MARCELO LEHNINGER, 29, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and serves as Music Advisor to the Youth Orchestra of the Americas.  Mr. Lehninger received his Bachelor’s degree from the Brazilian Conservatory of Music and a Master’s degree from the Conductors Institute at Bard College in New York, where he studied conducting under Harold Farberman and composition with Laurence Wallach.  He has guest conducted many of the leading orchestras in South America, and during the 2008-09 season will lead the Youth Orchestra of the Americas in a South American tour.  He has also been selected by Kurt Masur for the first Felix Mendelssohn Scholarship and will be traveling in Europe for one month as Maestro Masur's assistant.  Locally, he will serve as cover conductor for Leonard Slatkin and Vladimir Ashkenazy for National Symphony concerts this spring, and during the summer will conduct the NSO at Carter Barron Amphitheatre.

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Free ConcerTalk by Marcelo Lehninger at 7, Concert begins at 8 p.m.
Tickets begin at $25.
George Mason University's Center for the Arts (Directions)
4373 Mason Pond Drive in Fairfax, Virginia

Angela Cheng, piano
VILLA-LOBOS: The Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman
FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

Student Tickets are available at the door for $15!