When cellist Renato Lucas returns at the Manila Pianos May 5 for another round of Bach suites and a sonata, he will most likely bring with him years of experience as a cellist.
This year, on the 39th concert season of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), a new music director in the person of seasoned Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak took over. If one is to judge by Nowak’s two latest engagements with the PPO, one can say the national orchestra has finally found a star conductor. Friday night at the
It has been 50 years since the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra debuted. But if there’s something that time hasn’t changed, it is the orchestra’s enduring passion to bring music to every Filipino.
How time flies! The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), which was established back in 1973, is now 50, and it is celebrating its golden year with a special PPO 50th Anniversary Gala, slated at the Metropolitan Theater on May 12 at 8:00 p.m.