Opera and cinema magic in Baguio City
Baguio City’s music lovers savored rare vocal treats during the weekend with two back-to-back concerts featuring the magic of cinema through their music and a balanced program of opera and Neapolitan favorites.
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Music, movies and the Filipino artists
After a successful season opening concert of the Philippine Philharmonic under Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, the national orchestra goes breezy and light in an evening of film music with Gerard Salonga on November 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m. at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts.
When an opening concert strikes a common chord
One could safely conclude the PPO has risen to high expectations with Richard Strauss’s tone poem Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40, which elicited a screaming standing ovation.
Puccini in Manila and Italy
There is sudden interest on Puccini after the 2022 staging of Turandot courtesy of the CCP, the Filipino Opera Society and the PPO Society, Inc.
Competitions do not determine a young talent’s future – Shlomo Mintz
Shlomo Mintz, a winner of several international competitions who will be the soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic in the Bruch violin concerto on Friday, Sept. 27, said competitions are not a perfect way to determine the future of a young talent.
Remembering Nena
The musical life of Nena del Rosario Villanueva will be recalled in a special concert at the Manila Pianos on September 22, 2 p.m. with special lecture on her life and works by Dr. Alegria Ferrer.
Julie Lluch: Gawad CCP award a validation of my life’s work
Julie Lluch is one of those who will be given special tribute by the CCP in the awards night on September 20, 7 p.m. at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts in Circuit Makati.
Gawad CCP awardee Lea Salonga in Madam Tussauds museum
Lea Salonga leads the list of Gawad CCP awardees to be given special tribute in the awards night on Sept. 20, 2024, 7 p.m. at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts in Circuit Makati.
Peltokoski’s Bruckner 9th ‘stronger than typhoon Yagi’
Bruckner’s 9th Symphony soared as it did in three movements, its message not lost on Hong Kong audiences. It once more re-asserted Filipino-Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski as the youngest and most phenomenal music director of the HK Philharmonic.
Damodar Das Castillo at MiraNila Heritage House Sept. 19
For the Sept. 19 recital, Damodar will use a cello made by George Gerl, a winner in the Luthier Competition in Germany, given by Mr. Ernesto Echauz of Standard Insurance Co. Inc. Mariel Ilusorio will be playing on a newly restored 1904 Steinway New York grand piano considered rare in the Steinway & Sons catalog.
