Manila Symphony Orchestra

ATM: Rehearsal ongoing for Concerto Ottimo 2 at RCBC Carlos P Romulo Auditorium.

Stay safe everyone and see you all tonight!

MSO performs at the Ayala Museum Music Festival “AMPLIFY” as part of their 50th Anniversary Celebration. So grateful for the enduring partnership in bring arts and culture into Makati’s central business district. Congratulations!

The Manila Symphony Orchestra joins the entire nation in mourning the passing as well as celebrating the life and legacy of Maestro Gilopez Kabayao (1929-2024) who for a time was Music Director and Conductor of the MSO in the 1970s.

His legacy as an artist of the Filipino people, built upon those numerous concerts he did all over the Philippines is a constant inspiration to all of us who believe in the transformative power of music as a catalyst for nation building. His arrangements of Filipino folksongs remain a gold standard in how to utilize our native resources to develop works of universal artistic merit that we can be proud to put forward as a representative of what Filipino artistry is all about.

Maraming salamat Maestro!

As a way of saying thank you for your loyal patronage, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is offering a special 20% discount when you purchase tickets for A Night at the Pops at the New Frontier Theater! This exciting concert, happening on November 15, 2024, will feature the Manila Symphony Orchestra alongside popular artists like Lola Amour, Barbie Almalbis, Jason Dhakal, and Arthur Miguel.

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Don’t miss this incredible musical experience—grab your tickets now!

Dynamite by BTS will come to life with Manila Symphony Orchestra in A NIGHT AT THE POPS next month. Get your tickets at Ticketnet.com.ph.

IN PHOTOS: MSO's All-Beethoven Concert last October 5, 2024 at the Aliw Theater under the baton of Alexander Vikulov with our new concertmaster Alessio Benvenuti; Spectacular concerto performance from our piano soloist Mariel Ilusorio!

We deeply appreciate Lisa Macuja Elizalde, Artistic Director of Ballet Manila, for her generous sponsorship of Maestro Alexander Vikulov as our guest conductor tonight and for graciously welcoming us at Aliw Theater.

Thank you to our dear audience and patrons for your continuous support! See you in our concerts in the near future!

📸: Jeremy Caisip

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The MSO is excited to perform an All-Beethoven program for everyone on October 5 at the Aliw Theater!

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Beloved And Hidden Gems: Manila Symphony Orchestra To Perform All-Beethoven Program The Manila Symphony Orchestra journeys to its centennial celebration with a spectacular all-Beethoven program on October 5 in Aliw Theater at 7.30 P.M.

Welcome back Maestro Alexander Vikulov!

Looking forward to a week of music making with Beethoven’s orchestral works. He will be MSO’s guest conductor this Saturday, October 5 at the Aliw Theater.

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Alexander Vikulov was born in 1967 in Saint Petersburg to a family of prominent ballet dancers Sergey Vikulov and Tatiana Udalenkova. In 1974 he entered the Special School of Music to study violin with Professor Irina L. Etigon and in 1985 entered the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory.

After finishing his education as a violinist he played in the Orchestra of the State Hermitage (St.Petersburg Camerata) under the button of the international prominent conductor professor Saulius Sondeckis 1993 he entered the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum in Salzburg (Austria), where his mentors were such renowned conductors and teachers as Michael Gielen, Jorge Rotter, Walter Hagen-Groll, and Dennis Russel Davis.

On graduating from university Mozarteum in 1999 Alexander Vikulov was improving his professional skills under the direction of the chief conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra professor Yuri Simonov.

In 1999 he began his professional activity as a conductor in Saint Petersburg State Theatre of Musical Comedy and 2002 made his debut at Mariinsky Theater with W.- A. Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”. In the same year he started to teach German repertoire to the students of the Academy of Young Opera Singers of Mariinsky (a very important role in the formation of his professional views in this area was played by his longstanding friendly relations with distinguished German coach Richard Trimborn). Among his students are leading young singers of the Mariinsky troupe.

