Chopin Bicentennial in Manila

February 22nd, 2010

Chopin Manille 2010 Poster

This March and April, the French Embassy, Alliance Francaise and Bösendorfer Pianos have organized a series of concerts, with an exhibit, on the life and music of Chopin, by way of a bicentennial celebration here in Manila. Events are as follows:

Rudolf Golez (piano)
01 March, Monday | 2000
Philamlife Auditorium, Manila
Chopin: 4 Scherzi
Chopin:2 Nocturnes
Chopin:Barcarolle, Op. 60

Dana Ciocarlie (piano)
19 March, Friday | 2000
Philam Life Auditorium, Manila
Chopin:Rondeau a la Mazur in F major, Op. 5
Chopin:Mazurkas, op. 59
Chopin:Polonaise n°7 in A-flat major, opus 61 “Polonaise-Fantaisie”
Chopin:Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27/2
Chopin:Nocturne in E minor, Op. post.
Chopin:Ballade No. 2 in F
Chopin:Valse, Op. 64/1 “Valse du petit chien”
Chopin:3 Grandes Valses Brillantes, op. 34

Raul Sunico (piano)
24 March, Wednesday | 2000
Philam Life Auditorium, Manila
Chopin:Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20
Chopin:Scherzo in C-sharp minor, Op. 39
Chopin:Scherzo in E Major, Op. 54

Cecile Licad (piano)
27 March, Saturday | 2000
Philam Life Auditorium, Manila
Chopin:4 Scherzi
Chopin:24 Preludes

Cecile Licad (piano)
29 March 29, Monday | 2000
Philam Life Auditorium, Manila
Chopin:Piano Concerto No. 2

Cristine Coyiuto (piano)
08 April, Thursday | 2000
BDO Francisco Santiago Hall, Makati City
Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28
Schumann: Scenes d’enfants, Op. 15
Liszt: Etude d’execution transcendante d’apres Paganini No. 2
Etude d’execution transcendante No. 10

The Chopin Exhibition will be open to the public from March 20 to April 20 at the CCP.

Tickets are available through Ticketworld 891-9999 and ROS Music Center (0917) 507-7343. For inquiries, please contact Rej at ROS Music Center.

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Chamber Music Festival in Makati

February 19th, 2010

05, 12, 19 March, Friday; 27 March, Saturday | 1930
MCOF Chamber Music Festival
Insular Life Auditorium, Makati City

The gala performance March 5 features a performance of Ernest Chausson’s Concerto for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet, and Robert Schumann’s Piano Trio no. 2 as part of a tribute to Robert Schumann’s Centennial Celebration. Artists are pianist Mary Anne Espina, violinist Gina Medina, and cellist Anjo Inacay, and the St. Scholasticas String Quartet.

The March 12 concert features guitarist Ruben Reyes and collaborating piano, double bass and percussion players, in works by diverse composers including Alexandre Tansman and Claude Bolling.

On March 19, the festival features chamber performances of opera excerpts by Mozart, Offenbach, Verdi, Bellini, to be performed by soprano Camille Lopez Molina, soprano Jennifer Uy, tenor Randy Gilongo and bass-baritone Noel Azcona with pianist Peter Porticos.

For the festival-ender on March 27, singing actress Nenen Espina and guest artists present melodies from the American Songbook, including works by Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers.

For further inquiries and reservations, please call the MCO Foundation Secretariat at 750-0768 or Ticketworld at 891-9999.

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Choral workshop with Neo Nocturne

February 19th, 2010

20 February, Saturday | 1500 & 1900
Choral@turo: FOURte (Techniques and Exhibition)
Philamlife Auditorium, Manila

This two part event—lecture and performance proper—aims to promote choral performance, educate enthusiasts/choristers and share the discipline and practice of music by some of the best choirs in the country.

Lectures will cover various topics. Two choirs shall be featured in the afternoon and the remaining two choirs will have its turn in the evening.

