Piano titans Ingrid Sala Santamaria and Raul Sunico forged a dynamic tandem in the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s (PPO) penultimate concert...
In 1991, pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria ventured into the heroic task of providing musical education for Cebu’s musically talented individuals,...
A couple of months ago, at the lobby of the Cebu City Marriott Hotel, I was seated next to Ingrid Sala Santamaria. An American woman passed by, stopped and told Ingrid, “You are so beautiful!”
The Cebu City Marriott Hotel hosted an exclusive preview of Ingrid Sala Santamaria’s new book titled “Romantic Piano Concerto Journey Tours January 2001-August 2015.” It was held at the hotel’s Luxury Suite, filled with red roses for the occasion.
Ingrid Sala Santamaria chose Salon de Madrid at the Casino Español de Cebu to launch the book “My Four Seasons.” It is a compendium of her life and career as a concert pianist for the past 50 years, and counting.
There is a strain of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” in the life of pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria. In fact, she titles her memoirs “My Four Seasons.”
For more than a decade, pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria has been holding classical concerts in the Philippine countryside in varied settings (not to mention playing and making do with inferior pianos).
The winter of her career in classical music that Ingrid Sala Santamaria herself refers to has been a truly busy one; it’s been concentrated on preparations for an eternal Spring.
Ingrid Sala Santamaria breezed into town on June 18, and checked in at the Marco Polo Plaza Hotel. Next day at 10 a.m. she held court at the hotel’s lobby lounge with friends from the Cebu media.
Pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria’s “Romantic Piano Concertos CD Series” consists of three CDs in glossy packaging, each containing two concertos.
