The Manila debut of French pianist François Chaplin with the Philippine Philharmonic under maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura was crowned with big...
Actors Susan Africa and Spanky Manikan worked together for the first time in the Bulwagang Gantimpala production of Benjamin Pascual’s “General Goyo,” which was about the exploits of revolutionary hero Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar.
Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu has sung Ferrando in “Cosi Fan Tutte” over 50 times—at La Scala, Pittsburgh Opera, and other...
Costa Rican tenor David Astorga said Friday afternoon he sang not so much to earn a living but to express...
Swiss cellist Thomas Demenga, who performs in Manila on Oct. 10 with Filipino pianist Charisse Dumlao, has seen the two...
Filmmaker Lav Diaz gave Philippine cinema another shining moment when his “The Woman Who Left” (Ang Babaeng Humayo) won the...
On the same day the monstrous rains of Typhoon “Mario” submerged Metro Manila, conductor-composer and National Artist for Music Francisco Feliciano quietly passed away after a long battle with cancer, which has reached stage 4. He was 73.
When I think of summer, my thoughts inevitably turn to the island of my birth in Baras, Catanduanes.
THE 2016 Baguio Summer Music Festival ended with a well-received clarinet spectacular featuring Namcya winner Andrew Constantino with pianist Gabriel Paguirigan.
Rowena Arrieta is an outstanding graduate of the Philippine High School of the Arts (PHSA) from the late ’70s. She became the first and the last Tchaikovsky laureate of the Moscow-based international piano competition.
