MANILA, Philippines - San Francisco Symphony bassoonist Steve Dibner will take the centerstage as soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s third concert of the season on Nov. 12 at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater), Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Billed “Dibner’s Basoon,” the concert will feature two famous works for the bassoon, Weber’s Concerto and Elgar’s Elegy.
Dibner is a native of Michigan and began his career as a violinist, actor and singer. He began serious study of the bassoon with Leonard Sharrow at Indiana University where he attained degrees in music, French/Italian and a Performer’s Certificate, and with Stephen Maxym at the Juilliard School, obtaining his M.M. degree.
He served as principal bassoonist of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 1983, during which time he maintained a busy freelance career performing with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the New York Chamber Soloists and Parnassus.
Dibner has regularly appeared as a bassoon soloist and chamber musician with San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival, as well as the San Francisco Symphony. He has performed chamber music at leading festivals around the world, including those of Salzburg, Lucerne, Spoleto, Marlboro, Mostly Mozart (NYC), Caramoor and Aspen.
He also presents solo appearances for sick and disadvantaged people in the San Francisco bay area through the organization Bread and Roses.
PPO music director and conductor Olivier Ochanine will lead the PPO in this concert, which will also feature Strauss’ Tod und Verklaerung, a beautiful work depicting a dying artist’s reminiscence of his life, and the “Great” and last of nine symphonies of Franz Schubert.
Tickets are priced at P200, P350, P500, P800, and P1,000.
For inquiries, call the CCP Box Office at 832-3704.