34th PPO CONCERT SEASON

Timeless Classics, New Beginnings

CONCERT V
Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura
Music Director and Principal Conductor
PRESENTED BY:
Cultural Center of the Philippines
DATE/TIME/ VENUE:
January 20, 2017 | 8:00PM
Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
DESCRIPTION:
The PPO, with Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura conducting, welcomes the New
Year with a selection of uplifting classical masterpieces that include Mozarts
Symphony No. 28 in C, Elgars Enigma Variations and Mendelssohns Violin
Concerto in E minor, one of the most popular and most frequently performed
violin concertos of all time. Violinist Diomedes Saraza, Jr., who was the
featured soloist in the Carnegie Hall debut of the PPO in June 2016, will
dazzle audiences as he performs the many virtuosic passages of
Mendelssohns concerto. Dont miss this concert!
PROGRAMME:
W. A. Mozart
Edward Elgar
Joaqun Rodrigo

Symphony No. 28 in C
Enigma Variations
Violin Concerto in E minor

Diomeded Saraza, Jr., violin

Yoshikazu Fukumura, conductor
ABOUT THE SOLOIST:
DIOMEDES SARAZA, JR., violin
Born to a family of musicians, Diomedes B. Saraza, Jr. showed his interest in
the violin at the age of three, with his father as first violin teacher. He took
his formal lessons at the age of five at St. Scholasticas College of Music,
moving a year later to the much respected pedagogue, a Juilliard-trained
violinist, Prof. Basilio Manalo and later on, to Prof. Arturo Molina of the Kiev
Conservatory in Moscow.

At an early age, Saraza performed as a soloist of the Philippine Research for

Developing Instrumental Soloists (PREDIS) and served as the concertmaster
of the Childrens Orchestra in the Philippines. He soon became the youngest
member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra II. At the age of 8, he became
one of the selected delegates of the 45th year Suzuki Music Convention held
in Tokyo, Japan. He had his debut recitals at the CCP and at the Pasig Music
Festival. In 2002, he won first place in the National Music Competition for
Young Artists (NAMCYA) and later made his concert debut entitled The Gift
at the CCP.
In the summer of 2005, he moved to New York to pursue violin studies at the
Mannes The New School Preparatory Division under the tutelage of respected
violin pedagogue, Dr. Chin Kim. In 2006, he joined the Green Mountain
Chamber Music Festival and in 2007, he won the Friday-Woodmere Young
Artist Competition in Hewlett, NY. In 2008, he won the Mannes Concerto
Competition and and later that year, he became the concertmaster of the
Mannes Philharmonic. In 2009, his chamber group, the Mannes Chamber
Initiative, won the American Teacher's League Competition and was featured
at Carnegie Hall in New York. Later that year, he had his homecoming
concert in Manila entitled Symphonic Virtuosity with the Manila Symphony
Orchestra and Maestro Christoph Poppen of the German Radio Philharmonic.
Today, Diomedes continues to perform extensively around Asia especially in
the Philippines. He has performed in such respected venues as Lincoln
Centers Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Julia Richman Auditorium, and Paul Hall
of the Juilliard School. He completed both his Bachelor of Music and Master of
Music degrees at the Juilliard School where he was also awarded the Irene
Diamond Graduate Fellowship and C.V. Starr Scholarship. In addition, he was
recently admitted for Master of Musical Arts degree at Yale University with
full-tuition scholarship. Saraza was the featured soloist in the Carnegie Hall
debut of the PPO in June, 2016.
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[OS] Orchestra Side
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[BIC] Balcony I Center
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[L. Box] Lower Box (6 tickets)
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[P. Box] Parterre Box (6 tickets)
9,000
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[BIC] Balcony | Center

[U. Box] Upper Box (6 tickets)
[L. Box] Lower Box (6 tickets)
[P. Box] Parterre Box (6 tickets)

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