Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Chamber music concert opens Japan-Philippines Friendship Contemporary Music Festival

Pianist Ayumi Hirahara

February 8, 2013, 7:30 PM
Philam Life Auditorium
UN Avenue, Manila

Featuring:
Ayumi Hirahara, piano
Hiroshi Shibayama, oboe
String Quartet I
     Takashi Hamano, violin
     Naoru Komiya, violin
     Go Tomono, viola
     Ken’ichi Nishiyama, cello
PPO Wind Quartet
     Rosemarie Poblete, flute
     Ariel Sta. Ana, clarinet
     Jose Jerry Samonte, bassoon
     Ernani Pascual, horn
PPO String Quartet
     Dino Decena, violin
     Joanna Ruth Livioco, violin
     Joy Allan de la Cruz, viola
     Herrick Ortiz, cello

Programme:
Francisco Santiago Nocturne in E flat minor
Maki Ishii North-Silver-Night, Op. 93 Winter
Francisco Buencamino Maligayang Bati
Yasushi Akutagawa La Dance: Suite for Piano
Hal Goodman Woodwind Boogie
Astor Piazzolla Violetango
Toru Takemitsu Entre-Temps for Oboe and String quartet
Tadashi Kubo String Quartet Elegy
Manuel Maramba New Work for String Quartet

In celebration of the Japan-Philippines Friendship Contemporary Music Festival and the 40th year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, the Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo will hold two concerts here in Manila with the first happening on February 8, 2013, 7:30 PM at the Philam Life Auditorium.

Violinist Takashi Hamano

Solo piano pieces and chamber music highlight the first concert that feature Japanese musicians like pianist Ayumi Hirahara, oboist Hiroshi Shibayama and a string quartet composed of violinists Takashi Hamano and Naoru Komiya, violist Go Tomono and cellist Ken’ichi Nishiyama. Several members of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra participating in the concert include the PPO Woodwind Quartet composed of flutist Rosemarie Poblete, clarinetist Ariel Sta. Ana, bassoonist Jose Jerry Samonte  and horn player Ernani Pascual. Also included in the concert is the PPO String Quartet composed of violinists Dino Decena and Joanna Ruth Livioco, violist Joy Allan de La Cruz, and cellist Herrick Ortiz.

Violinist Naoru Komiya

Pieces to be performed in this evening are Francisco Santiago’s Nocturne in E flat minor, Mak Ishii’s North-Silver-Night, Op. 93 Winter, Francisco Buencamino’s Maligayang Bati, and Yasushi Akutagawa’s La Dance: Suite for Piano for the solo piano. Woodwind Boogie by Hal Goodman, Violetango by Astor Piazzola, Entre-Temps for oboe and strings by Toru Takemitsu, String Quartet Elegy by Tadashi Kubo and String Quartet by Manuel P. Maramba will be performed by the string and woodwind quartets. If I’m not mistaken, the String Quartet pieces by Kubo and Maramba will be having their world premiere performance during this concert.

Violist Go Tomono

The Orchestra Nipponica Tokyo concert event is endorsed by the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines in Japan, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Philippines, the Japanese Association Manila, Inc., the Daily Manila Shimbun and South Japan Broadcasting (Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan).

Cellist Ken'ichi Nishiyama

Ticket prices:
P1000 Loge Center
P800 Loge Side
P500 Orchestra Center

For inquiries:
CCP Box Office 832-3704, 832-3706
TicketWorld: 8919999

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