In 2014 A. Vikulov also became an artistic adviser in German repertoire and early music interpretation to the Elena Obraztsova Cultural Center in Saint Petersburg. As a symphony conductor A. Vikulov performed with leading orchestras of Saint Petersburg; at the same time as a ballet conductor he collaborated (apart from Mariinsky Theater) with Vienna State Opera House, Seoul Arts Center, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Finnish National Opera House and Teatro Regio di Torino.

At present Alexander Vikulov is also a permanent guest conductor of St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra “Klassika” and musical director at Star and Aliw Theaters of the Star Parks Corporation in Manila, Philippines.

A warm welcome to our new Concertmaster, Maestro Alessio Benvenuti! He will be leading the MSO in our upcoming Season Concert no. 5 “Beethoven” on Saturday, October 5, at the Aliw Theater.

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Honoured by former President of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as "Artist of High National and International Value" Alessio Benvenuti comes from a long dynasty of musicians - starting way back in the 17th century with Girolamo Benvenuti who was one of the violin teachers of Arcangelo Corelli, the great Italian Baroque composer and violinist credited to be a key figure in the development of modern violin technique as well as the sonata and concerto form. Alessio’s father Roberto, was an amateur double bass player and his uncle Fernando is an organist and hammondist.

Alessio Benvenuti began studying the piano at the age of three, and at the age of four he started on the violin with Ivette Gregorian. He continued his childhood studies with Maestro Sergio Marzi and at the age of eight he became a private student of legendary Maestro Guido Agosti for the piano, who discovered him during a masterclass course at the "Accademia Musicale Chigiana" in Siena. He graduated privately in violin and piano at the "Luigi Cherubini" Conservatory in Florence under the guidance of Maestro Tiberio Horvat for violin and Maestro Orazio Frugoni for piano.

He performed in public for the first time at the age of six, performing at the piano music of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, and at the age of eight, he also performed on the organ, among other pieces, the "Toccata and Fugue" by Bach. At the age of twelve, he performed the "24 Caprices" for solo violin by Niccolò Paganini, followed by a series of chamber concerts and a series about the six "Sonatas and Partitas" for solo violin by Bach. Starting from 1986 he attended several masterclasses with the great Polish violinist Henryk Szeryng at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. There he also performed at masterclasses with Franco Gulli, Boris Belkin, and for more than eight years he became the student of Maestro Uto Ughi, who he considers as his main violin teacher. He also studied Riccardo Brengola who taught him chamber music.

He continued his studies with Dorothy DeLay at the famous Juilliard School of Music and Drama in New York. In 2004 he obtained a "Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Performance" at the Royal College of Music in London where he studied with Maestro Yuri Zhislin for violin, Maestro Andrew Ball for piano and accompaniment for instruments and singers, and Maestro Neil Thomson for conducting. He was a regular piano accompanist in the singing class of the Welsh tenor Ryland Davies. During his time at the Royal College of Music he became an assistant in the recording studio, and studied composition, arrangement and electronic music for film and television, while for performance he attended special courses in Baroque and Ancient music.

Since 1996 he has been part of more than than two thousand concerts in the United States, South America, Central America, Asia, Tunisia, Italy and throughout Europe, collaborating with many Italian orchestras such as the 'Orchestra dell'Opera' del Teatro alla Scala and the 'Filarmonica della Scala' in Milan, the 'Orchestra Sinfonica' dell'Emilia Romagna, and concertmaster of the 'Orchestra Sinfonica' in Roma conducted by Maestro Francesco la Vecchia. For many years he was also violinist of the chamber orchestra "I Solisti Veneti" conducted by Maestro Claudio Scimone. He has collaborated with the greatest conductors including Riccardo Muti, Claudio Abbado, Yuri Temirkanov, Janos Furst and the Japanese Maestro Chosei Komatsu, who had him as violinist at the Orquesta Nacional de Costa Rica for three years.

As a conductor, Alessio has led the Orquesta Juvenil y Infantil of Medellin (Colombia), and the Palestinian Youth Orchestra. In 2019 and 2022 he collaborated with the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra with a concert on the music of Vivaldi and later on with the music of Mozart that established his artistic presence in the Philippines as violinist, pianist and conductor.

