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.
When I think of summer, my thoughts inevitably turn to the island of my birth in Baras, Catanduanes.
The concert “De Profundis” (English translation: “Out of the depths”), will feature a lineup of rarely performed sacred music from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, on April 13 at the Ayala Museum.
Felipe Padilla de Leon’s opera, “Noli Me Tangere,” had a good crowd in its limited engagements on March 8-10 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
My daughter was scheduled to deliver her daughter on Jan. 9, her second child after a gap of 15 years.
Iloilo City was a virtual cultural potpourri in February.
Classical singers may be at home with “La Boheme” and “Traviata” but they are not beyond singing love songs from the movies.
The orchestral event of the week is the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) under Taiwanese-American conductor Marlon Chen performing Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1 (The Titan)” at Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) on Jan. 30 at 8 p.m.
Young artists made a big impact on millennials last year making classical music more accessible and easily relatable.
Filipino classical performing artists remained triumphant at home and abroad in 2018.
