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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.

Most Filipinos are familiar with the Tagalog folk song Bahay Kubo that describes a humble nipa hut with a backyard garden planted with 18 vegetables. Native vegetables? No, they came from all over the world.

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.

After the nomination deadline for National Artists closed last June 30, 2024, several organizations revealed their nominees for National Artists in various categories.

Known for its biodiversity in flora and fauna, the Philippines has some 21,000 insect species, 70 percent of which are endemic to the country. Its edible insects include migratory locusts (balang) and grasshoppers, June beetles (salagubang), crickets (kuliglig), termites, and the larvae of beetles, ants, and bees.

Reading “Honor” meant reaching an understanding of the man in whose honor my alma mater was - a hero of courage, dignity and altruism who believed that extending help to others without ulterior motives should be the norm and not the exception.

In his most recent exhibit titled Tadhana at Art Lounge Manila, Janos Delacruz presents over 30 works on canvas, paper, and hand painted reinforced resin centered on the themes of love, longing, and deep connection with each other.

On Sept. 26, the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation Inc will hold a timely forum called “Ningning sa Dilim: Usapang Sining at Lusog-Isip” or Light in the Darkness: A Conversation on Art and Mental Health at 2 p.m. on the second floor of Arete (Ateneo Art Gallery), Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Ave., Quezon City.

Among the 25 prints of Fara Manuel-Nolasco on exhibit until Sept. 15 at the Darnay Demetillo Art Space of the University of the Philippines Baguio’s College of Arts and Communication is “Everlasting,” a tribute to the highland flower that traditionally serves as a welcome lei to visitors. It looks simple at first glance but upon closer look, the artist’s effort in creating the detailed layers of petals is impressive.

Celebrating the country’s weaving heritage, Cherubim A. Quizon, PhD elaborated on the weaving traditions of the Tagabawa Bagobo in southern Mindanao, in a recent Zoom talk titled Red Cloth Reconsidered.

The screenings of Jose Rizal and Bona are Cinemalaya’s tribute to the country’s cinema icons.

George Harliono, the former Indonesian-British piano prodigy who has been astonishing concert hall audiences in Europe, the US and Asia, is set to impress Manila on Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Ayala Museum with a program that ranges from Beethoven’s “The Tempest” or Piano Sonata No. 17 Op. 31 to Stravinsky’s Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka.