Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak and The Rite of Spring end PPO's epic season

Pianist Sofya Gulyak

March 16, 2012, 8:00 PM

Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

Featuring:

Sofya Gulyak, piano

Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

Olivier Ochanine, conductor

Programme:

Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Two epic pieces close out the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2011-2012 season this April 20, 2012, 8:00 PM at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Leeds International Pianoforte Competition 2009 winner Sofya Gulyak of Russia will be the guest soloist performing Johannes Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. On the other hand, Olivier Ochanine conducts Igor Stravinsky’s revolutionary piece The Rite of Spring capping a season featuring pieces that pushed the orchestra’s limits.

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

Sofya Gulyak was in the original PPO 2010-2011 season lineup but as many know, performers and programmes are subject to change. An updated season lineup then showed that it she would no longer be performing with the PPO. She was able to visit the country though back in October 2010 for a solo piano recital. This event was not only well received by the critics but was also well attended as well. Seeing her play Chopin and Schumann, I wished that she would be able to perform a piano concerto with the PPO as previously planned. And it seemed that I wasn’t the only one who had the same sentiment since people who watched Gulyak’s recital before were very thrilled when I informed them about her return to the country.

Conductor Olivier Ochanine

As for Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, it will be my first time to see this groundbreaking piece performed live. It will be a great task for Olivier Ochanine to conduct this piece since it’s very well known that the initial audience didn’t react to this music well when it premiered. This piece is rarely performed here in the country which means that there will be a lot of people who would be seeing and hearing it live for the first time as well. I’m looking forward to this one since this is the remaining Stravinsky ballet music (Firebird and Petrouchka) that I’ve yet to see a live performance of. I know that it will require a lot more from me (and the rest of the audience) to fully grasp this piece but I am up to the challenge.

Ticket prices:

P1000 Orchestra Center

P800 Orchestra Side

P500 Balcony I Center

P350 Balcony I Side

P200 Balcony II

-50% student discount

-20% senior citizen discount

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