Believing that people of all persuasions deserve to enjoy art, organizers of Art Fair Philippines 2014 will again mount the fair at the highly accessible The Link car park in Ayala Center, Makati, from Feb. 20 to 23.
Bass-baritone Rainier Arthur P. Cruz will be performing a scene from the opera, “L’Elisir d’Amore,” by Gaetano Donizetti, as Dulcamara, in the graduation recital of his student, Elijah John Marquez, at the Dalisay Aldaba Hall, University of the Philippines (UP), Diliman, Quezon City.
Sumi Jo, for many people, is the quintessential operatic superstar. That fine voice and big personality should fill any hall with an unmistakably distinct brightness that can only come from sincerity. She has always preferred the solo concert, though, over opera.
The newest offering for aesthetes is “Art For All Manila: The Affordable Art Fair 2014,” which shall run Feb. 14-16 at the 3/F, SM Aura Premier, Taguig City.
Korean soprano Sumi Jo held music lovers in the palm of her hand during her Manila debut at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura in Taguig City.
Before her triumphant Manila debut, Korean soprano Jo Sumi made waves in popular culture when she invited Yang Yoseob, the main vocalist of the Korean pop (K-pop) “idol band” Beast, to sing a duet with her during her annual Seoul concert last September.
Many years after her debut at La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, and at the Salzburg Festival, Korean diva Sumi Jo made her triumphant Philippine debut Feb. 1 at the Samsung Hall of SM Aura, which ended with a rousing standing ovation by the teary-eyed audience.
Sayaw Pinoy, the annual dance showcase around the country of the Philippines Arts Festival (PAF) for National Arts Month, opened last Jan. 30 in Roxas City, Capiz.
Here is a question: As we find more national and international assistance to restore churches and public buildings damaged by recent earthquakes and killer typhoons, what assistance is available to restore privately owned structures, whether they be of heritage quality or not?
The horse’s nobility of bearing and gracefulness of movement hold deep fascination on artists through the millenniums, from the prehistoric cave dwellers to the ancient East, the Classical Greek period, the Roman antiquity, the Italian Renaissance, through the present.
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