VERA Files
Before leaving for New York August 7 for her studies at Juilliard, Marquez will give a full recital at the Performing Arts Hall of the University of the Philippines Visayas in Iloilo City at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. For seat reservation, text 09065104270.
A ticket to a typical concert of the 92-year old Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) would cost an exorbitant P5,000 if there were no corporate or individual sponsors, patrons and donors or season subscribers.
Music and history had an edifying moment Friday night in Iloilo City when the Manila Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Arturo Molina performed at the historic Molo Church constructed in 1831.
It was raining cheers and ecstatic applause at the Cultural Center of the Philippine main theater Saturday night with the return engagement of Romanian violin superstar Alexandru Tomescu who was soloist of the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) in the highly challenging Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor.
The main highlight of the opening season concert of the Manila Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Molina Saturday night is the monumental Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 mounted at The Circuit in Makati.
Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA Archive photos courtesy of the MANILA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The musicians who heeded the call of conductor Herbert Zipper to join the Manila Symphony […]
BY PABLO A. TARIMAN THE members of the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) were preparing for their next season concert on September 14 at the BDO Francisco Santiago Hall when […]
By PABLO A. TARIMAN ONLY one orchestra in the country can claim to have a historic past and that is the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) founded in 1926 by Dr. […]
By PABLO A. TARIMAN
WHEN sensational Australian soprano Claire Primrose debuts in Manila on November 10 with the Manila Symphony Orchestra at the Philamlife Theater, she will have ended an 18-year drought of Wagnerian sopranos in Manila.
THE country’s three leading orchestras, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) and the FILharmonika–resume their concert seasons this month with assorted musical menu for music lovers of all ages