Vincent Accettola | |
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 Accettola in 2019 | |
| Born | March 23, 1994 Syosset, New York, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Managing Director of the National Youth Orchestra of China |
Vincent Accettola (born March 23, 1994) is an American producer and arts administrator who previously served as Managing Director of the National Youth Orchestra of China. [1]
Accettola graduated from Yale University where he earned a degree in Neuroscience and Political Science and later Harvard University where he studied Education Policy & Management. [1] While at Yale, he served as President of the Yale Undergraduate Screenwriters Guild. [2]
As a senior at Yale University, Accettola collaborated with his roommate Owen Brown to create the National Youth Orchestra of China (NYO-China), a music festival modeled closely after the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) with an annual residency and concert tour featuring over one hundred of the country's most outstanding young musicians. [3]
With the support of Carnegie Hall and the Yale School of Music, Accettola and Brown launched the first season of NYO-China in 2017 with a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall headlined by pianist Yuja Wang and conducted by Music Director of the Seattle Symphony Ludovic Morlot. [4] The National Youth Orchestra of China since went on to become the premier youth ensemble in the country, having achieved critical acclaim in The New York Times , People’s Daily , and Der Tagesspiegel . [5] [6] [7]
In his capacity as Managing Director of NYO-China, Accettola produced several live and recorded broadcasts of the orchestra for NPR, Medici.tv, ARTE, and CCTV. [8] [9] [10] He also produced and co-directed the documentary 中国特色交响乐团: Orchestra with Chinese Characteristics alongside Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Christine Choy. [11]