Aside from being a performer, Benvenuti also created his own compositions and arrangements. As a recording artist he had recorded the complete "Sonatas and Partitas" by Bach, "24 Capricci" op.1 by Paganini, as well as the "Six sonatas for solo violin" by Eugene Ysaye.

As a violin teacher he was a faculty member at the 'High School for Music' in Arezzo and chamber music at the Conservatory of Siena. He was also violin teacher and conductor at the "Red de Escuelas y Bandas" in Medellin, the "Escuela de Musica" in Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica. From In 2011 he became the music director of the "Al Kamandjati" school in Ramallah, Palestine. From 2017-2019 he taught at the Tabor Hill College and The University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines.

As a concert organizer he was artistic director of the "International Festival of Classical Music" of Torrita di Siena and Montefollonico (Siena) and artistic director of the "Organ Festival" of Torrita di Siena.

Alessio is married to Analyn Paitan from Siquijor, Philippines, and is now residing in Manila with their two children and has recently joined the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) as its concertrmaster and faculty member of the Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) and the MSO Music Academy.

Happening tonight: READY, SET, PLAY! The Manila Symphony Orchestra will be playing our favorite game and anime soundtracks live at the Ayala Malls Circuit, Makati.

Thank you for the feature, Rappler!

See you all tomorrow 6PM at Ayala Malls Circuit Activity Center for “READY, SET, PLAY” 🎶

The show starts at 6 pm, and the venue will be open to the public, allowing lovers of video games and anime to take it all in.

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IN PHOTOS: “MUSIC TO PAINT BY: ZÓBEL PLAYLIST”
A Rush Concert at the Ayala Museum
September 26, 2024

The MSO together with soloists Angeli Benipayo (voice), Madeline Jane Banta (harp), Joshua Agapito (flute), Arvin Medrano (oboe), Randolf Lopez (clarinet), Arnold Josue (cello)
performed the music from artist Fernando Zóbel’s cassette tapes which he would listen to as he painted. This included a variety of works from Mozart to a zen-like flute composition dedicated to the artist, entitled ‘Zóbel’ by Tomas Marco.

Photos courtesy of Ayala Museum

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MANILA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS BEETHOVEN AT ALIW THEATER The Manila Symphony Orchestra will showcase beloved and hidden gems from Beethoven’s repertoire, offering music enthusiasts a fresh listening experience.Continu

MSO’s upcoming BEETHOVEN concert on October 5 at No. 2! Thank you for the feature, GMA News!

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The MSO is thrilled to be working on Beethoven's masterworks with Maestro Alexander Vikulov for our 5th season concert on OCTOBER 5 at the ALIW THEATER!

Our last performance together was during the 2019 production of GISELLE by Ballet Manila.

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Alexander Vikulov studied violin at the Specialised Middle School of the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire and then went on to study at the Conservatoire itself. As a student, Vikulov joined the St Petersburg Orchestra of the State Hermitage Museum Camerata, founded by Saulius Sondeckis. After graduating from the Conservatoire, he continued to study conducting at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and then honed his skills under Yuri Simonov in Moscow and Budapest. In 2002, Vikulov made his debut at the Mariinsky Theatre with Le nozze di Figaro. In the following years, he has appeared at the Wiener Staatsoper, the Teatro Regio di Torino, and the Seoul Arts Centre.

Maestro Vikulov has been Music Director and Conductor of the dance company Ballet Manila (the Philippines) for many years. He gives concerts and holds workshops and master classes both in Russia and abroad. Principal Guest Conductor of the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra Classica.

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Fernando Zóbel was a highly intellectual abstract artist, and his paintings, together with his journals and anecdotes from people who knew him, support this insight.

Listen to the MSO perform the music from the cassette tapes that inspired Zóbel while painting.

Experience this momentous performance as well as Zóbel’s art all in one night on SEPTEMBER 26 (THURSDAY), 7:30pm at the Ayala Museum.

Tickets also come with free admission to the international exhibition “Zóbel: The Future of the Past”.

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