LEYAN LO, a graduate student in physics at Stanford, made the papers earlier this week when he was chosen as one of the 101 musicians who will perform in Sydney, Australia, in March as part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
Lo, the concertmaster for the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, has another claim to fame: He is the Rubik’s Cube World Champion.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, members of the orchestra were selected from among 300 finalists in 46 countries who all posted an online audition on YouTube.
“The orchestra, under the direction of the San Francisco Symphony’s Michael Tilson Thomas, will have a week of rehearsals and concerts before a final performance March 20 that’ll be live-streamed around the world,” the Mercury News article said.
