The Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra
47th Annual Young Artists Concerto Competition

SPONSORED BY THE FINE ARTS ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY

 
 Concert – 3:00pm Saturday, May 9, 2026 
Saunders Trade & Technical High School Auditorium.
Excited to share with you the winners of the YPO concerto competition…

1st place winner: Ben Puts, cello playing the Lalo Concerto in d minor.
 
2nd place winner: Taira Matsumoto, alto saxophone playing the Glazanov Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra op.106

3rd Place winner: Yuto Lim, violin who will play a movement of the Mendelssohn violin concerto in E minor op. 64.