The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes the SORA Ensemble from Japan for their upcoming concert this November 15, 2019, 8:00 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater).
SORA Ensemble, composed of oboist Hiromasa Iwasaki, bassoonist Rei Ishiguro, violinist Kana Kobayashi, and cellist Keiichi Yamada, will be the soloists for Franz Joseph Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, Op. 84 Hob. I/105. Other pieces to be performed at the concert include Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major Op. 70 and Arturo Márquez' Danzón No. 7 and Danzón No. 8. Music Director/Principal Conductor Yoshikazu Fukumura will lead the PPO in this performance.
The SORA Ensemble was formed by Hiromasa Iwasaki, the principal oboist of the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra and young musicians in 2008. Along with the motto Music at Anytime, Anywhere, they have performed more than a hundred concerts annually to cities, towns and villages in Hokkaido and other parts of Japan, to bring to people the energetic live performances of chamber music, symphony and other ensemble music. Their first album SORA with Hokkaido was released in 2018 commemorating the group’s 10th Anniversary.
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