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  The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) ushers in the season of romance with  Concert VI: Romanza , an evening devoted to the enduring language of romance expressed through music. Offering audiences a timeless Valentine’s celebration steeped in grace and sophistication, the country’s premier orchestra provides a distinguished setting for a program of lyrical richness and artistic refinement on February 13, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City.  The PPO, under the masterful guidance of PPO music director and principal conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, interprets the captivating works of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henryk Wieniawski, and Maurice Ravel in the sixth installment of its concert season. Violin virtuoso Bartek Nizioł and acclaimed pianist Junhee Kim serenade the audiences with the lush repertoire. An exquisite repertoire for a romantic night Coinciding with the eve of Valentine’s Day, PPO’s Concert VI:  Romanz...

Sustaining the musical versatility of its 41st concert season, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) welcomes another year of artistic brilliance and majestic harmonies with CONCERT V: PRELUDI on January 16, 2026, 7:30 p.m., at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City. The PPO, under the baton of the revered Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, beautifully reinterprets the timeless works of composers Jeffrey Ching, Frédéric Chopin, and Franz Liszt in Concert V: Preludi . Spanish-Filipino singer Andion Fernandez and piano prodigy Szymon Nehring are set to take the stage with the orchestra. A prelude to a new beginning This January, the fifth concert of the season warmly welcomes the audience with Ching’s Fenghuang Singing . Ching, the orchestra’s first composer-in-residence, crafted the melody for New Music in Sachsen-Anhalt (2019) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. While blending motifs from East and West German hymns, Ching describes the destructi...

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) reprises the repertoire from its successful tour across the United Kingdom (UK) in CONCERT II: LE RETOUR , slated on September 19, 2025, at 7:30 PM, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Makati City. Revisiting British classics in PPO’s Concert II: Le Retour Led by the commanding Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, Concert II: Le Retour ushers in the brilliance of the PPO with their iteration of Georges Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1 . To familiarize himself with the sounds of southern Spain in the early 19th century, Bizet went to great lengths in constructing the world he borrowed from Prosper Mérimée’s novella of the same name.  Bizet, however, passed three months after the premiere of Carmen . Unbeknownst to him, his friend Ernest Guiraud compiled the opera’s remarkable moments into two orchestral suites. PPO’s Concert II: Le Retour sustains its beautiful momentum with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending . Inspired by George Meredith’s poe...

After an excellent display of Filipino artistry in its recently concluded tour in the United Kingdom, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) exhibits its adaptable musicality for its 41st concert season, dubbed “VERSATILE.” With the commanding presence of conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, this concert season serves as a brilliant reminder of the PPO’s four decades of musical prowess. Welcome the music season with CONCERT I: OUVERTURE on September 12, 2025. With acclaimed pianist Andrey Gugnin, the orchestra opens with Antonin Dvořák’s Carnival Overture, op.92, Sergei Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 and Johannes Brahms’ Symphony no. 4, op.98, E minor. On September 19, 2025, a reprise of the PPO’s repertoire for its UK Tour is in store for the audiences with CONCERT II: LE RETOUR . The celebration continues with Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite Waltz and concludes with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony no. 5, op.67, C minor . Catch PPO’s very own...