Archive - Arts & Culture

In her latest exhibition “Chronicles on Skin” at Galerie Stephanie, sculptor Julie Lluch combines sculpture with painting, incorporating “tattoos” in acrylic on her coldcast marble creations. That is not an easy feat because the marble is so smooth the paint slides off. The artist had to keep at it for the paint to adhere.

The year 2023 is turning out as a very good year for Filipino classical guitarists.

The latest chamber music treats from the University of the Philippines Visayas in Iloilo City featured pianist Rudolf Golez, violinist Sara Maria Gonzales and cellist John Paolo Anorico.

Wawi Navarroza considers herself as an artist who uses photography to explore her art practice. Her current exhibition, As Wild As We Come (until April 5, 2023, Silverlens Galleries) was first exhibited in London last year, and at the recently-held Art Fair Philippines 2023.

German opera star Jonas Kaufmann is Dick Johnson in Puccini’s Fanciulla del West with the Minnie of Eva-Maria Westbroek in the closing season offering of the CCP-Met HD cultural partnership.

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under guest conductor Haoran Li showed its inner, if, subtle temperament playing a repertoire devoid of instantly recognizable bravura qualities Friday night (Feb. 24) at the Manila Metropolitan Theater.

Oras de Peligro is a simple story of a Filipino family caught in the maelstrom of history as the new presidency beckons with the 13th and the first female president of the republic.

Ako si Ninoy isn’t just about the late martyr senator. It is also about the Filipino Everyman and his struggles to survive in his own country.

On February 24, a young cellist will perform with legendary Filipino pianist Carmencita Sipin Aspiras in Silliman University in Dumaguete.

Tenor Arthur Espiritu continued his winning streak by getting his third standing ovation in Science City of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija Monday afternoon (Feb. 13) at the CED Teachers Hall of the Central Luzon State University.

Violinist Diomedes Saraza, Jr. reaches a full musical cycle when he reprises the Sibelius violin concerto as soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic under the baton of Chinese conductor Haoran Li.

In recent years, a spate of books on Philippine cooking and foodways have been published in the country and overseas. In the United States, it includes Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora (2021) by Angela Dimayuga and Ligaya Mishan; I am a Filipino and This is How We Cook (2018) by Nicole Ponseca and MiguelTrinidad; and Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream by Alvin Cailan (2020).