Posts: Leighton Fong

Meet the Fab Four

October 19, 2022

PRINCIPALS JENNIFER CHO (CONCERTMASTER), PHILIP SANTOS (VIOLIN), MARCEL GEMPERLI (VIOLA) AND LEIGHTON FONG (CELLO) TAKE PROMINENT ROLES IN ELGAR’S INTRODUCTION AND ALLEGRO, A WORK THAT HARKS BACK TO THE CONCERTO GROSSO* FORMAT OF THE BAROQUE ERA. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THIS AWESOME FOURSOME AS THEY PREPARE FOR A PROGRAM THAT CELEBRATES THE MELODIC HEART AND SOUL OF THE

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Philip Santos, 2022-23 Season, All Things Strings, Elgar, Blog, Leighton Fong, Marcel Gemperli, Jennifer Cho

Getting to Know Principal Cellist Leighton Fong

November 3, 2020

Get to know a little more about California Symphony Principal Cellist Leighton Fong. A California native, Leighton lets us in on his strangest performance story (it involves an improvising a makeshift bow!), his hobbies when he’s not on stage, and taking time to slow down. Originally posted in May, 2020. Tell us a bit about

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2021-22 Season, Leighton Fong