The lecturing conductors and choirs are —

Mark Anthony A. Carpio with the Kilyawan Boys Choir
Anna Tabita Abeleda-Piquero with the University of the East Chorale (UEC)
Eudenice Palaruan with the Union Church of Manila Choir
Jonathan Velasco with the Ateneo Chamber Singers

For details and further inquiries, please call or text the Neo Nocturne Secretariat at (0917) 828-8284, or send an email at info@neonocturne.com.

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At FEU this February

February 3rd, 2010

Far Eastern University, Manila

February 15, Monday | 1500 and 1900
In Retrospect
The FEU Dance Company’s big production of the season.

February 18, Thursday | 1500
The Philippine International Jazz Festival
With the Philippine Youth Symphonic Band

February 23, Tuesday | 1500
Black Gospel Workshop
Led by Ray Sidney and the Taylors and featuring Israeli singers Adi Cohen and Paula Valstein.

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Madz About Love

February 3rd, 2010

13 February, Saturday | 1930
Madz About Love
Meralco Theater, Pasig City

The Philippine Madrigal Singers invite the public to “Give their loved ones the sweetest-sounding I love you they could ever say.” At the concert Madz About Love, the Madz will sing about loves of all kinds: friendship, romance and family.

Funds from the concert go to support two NGOs: Project: Brave Kids which supports children with cancer and Kalinangan Youth Foundation, Inc.

Tickets are available through TicketWorld 891-9999; details are up on the website www.madzaboutlove.com.

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1st GSIS Thursday spotlights UP Tiklado

January 29th, 2010

28 January, Thursday | 1800
UP Tiklado in Concert
GSIS Museum, Pasay

UP TIKLADO in Concert features Piano Majors from the University of the Philippines College of Music.

— PROGRAM —

Sara Matsuura
Chopin: Nocturne in B Op. 55 No 1

Josiah Samaniego
Bortkiewicz: Etude Op. 15/1 in F
Tchaikovsky: Etude Op. 41/1 in G
Arensky: Etude Op. 41/3 in E-flat

Jett Russell Panganiban
Espino: Scherzino based on “Lulay”

Valerie Villanueva
Chopin: Ballade in Ab No. 3 Op. 47

Miguel Aspiras
Rachmaninoff: Prelude Op. 32/12 in G-sharp
Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique

(interval)

Joel Viola
Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 11 in D-flat “Harmonies du Soir”

Benjamin Jasmin
Espino: Recuerdo Variations

Jerome Zulueta
Ravel: Jeux d’eau

Mikhail Lastrilla
Liszt: Ballade No. 2 in B minor

Admission is free, but interested attendees are requested to RSVP through (0920) 910-2920.

UP Tiklado comprises piano majors, professors and alumni of the UP College of Music Keyboard Department.

The GSIS Thursday Concert Series is a joint project between GSIS and the Philippine High School for the Arts Alumni Association. It aims to become an established venue for professional and emerging artists to give free public concerts.

For more information on the concert, please contact Katherine de Asis at (0920) 910-2920.

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35th International Bamboo Organ Festival

January 13th, 2010

February 18 to 24, Thursday to Wednesday
35th International Bamboo Organ Festival
St.Joseph Parish Church, Las Piñas City

This year marks the 35th Anniversary of the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Festival.

The Gala Concert features JS Bach’s Cantata no. 130 and John Rutter’s Mass of the Children , in performances by Swiss organist Guy Bovet, Filipino organist Alejandro Consolacion II, the Las Piñas Boys Choir, and the UP Singing Ambassadors . Other artists are soprano Karina Gay Balajadia-Liggayu, counter-tenor Mark Carpio, tenor Ervin Notes Lumauag, bass Noel Azcona and the Festival Orchestra under the baton of Eudenice Palarauan.

February 19 is dedicated exclusively to organ music with Guy Bovet.

The popular Concert under the Trees is slated for the following evening, and will feature the Singing Priests, the Morrizwind Orchestra and a surprise guest artist from the world of pop.

Czech organist Jarek Malanowicz and Filipino trumpeter Robert de Pano collaborate for an evening of baroque music, February 21.

