Showcase program opens with an exciting 2011 work by Mason Bates, his techno-inspired Mothership. We then feature the three winners of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition. Pianist Wilson Liu plays the opening movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20. Alto saxophonist Jacob Peizner plays Jacques Ibert’s Concertino da camera. Hana Gottesman plays Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane. The program also includes, as always, music that showcases the VSO itself, a pair of colorful works by Richard Strauss, the suite from the opera Der Rosenkavalier, and his symphonic poem Till Eulenspeigel’s Merry Pranks.

The 2025/26 Symphonic Series season is presented by United Grain Corporation.

About Wilson Liu

Wilson Liu (11) was admitted to The Juilliard School Pre-College Division, where he won the Bachauer Prize with full scholarship and Concerto Competition at the age of 7. He studies with Hung-Kuan Chen and Tema Blackstone. Wilson will be a ‘25-‘26 Fellow in From the Top Learning and Media Lab. He has participated in a film for “Now Hear This” presented by Great Performances on PBS.

Since his earliest training, Wilson has won numerous competitions, and he performed with Seen Worldwide NPO in Chicago Symphony Center at the most recent International Young Artists Concerto Competition. In his spare time, Wilson enjoys chess, swimming, and badminton.

About Jacob Peizner

Jacob Peizner (17) is a Senior at Oregon Episcopal School and a student of Phil Baldino and Kenneth Radnofsky. Jacob was one of ten saxophonists internationally selected for the 2024 BU Tanglewood Saxophone Workshop and was co-principal saxophone for the 2025 Tanglewood Young Artists Orchestra & Wind-Ensemble.

Nationally, Jacob was a finalist in the YoungArts Classical Competition and was an alto-saxophonist in Music-for-All’s Honor Band of America. He was the 2024 OSAA High-Saxophone State Champion. Additionally, Jacob plays principal saxophone in the Portland Youth Philharmonic and accompanies piano with a middle school choir. Beyond music, Jacob plays tennis, enjoys reading, and is an avid Pacific-Northwest sports fan.

About Hana Gottesman

Hana Gottesman (16) earned top honors including first prize at the Royal Maas International, UK International (Absolute Prize), Coeur d’Alene National Young Artist, MTNA National, and Seattle Young Artist Music Festival (Festival Medal) competitions. A Postacchini International Competition finalist, Hana soloed with several orchestras such as the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, and SEEN Orchestra of Chicago. She has performed on King FM radio and NPR’s Live Sessions.

Hana studies with Jan Coleman, Simon James and is a student at the Seattle Chamber Music Society Academy. She enjoys swimming and languages and holds certification and medals in Abacus mathematics.

Program

Bates Mothership
Ravel Tzigane*
Ibert Concertino Da Camera**
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Intermission
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20***
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite
*Hana Gottesman, violin
**Jacob Peizner, alto saxophone
***Wilson Liu, piano

Pre-Concert Talk:

An hour before each performance, 6 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday, all ticket holders will enjoy an educational pre-concert talk from VSO’s Greg Scholl and VSO Music Director and Conductor Salvador Brotons. Don’t miss this special opportunity to learn all about the history of the music that will follow!

All ticket holders will receive a secure email link in order to access the live stream performances.

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