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.
A grand celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birth anniversary unfolds in Manila on Saturday February 22 with the country’s leading artists interpreting some of the composer’s works in special recitals.
If his cheering CCP crowd last September 26 was of any indication, matched by a shouting ovation coming from a predominantly millennial audience, it just meant tenor Arthur Espiritu has bridged the gap between the young and the old in opera appreciation.
