Gerald Elias

I credit much of my musical wanderlust to Martin Dreiwitz and LIYO, having been concertmaster of the orchestra on their first international tours to the Caribbean, Europe, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, and even on the “warm-up” tours to such exotic destinations as Chicopee, Massachusetts, and Hershey, Pennsylvania. In addition to providing me with many lasting memories (some hilarious, some unrepeatable), my experience with the orchestra also provided an invaluable entrée to many of the immortal standards like the Berlioz “Symphonie Fantastique” and Mahler First.