PPO, pianist Hiyas Hila reunite in January concert

Pianist Hiyas Hila

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra with music director and principal conductor Yoshikazu Fukumura welcomes the New Year with the return of pianist Hiyas Hila in a concert this January 18, 2019, 8:00 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo).

The music lined up for this concert includes Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 with Hiyas Hila as the featured soloist, and Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92.

Hiyas Hila performs regularly as a solo, orchestral and chamber music artist. She has been featured in concerts in the United States, Spain and the Philippines. Her orchestral appearances include performances with the Manila Symphony Orchestra, University of Minnesota Symphony Orchestra, and the Metro Manila Concert Orchestra. She currently teaches piano, chamber music and piano ensemble at the East Bay Center for the Performing Arts in Richmond, California and at Saint Brigid Catholic School in San Francisco, California. She previously taught applied piano and class piano at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Hila made her debut with the PPO and Fukumura at an all-Mozart concert back in June 2017.