News release
The Santa Clarita Symphony Orchestra has announced the winners of its second annual Young Soloist Competition, celebrating the talent of young musicians from the community and surrounding areas.
This year’s winners are Sora Corro (piano; Irvine), Addilyn Found (oboe; Santiago High School), Liam Chao (violin; Calabasas High School), and Hiroshi Corro (piano; Irvine).
Corro, Found and Chao are scheduled to perform their winning works with SCSO at its “Dreams & Destinies” concert on Sunday, March 8, at the Canyon High School Performing Arts Center, 19300 Nadal St., Canyon Country.
Found will perform the second movement of Joseph Haydn’s “Oboe Concerto.” Chao will present the second movement of Henryk Wieniawski’s “Violin Concerto No. 2.” And, Corro will perform the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 3.”
Corro has been awarded the grand prize and will be featured as a soloist performing the entirety of Edvard Grieg’s “Piano Concerto in A minor” at the first concert of SCSO’s 2026-27 season.
“We are so excited to be inviting these talented young musicians to join us,” Music Conductor Alex Arellano said in a news release. “The level of all the applicants we heard was really telling of the skill that the next generation of musicians has to share. Please join us for an exhilarating show featuring three of our selected winners performing staples from each of their instruments’ solo repertoire. We also have some treats in store for you that are from Los Angeles’ own cultural fabric.”
“Dreams & Destinies” will also feature orchestral favorites including Mozart’s “The Magic Flute Overture,” Josef Suk’s “Pohádka,” and John Williams’ “Adventures on Earth” from “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.”
Tickets start at $10 and are available at SCSOmusic.org.
