June 2026
Vienna Tour
Vienna, Austria
Renee travels to Vienna with the National Youth Orchestra of Dubai, taking the orchestra's music to the city of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
VIEAn Egyptian-Lebanese violinist whose first bow stroke sets the orchestra in motion: from her solo debut on the main stage of Dubai Opera to Carnegie Hall in New York and Vienna.
Renee Youssef is an Egyptian-Lebanese violinist who began playing at the age of three. Her path into ensemble playing started with the Music in the Studio workshops, which led her into the National Youth Orchestra of Dubai, an auditioned ensemble of young musicians from across the world.
On stage, Renee carries a role she takes seriously. She projects calm and confidence before the performance and sets the ensemble's posture, and her opening bow stroke signals that the orchestra is prepared and united.
Alongside her work with the orchestra, she continues her solo studies online with her violin teacher in Canada. In 2025 she won First Prize at the New York Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition.
Renee travels to Vienna with the National Youth Orchestra of Dubai, taking the orchestra's music to the city of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven.
VIEShe performed with the National Youth Orchestra of Dubai at the Viennese Masters Invitational. It was the first time a UAE orchestra had played at Carnegie Hall. The programme included works by Beethoven and Mozart.
NYHer first solo performance on Dubai Opera's main stage was a celebrated Spanish melody. She played it at the orchestra's season-closing concert, presented in partnership with Dubai Culture.
DXBShe took the top award in an international concerto competition for young soloists. The same year, she made her debuts at Dubai Opera and Carnegie Hall.
IRenee picks up the violin and begins more than a decade of daily study.
Workshops in the Music in the Studio programme lead her to the National Youth Orchestra of Dubai.
She studies online with her violin teacher in Canada while rehearsing weekly with the orchestra.
She wins the New York Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition.
She gives her first solo performance on the main stage, and her teacher travels from Canada to see it.
She plays in New York as the UAE's first orchestra on Carnegie Hall's stage.
She tours Vienna with the National Youth Orchestra of Dubai.
Founded in 2018 with four students, the NYO has grown into five orchestras of about 200 musicians aged 5 to 18. Every place is won by audition. Members include Emirati, Egyptian, Lebanese, Indian, Japanese and Palestinian students.
This profile of the orchestra's road to New York describes Renee's role in setting the ensemble's composure, with her opening bow stroke starting each performance.
Read articleThe coverage of the season-closing concert highlights Renee's first solo on Dubai Opera's main stage and her First Prize win in New York.
Read article (Arabic)For performance invitations, collaborations and press, please get in touch. Enquiries are handled by Renee's family.
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