The February 23 concert Saring Lahi pays tribute to Filipino music with works by National Artist Lucio San Pedro and Alejandro Consolacion II . Organists Armando Salarza and Rea Jimenez, the Las Piñas Boys Choir and soloist Bernard Caro, baritone Noel Azcona, tenor Ervin Notes Lumauag, and the Festival Orchestra under Eudenice Palaruan will the performers for this event. Also part of the program are the Kasilag Guitar Trio .

The Festival ends with a repeat of the Gala Concert on February 24.

St.Joseph Parish Church, Las Piñas City is located some 10 kilometers south of the center of Manila, 10 minutes away from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). For details, please call 820-0795 or 825-7190, ro send e-mail to info@bambooorgan.org. Also visit http://bambooorgan.org.

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A rare alignment: Gerodias, Fernando, Sunico

January 13th, 2010

22 January, Friday | 1930
Gerodias and Fernando Evening
Philamlife Auditorium, Manila

The stars align in this rare event presented by ROS Music Center: Soprano Rachelle Gerodias and baritone Andrew Fernando, with Raul Sunico at the piano, offer an artists’ choice program:

— Part 1: Opera —
Donizetti: “Quel guardo il cavaliere” | Don Pasquale
Mozart: “Hai gia vinta la causa” | Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart: “Bei Maennern” | Die Zauberfloete
Puccini: “Tanto amore…Tu che di gel sei cinta” | Turandot
Puccini: “Questo amor” | Edgar
Verdi: “Figlia…Mio padre!” | Rigoletto

— Part 2: Musical Theater Duets —
“All the things you are” | Very Warm May
“So in love” | Kiss Me Kate
“I have dreamed’ | The King and I
“Wheels of a Dream” | Ragtime

Rachelle Gerodias is an ALIW Hall of Fame Awardee and the first Filipino soprano to sing at the Volksoper Wien in Austria. Andrew Fernando is a Loren Zachary Vocal Competition First Prize winner, and has sung with numerous companies, including the New York City Opera.

For ticket inquiries, please call ROS Music Store at 440-1021.

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1st Philippine International Guitar Festival

January 13th, 2010

January 28 to 31
1st Philippine International Guitar Festival
Cultural Center of the Philippines

For the first time in the Philippines, disciples of the guitar gather as one. Pedagogue and performer Jose Valdez is director of the Festival.

The roster of festival performers will include Steve Lin, Michael Dadap, Perfecto de Castro, Sixto Roxas, and Florante Aguilar. Groups include the Kasilag Guitar Trio, Tabs, UP Guitar Orchestra, and winners of the NAMCYA 2009 Guitar Category. The festival will also feature the Fundacion Centro Flamenco.

Master classes and lectures will be offered on a variety of topics. Talks include:
Building a Performing Career
Flamenco
A Guitarist’s Pain
Jazz Improvisation
Ensemble Playing
Musicality, Intelligence and Technique

The Festival will also feature booths and displays by luthiers and guitar manufacturers.

For more information, please contact Jose Valdez, Festival Director (0917) 5266-377, Phil Valdez (0920) 498-2720, Jenny de Vera at (0915) 921-3440 or send e-mail to visit email philguitarfest@gmail.com. Details are also available at http://philguitarfest.blogspot.com.

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PPO Season spotlights Yatco and Tiu

January 13th, 2010

14 January, Thursday | 2000
PPO Season 09-10: Yatco
CCP Main Theater

The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) presents its 27th Concert Season 2009-2010 — The PPO Signature Series: Tour de Force Performances with 8 Maestros — highlighting a series of guest conductors, and culminating in April with the incoming Music Director.

January’s featured maestro is Oscar Yatco. The concert also spotlights pianist Albert Tiu in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

— PROGRAM —

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op. 11
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

All concerts are at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater).

Please note that, this season, all concerts are on Thursday evenings, instead of Friday evenings, as has previously been the custom.

For inquiries please call the CCP Marketing Department at 832-1125 loc. 1806, or the CCP Box Office 832-3704.

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