Saturday, October 26, 2013

Israeli pianist Yossi Reshef joins the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in November concert

Pianist Yossi Reshef

November 14, 2013, 8:00 PM
Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
CCP Complex
Pasay, Metro Manila

Featuring:
Yossi Reshef, piano
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
Olivier Ochanine, conductor

Programme:
Robert Schumann
     Overture from Manfred, Op. 115
     Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Ralph Vaughan Williams
     Overture from The Wasps
     Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor
Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes Israeli pianist Yossi Reshef, the featured guest at the orchestra’s upcoming concert in partnership with the Embassy of Israel happening on November 14, 2013, 8:00 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater).

Reshef will perform with the PPO Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 under the baton of Olivier Ochanine, the principal conductor and music director of the PPO. Other pieces to be performed in this concert include Schumann’s Manfred Overture, Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Overture from The Wasps and Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor, and Richard Strauss’ Don Juan, Op. 20.

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

According to the press release, Yossi Reshef holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California, where he was assistant to Prof. Norman Krieger. And aside from being a performer and a teacher, Reshef has also worked as a film composer and musical director in Hollywood. The independent feature Ivory to be released next year is his recent collaboration with director Andrew W. Chan. He has also won numerous prizes and awards like the America Israel Cultural Foundation Excellency scholarship award, the Zilbermann first prize award for the best interpretation of Israeli piano music; the second prize in the Rubin Academy Competition, the Apple Hill Playing for Peace Scholarship, the Tel Aviv University Dean's Excellency Award, the John Tesh Scholar, the Adele Marcus Foundation Music Scholarship, the John Green Endowed Music Scholarship, the David Nowakowsky Music Scholarship, the Alice Ray Catalyne Music scholarship in piano; the Michael Feinstein music scholarship, and the Ann and Gordon Getty Music Foundation Scholarship.

Conductor Olivier Ochanine

Free tickets can be won by joining a contest by the Embassy of Israel found at their facebook page.

Ticket prices:
P1500 Orchestra Center
P1200 Orchestra Side
P800 Extreme Orchestra Side
P500 Balcony I Center
P400 Balcony I Side
P300 Balcony II
-50% student discount
-20% senior citizen discount

For inquiries:
CCP Marketing Department 832-1125 local 1806
CCP Box Office 832-3704
TicketWorld 891-9999

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