Mark O'Connor improvises to "Mothership" YouTube Symphony 2011

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Mark O'Connor, violinist and composer was asked by fellow composer Mason Bates and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas to improvise a violin solo on Bate's piece called Mothership for the press conference launch of YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011. What O'Connor performed here was completely improvised on the spot as Mason Bates, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Ed Sanders of Google, and Clive Gillinson Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall looked on. O'Connor will be debuting his own "The Improvised Violin Concerto" also in 2011.


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