The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, the country’s primary orchestra, will take its last Switch for its 39th concert season on April 19, 7:30 p.m., at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati.
For its finale concert, the resident orchestra of the Cultural Center of the Philippines will feature violinist Diomedes Saraza Jr. as its guest soloist.
Saraza is a renowned concert violinist, chamber musician, and educator. As the former concertmaster of the Manila Symphony Orchestra, he has performed internationally with orchestras like the Mannes Orchestra and New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble. His solo and chamber performances have been held at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Russia.
For its final concert, PPO music director and principal conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak will take the baton, leading the national orchestra in a night of Fete Francaise. The concert program includes National Artist Lucresia Kasilag’s “Violin Concerto No. 1,” Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28,” and Franz Schubert’s “Symphony No. 5.”
Tickets to PPO Concert VIII: Fete Francaise are priced at P3,000 (Orchestra Center), P2,000 (Orchestra Side), P2,500 (Loge Center), P1,500 (Loge Side), and P800 (Balcony 1).
The PPO concert season is made possible with partners SSI Group, Inc., TBWA\SMP, Ascott Bonifacio Global City, and Lyf Malate Manila.
For more information, visit the CCP (www.culturalcenter.gov.ph)