PPO 29th Season 2011-2012

October 7, 2011 - Clarinetist Ariel Sta. Ana performs with the PPO with "Musical Landscapes" of Revueltas' Sensemaya, Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Respighi's Feste Romane and Peña’s Igorot Rhapsody.

November 11, 2011 - renowned Korean conductor Jae Joon Lee returns to the CCP stage with one of Vietnam’s top violinists Bui Cong Duy to perform Max Bruch's Violin Concerto and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. The PPO will also perform Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture

December 16, 2011 - Maestro Olivier Ochanine once again wields the baton in a Christmas concert with the return of eminent Filipino pianist Ariel Dechosa, featuring Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2.

January 20, 2012 - Japan's prominent trombonist Takahiro Ono ushers in the New Year with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Trombone Concerto on January 20, 2012. The PPO will also perform Dv??rák’s Czech Suite, and one of the signature works of Denmark’s most celebrated composer, Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable."

February 17, 2012 - Distinguished British born conductor James Judd conducts the PPO on February 17 in Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 "Italian" and Bernstein’s Overture to Candide. Finnish violinist and concertmaster of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Vesa-Matti Leppänen, performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. The concert will be presented at the Philamlife Theater at 7:30 p.m.

March 16, 2012 - Anton Bruckner Symphony No.4 “Romantic” will highlight the March 16 PPO concert under the baton of Maestro Olivier Ochanine. The concert also features one of the country’s top sopranos, Rachelle Gerodias in arias, kundimans and more.

Apri 20, 2012 - Leeds International Piano Competition winner renowned Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak ends the PPO season with Igor Stravinsky’s "The Rite of Spring" and Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1.