Tonight, the long-awaited first performance of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra came together at Carnegie Hall. Led by renowned conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas (now director of the San Francisco Symphony), the orchestra consists of musicians from throughout the world, in an online collaborative effort that got underway earlier this year. Musicians uploaded videos showcasing their talents and styles, and were selected in part by the online YouTube community. Here's the first video -- nearly 60 minutes --of the event:
Go to http://youtube.com/symphony for backstories, lots more information, and videos from successful auditioning performers.
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