The former Italian born music director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra Maestro Ruggero Barbieri has passed away aged 60 after suffering a blood clot in his brain at his home in Bergamo on March 10, 2022.
Italian Maestro Ruggero Barbieri passed away on March 20 at Pope John XXX111 Hospital in Bergamo, Italy due to aneurism in the brain. Confirming the news of his demise was his 21-year-old son, Piolo Barbieri, through Rustan's CEO Zenaida “Nedy” Tantoco. Last March 12, maestro Barbieri was taken to t