Filmmaker Carlitos Siguion-Reyna who just arrived in New York managed his jetlag and went straight to Carnegie Hall. “Saw a wonderful recital of Cecile Licad. The pianist again did the music world, the Philippines, and herself much honor through her deeply personal readings of a rich, diverse, and interesting program generously supplemented by two encores. Hoping for more concerts of her again soon in Manila.”
Celebrating our Christmas tradition, the Philippine Postal Corporation has released special stamps titled Simbang Gabi sa Ilog Pasig. The Philippines is one of the only few countries in the world that practice the nine-day dawn masses before Christmas.
The exhibit of rare and original paintings of Filipino masters Juan Luna, Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo, Fernando Amorsolo and Juan Arellano opened to the Iloilo public Monday, Nov. 25 at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Performance Hall.
In Richard Buxani’s most recent solo exhibit, Magic in Metal: The Art of Richard Buxani, at the UST Museum, Manila, he presented selected works from 2009 to 2024, showing his versatility in metal sculptures.
Music lovers had a rare musical treat of Filipino zarzuelas and opera by the UP Symphony Orchestra Nov. 8 at the state university theater in Diliman. The backstage suspense was that soprano Angeli Benipayo took the place of a vocally indisposed Stefanie Quintin just three days before the concert.
Before he leaves for Europe, Arthur Espiritu is slated to appear in a special concert at the Manila Pianos on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in between singing Rodolfo in La Boheme at Cologne Opera in Germany until the new year.
Amidst Latin America’s inequality and dictatorships in the 1960s and beyond, Gustavo Gutiérrez‘s Liberation Theology argued that the church had a duty to push for basic political and structural changes that would end poverty.
Ang BARMM ay nagkaroon ng isa sa pinakamataas na konsentrasyon ng nagtatagal na political dynasties sa bansa, ayon sa pag-aaral ni dating Ateneo School of Governance dean Ronald Mendoza.
The BARMM has had one of the highest concentrations of enduring political dynasties in the country, according to a study by former Ateneo School of Governance dean Ronald Mendoza.
It is a week of music and memories as friends, musicians and Iloilo city officials including civic organizations pay tribute to violinist and music missionary Gilopez Kabayao in the last days of viewing at the Gegato-Abecia Memorial Homes at Tanza, Iloilo City.
