‘La Boheme’ to be mounted; Arrieta returns to the concert hall
Another opera treat coming is the mounting of Puccini’s “La Boheme” at Samsung Hall, SM Aura, Oct. 18-19, under the direction of Anton Juan.
Another opera treat coming is the mounting of Puccini’s “La Boheme” at Samsung Hall, SM Aura, Oct. 18-19, under the direction of Anton Juan.
Most young pianists will escape the critical eye of even the stingiest critic. Let loose those virtuosic musical warhorses, with just the right amount of youthful bravado and impetuousness, and it’s easy to mistake a self-indulgent performer for a conscientious one.
Lyric Piano and Organ Corporation made its presence felt in the performing arts with a piano recital at the SkyVillas showroom in celebration of Lyric’s golden anniversary recently.
The Cultural Center of the Philippines with the Gilopez Kabayao Foundation, Inc. presents pianists Rene Dalandan and Marites Fernandez, in “DANZAS: A Duo Piano Concert,” on Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m., at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, CCP Little Theater.
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.
Music-lovers from Manila discovered a perfect recital venue when pianist Cecile Licad “debuted” at the St. Benedict Chapel in Westgrove Heights in Silang, Cavite, on the eve of Typhoon “Glenda.”
I walked into Lorenzo (Enzo) Medel’s humble home with his concert program stuffed inside my bag. I was going to have it autographed by the winner of several prestigious competitions: the Namcya (National Music Competition for Young Artists), PTGP (Piano Teachers’ Guild of the Philippines) and the UP College of Music and National Steinway Piano Competition.
Pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria’s “Romantic Piano Concertos CD Series” consists of three CDs in glossy packaging, each containing two concertos.
It’s one thing to marvel at a pianist’s display of sheer showmanship, the entertainment value of which goes way back to the time of the prototypical crowd-pleaser of Byronic proportions, Franz Liszt.
Celebrated pianist Ingrid Sala Santamaria is commemorating 52 years of concertizing with a special concert on June 12, Independence Day, in—would you believe—“somewhere in the heart” of Tondo, Manila.
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