RING IN THE HOLIDAYS AT THE PPO CHRISTMAS CONCERT

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), the country’s national orchestra, returns to the stage in a special Christmas concert entitled “Ring in the Holidays” on December 9, Thursday, at the CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater) at 8pm

PPO’s music director, Maestro Olivier Ochanine wields the baton in a program which features Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Redentor Romero’s Philippine Portraits and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy after Dante, Op. 32 along with popular Christmas medleys and songs.


 

Maestro Olivier Ochanine began his musical studies in Paris, France. Having studied the flute in Germany and the US, and then the contrabass in the United States as well, he developed an interest in orchestral conducting while pursuing the Bachelor Degree for flute performance at the University of Kentucky (UK). While at UK, Mr. Ochanine studied flute with Gordon Cole (UK) and bass with Matthew Zory (Cincinnati Symphony). In 2001, Mr. Ochanine began his Masters Degree studies in Orchestral Conducting at USC’s Thornton School of Music, in Los Angeles, where he gained conducting experience while working with the USC Symphony, Chamber and Concert Orchestras. He was chosen the recipient of the Conducting Department Award in 2003. Mr. Ochanine is working towards his Doctorate Degree in Orchestral Conducting under Mark Gibson at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). In 2009, Mr. Ochanine was chosen by the legendary Jorma Panula as one of his students in the 2009 Masterclass in Milan, Italy, with the I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra. Panula has been a primary teacher of conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Osmo Vänskä. Mr. Ochanine became the PPO music director in early 2010.


Ticket prices: Php1000/800/500/350/200, with discounts available to students, senior citizens and groups. Subscription packages are also available. For inquiries and subscriptions, please call the CCP Marketing Department (832-1125 loc. 1806), the CCP Box Office (832-3704) or Ticketworld (891-9999).