{"id":2249473,"date":"2026-01-25T09:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2249473"},"modified":"2026-01-25T09:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:43:16","slug":"fantastique-marks-debut-of-youngstown-symphonys-new-music-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fantastique-marks-debut-of-youngstown-symphonys-new-music-director\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fantastique!\u2019 marks debut of Youngstown Symphony\u2019s new music director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\" data-reactid=\"2\">\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n\nspan.Timestamp-author {\n\n    display: none;\n\n}\n\nspan.Timestamp-connector {\n\n    display: none;\n\n}\n@media screen and (max-width: 560px) {\ndiv#at-share-dock {\n    padding-top: 160px;\n}\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"header\" class=\"PageGrid PageHeader\" data-reactid=\"4\">\n<div class=\"row\" data-reactid=\"5\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\" data-reactid=\"6\">\n<div class=\"frankly-core-ComponentContainer\" data-reactid=\"25\">\n<div class=\"CollapsibleHeader\" style=\"border-top:;border-bottom:1px solid #043556;background-color:#1f2e5c;height:auto;\" data-reactid=\"26\">\n<div class=\"container\" data-reactid=\"27\">\n<div class=\"CollapsibleHeader-logo col-lg-4 col-md-5 col-sm-5\" data-reactid=\"28\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmj.com\/\" data-reactid=\"29\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"imageContainer\" data-reactid=\"30\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"PageGrid PageBody container\" data-reactid=\"357\">\n<div class=\"row\" data-reactid=\"364\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-9 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" data-reactid=\"365\">\n<div class=\"frankly-core-ComponentContainer\" data-reactid=\"366\">\n<div class=\"Article\" data-reactid=\"367\">\n<div class=\"Article-contents\" data-reactid=\"368\">\n<div class=\"Article-boundingContainer\" data-reactid=\"369\">\n<p>News<\/p>\n<p>The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra (YSO) welcomed its new music director on Saturday with a live performance at Stambaugh Auditorium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Hero\" data-reactid=\"397\">\n<div class=\"Hero-image Hero-image-ratio\" data-reactid=\"398\">\n<div class=\"imageContainer\" data-reactid=\"399\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Hero-image--scale lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/WFMJ.images.worldnow.com\/images\/28588425_G.png?auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;height=560&amp;fit=bounds&amp;lastEditedDate=1769293233000\" alt=\"Image\" style=\"object-fit:contain;\" height=\"560\" data-reactid=\"400\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article-boundingContainer\" data-reactid=\"401\">\n<div class=\"ArticleBody\" data-reactid=\"402\">\n<div data-reactid=\"403\">\n<div class=\"Article-paragraph\" data-reactid=\"404\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mml-element-link-link\" contenteditable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmj.com\/link\/809821\/community-youngstown\">YOUNGSTOWN<\/a>\u00a0<span id=\"breakId_SPECIAL_1769311155712_WILL_RENDER_HTML_\"\/>The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra (YSO) welcomed its new music director on Saturday with a live performance at Stambaugh Auditorium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-reactid=\"407\">\n<div class=\"Article-paragraph\" data-reactid=\"408\">\n<p>Erik Ochsner, YSO director,\u00a0led the orchestra in performing &#8220;Fantastique!,&#8221; 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