Thursday, May 24, 2018

German cellist Claus Kanngiesser guests in Manila Symphony Orchestra season opener


The Manila Symphony Orchestra welcomes German cellist Claus Kanngiesser as its guest artist in its 2018-2019 Year of the Titans season opening concert happening this June 3, 2018, 6:00 PM at The Theatre at Solaire.

Cellist Claus Kanngiesser

The concert, billed as The Color of Music, will feature performances of Richard Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 with Claus Kanngiesser as featured soloist. MSO Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Prof. Arturo Molina conducts.

Manila Symphony Orchestra

Claus Kanngiesser, born in Oldenburg, Germany, has studied with Heinrich Schüchner in Hamburg and with Zara Nelsova at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and gained further artistic inspiration from Gaspar Cassado, Pablo Casals, Yehudi Menuhin and Rudolf Serkin. He enjoys a rich musical life as soloist, chamber-music player, teacher, director, juror and advisor.

Conductor Arturo Molina

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