Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
Maestro Barbieri gave all that he could to the PPO as it Music Director and Principal Conductor for many years.
My feature today is about an artist who made such a big impact in the lives of so many people around him — Maestro Ruggero Barbieri, who passed away last March 20 in his hometown in Bergamo, Italy. He was the Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra from 1996 to 2004.