5 things to do during rainy weather
Last week, a lot of my plans were postponed because of rainy weather. I stayed at home, stepping out only if it’s…
Just when you thought the ABS-CBN Philharmonic would be relegated to scoring soap operas and musicals and accompanying pop artists at the Araneta Coliseum, you watch their latest Saturday night concert (July 27) and emerge highly convinced it had not cut ties with classical music.
Damodar Das Castillo, first prize winner of the 2019 Young Musicians International Music Competition in Estonia, Eastern Europe, will perform for the first time at Iloilo’s Nelly Garden on Aug. 17, 6:30 p.m. Last July 31, Das Castillo performed with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
A concert to look forward to this month is the return of tenor Arthur Espiritu to the Spotlight Power Mac in Circuit Makati on July 27, 7:30 p.m.
Even as Cecile Licad’s three-part recording of American music continues to reap accolades from music critics, the renowned Filipina pianist has announced she is recording four orchestral works of George Gershwin with a Danish orchestra under the baton of Gerard Salonga.
Matthew Rosen’s film “Quezon’s Game” is enjoying critical acclaim in Metro Manila and the provinces. I couldn’t help but recall my cultural Quezon connections.
Violinist Emanuel John Villarin, who has won in the National Music Competition for Young Artists (Namcya), will be presented in a recital at the Steinway Boutique Manila at Shangri-La Mall on June 8, 5:30 p.m.
The Manila Symphony Orchestra’s Video Games Symphonic concert drew an ecstatic millennial audience and a record-breaking SRO concert attendance Thursday last week at the Ayala Museum.
I am nearing the age when my father died, and here I am figuring out how I’d cope when that time comes.
Clarinetist Andrew Constantino delivered an exemplary graduation recital with his electrifying rendition of Copland’s seldom heard Clarinet Concerto at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Museum of Arts and Sciences on May 7.
Filipino cello prodigy Damodar Das Castillo won first prize in category B (age 11-13) of the International Competition for Young Musicians held in Talinn, Estonia April 9.
