CCP tribute relives the ‘Yatco touch’
Regarded as a titan on the podium, Oscar Yatco, who died on July 1, 2014, from a heart condition in Hannover, Germany, is a byword in symphonic music. Long-time conductor
Regarded as a titan on the podium, Oscar Yatco, who died on July 1, 2014, from a heart condition in Hannover, Germany, is a byword in symphonic music. Long-time conductor
MUSIC-LOVERS from all walks of life flocked to Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino at the Cultural Center of the Philippines last Sept. 28 for the Kabayao family concert featuring Gilopez Kabayao and his three children—Sicilienne, Farida and Gilberto—on the violin, and Corazon Kabayao on the piano.
President Raul Sunico of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is not daunted by the challenges of mounting a rare production in the country of Giuseppe Verdi’s later-life masterpiece, “Rigoletto.”
LISTEN to these reassuring words. Believe in them, especially during troubling times.
Whether at the concert hall, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines where he’s president, or at the University of Santo Tomas’ Conservatory of Music, where he’s dean, Raul Sunico plays beautiful music and conducts a symphony of the performing arts.
The background of Olivier Ochanine, music director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO), a resident company of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, is about as global as you can get.
People have been wondering about those three portentous letters emblazoned on the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) logo: KKK. Is it something secret and revolutionary—as in that secret society of the Philippine Revolution?
On December 18, pop sensation Jed Madela, Cultural Center of the Philippines president and noted music conductor Raul Sunico and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra will headline their first musical collaboration, “Romancing Ivory”, a grand gala concert at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater) at 8 in the evening.
“I’m baking a turkey for my birthday dinner on Saturday,” announced my friend Hedy.
Guess who’s coming into town next week? The country’s foremost international conductor Oscar Yatco, that’s who.
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