Manila Symphony Orchestra to celebrate centennial year with concert series
The Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) celebrates its 100th anniversary with a series of concerts to be held throughout the year.
The orchestra will formally conclude its 99th season with an anniversary concert on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theatre.
The show will feature guest conductors Darrel Ang and Mark Anthony Carpio, Chinese-born Japanese pianist Miyu Liu, and the Philippine Madrigal Singers.
The upcoming centennial season, which begins March 13 at the Aliw Theater, will feature Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty, performed by Ballet Manila.
Succeeding shows will feature musicians from the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO), MSO’s youth division, in its May 30 concert at the Proscenium Theatre.
Esteemed sopranos Rachelle Gerodias and Michelle Mariposa will join the orchestra’s Legacies in Song on Aug. 29 at the FEU Auditorium in Manila.
Various Filipino composers will be honored in MSO’s October 24 program, with a new piece by National Artist Ryan Cayabyab making its debut.
Established in 1926, the Manila Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the longest-running performing groups in the Philippines and across Asia.
It has hosted countless guest performers from around the globe, including soprano Montserrat Caballé, as well as National Artists Lucio San Pedro and Levi Celerio.
Throughout its recent history, the orchestra has focused on nurturing young talents through the Manila Symphony Orchestra Foundation, which founded the MSO Music Academy and MSJO.
