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Iloilo City was a virtual cultural potpourri in February.
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) will hold a concert at the Iloilo Convention Center on March 2 at 7 p.m....
How Eastern Samar and most of Leyte look like today found a haunting musical equivalent in an Antonio Molina composition, “Oras Mangitngit” (Dark Hours), interpreted by a distinguished soprano from Leyte, Salvacion Oppus Yniguez.
Cecile Licad was a big hit in London last week not as a recitalist or orchestra soloist but as part of a jazz ensemble that provided live music to the Dan Pritzker silent film “Louis,” screened at the Barbican Hall.
The Three Tenors concert phenomenon is nearly a quarter of a century now. This year is the 24th anniversary since that memorable performance at the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome on July 7, 1990, featuring tenors Placido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti. Of course, the latter is gone now, having passed away in 2007 at age of 72.
After her triumphant team-up with tenor Arthur Espiritu last April 9, soprano Nelly Miricioiu will present participants of her master...
A highly lyrical first movement, a well-nuanced second movement, and a vibrant last movement characterized Oliver Salonga’s interpretation of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21, with the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) under Arturo Molina at the UP Abelardo Hall last week.
Chamber music enthusiasts will get a special treat when Singapore-based Filipino pianist Albert Tiu teams up with Belgian clarinetist Marcel Luxen June 1 at Ayala Museum, courtesy of the MCO Foundation.
A new Cebu City-based symphony orchestra was recently born with the launching of the Visayas Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Korean conductor Juliet Kim at the Marcelo Fernan Cebu Press Center.
It was once suggested to Cecile Licad and German cellist Alban Gerhardt that they should perform in Philippine prisons. The two artists liked the idea and said they were open to playing music in unlikely places.
