The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) under the baton of Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura welcomes the New Year with its fifth concert on Jan. 24, 2020 at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines at 8 p.m. Bassoon player Adolfo O. Mendoza is the guest performer.

The program consists of Antonin Dvorak’s “Serenade for String Orchestra, op. 22, E Major”; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Bassoon Concerto, B-flat Major” and Cesar Franck’s “Symphony in D minor.”

Mendoza is the Principal Bassoonist of the PPO, a faculty member of the University of Santo Tomas’ Conservatory of Music, Sta. Isabel College of Music and the Conductor of Trinity University of Asia Symphonic Band. He is the music director and conductor of the Lyceum Northwestern University Chorale and the Balon Dagupan City Government Chorale.

Mendoza was the bassoonist for the musical “Miss Saigon” in its Manila run at the Cultural Center of the Philippines from September 2000 to March 2001 and in Hong Kong and Singapore from March to August 2001. He also performed as the principal bassoon of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra in its European Tour (Austria, Czech Republic, Spain and Germany) in 2001 and its Japan concert tour in September 2002.

Ticket prices are P1,500, P1,200, P800, P500, P400, with discounts available to students, senior citizens and groups. CCP Box Office, tel. 88323704