30 May, Sunday | 1600
Filfest Season 3: Tutti Flutti
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
Filfest Cultural Foundation opens its season, dubbed Ensembles of Eight, with Tutti Flutti, a concert of eight flutists led by Tony Maigue, with guests flutist Caitlyn Coyiuto, guitarist Lester Demetillo, pianists Cristine Coyiuto and Mai Maigue.
For tickets, call or text (0918)941-9472 or 666-4095.
*Message from organizers: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we at Filfest have to postpone Muzika to October 25, 4PM [from October 4].”
25 October, Sunday | 1600
Filfest 2009: Musika
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
FILFEST Cultural Foundation sets out to inspire, educate and delight Metro South with a second season of performances.
The fourth concert of the season offers a sizzling session of Latin music and dance.
MUSIKA features Nuevo Flamenco Manila of Fundacion Centro Flamenco, with the special participation of Yerbaguena and guest artists.
For details, contact (0918) 941-9474 or (0918)941-9472.
08 August, Saturday | 2000
Filfest 2009: Pluck & Struck
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
FILFEST Cultural Foundation sets out to inspire, educate and delight Metro South with a second season of performances. The third concert of the season features no less than four concertante works and four stellar soloists: pianists Aries Caces and Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, and guitarists Perfecto de Castro and Ruben Reyes. The FILFest Festival Orchestra performs under Agripino Diestro.
— PROGRAM —
Camille Saint-Saens: Africa, Op. 89
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Leo Brouwer: Concerto Elegiaco for Guitar & Orchestra
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
For details, contact (0918) 941-9474 or (0918)941-9472, or register for the Filfest Weekly Bulletin thru filfestfoundation@yahoo.com.
20 June, Saturday | 2000
Filfest 2009: FIL-AMeriKA
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
FILFEST Cultural Foundation sets out to inspire, educate and delight Metro South with a second season of performances.
The second concert of the season Filfest 2009: Purpose, Passion and Pleasure is FIL-AMeriKA with clarinetist Marian Liebowitz, marimbist Dena Fernandez and FILharmoniKA orchestra with guest conductor Jeffery Meyer.
Pianist, conductor and composer Jeffery Meyer is founder and Artistic Director of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, Russia, as well as the Director of Orchestras at the Ithaca College School of Music.
Clarinetist Marian Liebowitz holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the Eastman School of Music, the Master of Arts from Smith College, and the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California. She regularly concertizes outside the United States under the auspices of the U.S. State Department.
Violist and marimbist Dena Fernandez is violist with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, and has been featured as marimba soloist the PPO Season and Filipino Artist Series. Her performance at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 2000 elicited glowing reviews.
—PROGRAM—
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite
Paul Creston: Concertino for Marimba (with Dena Fernandez)
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto (with Marian Liebowitz)
Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town”
For details, contact (0918) 941-9474 or (0918)941-9472, or register for the Filfest Weekly Bulletin thru filfestfoundation@yahoo.com.
25 April, Saturday | 2000
Filfest 2009: Of Emperors and Czars
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
Fresh from the success of its maiden season, FILFEST Cultural Foundation sets out to inspire, educate and delight Metro South with a second season of performances.
Ensembles include the Philippine Opera Company, Nuevo Flamenco Manila, and the Clarion Chamber Ensemble. Some of FILFEST’s featured soloists for Season II are clarinetist Marian Liebowitz, marimbist Dena Fernandez, pianists Aries Caces and Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, guitarists Ruben Reyes and Perfecto de Castro, conductors Agripino Diestro and Jeffrey Meyer.
Filfest 2009: Purpose, Passion and Pleasure begins April 25, 8 o’clock in the evening at the Insular Life Theater in Alabang.
The inaugural concert, Of Emperors and Czars, brings together violinist Justin Texon, cellist Giancarlo Gonzales, and the FILharmoniKA Orchestra under its conductor Gerard Salonga.
For details, contact (0918) 941-9474 or (0918)941-9472, or register for the Filfest Weekly Bulletin thru filfestfoundation@yahoo.com.
25 October, Saturday & 26 October, Sunday | 8 PM
Opera Miniscola
Rachelle Gerodias (soprano), Joy Abalon Tamayo (soprano)
Lemuel dela Cruz (tenor), Ronnie Abarquez (baritone)
Rainier Pagcaliwagan (bass)
Jaime del Mundo (director)
The Metro Manila Community Orchestra/ Josefino Chino Toledo
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
—PROGRAM—
Giancarlo Menotti: The Telephone
W.A. Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, K. 486 (The Impresario)
The Filfest Cultural Foundation presents FILFEST 2008: A celebration of music and dance. The brainchild of Filipino concert pianist Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, FILFEST 2008 is a season of eleven performances ranging from chamber music concerts, to solo piano recitals, to dance, to chamber orchestra concerts, and to minimalist operas.
For inquiries, send an e-mail to filfest@gmail.com, or filfest@yahoo.com.
11 October, Saturday | 8PM
Mozart’s Most
Alfonso Bolipata (violin), Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz (piano)
FILharmoniKA/Gerard Salonga
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
An all-Mozart Program. Enough said.
—PROGRAM—
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (“Turkish”)
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595
Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
The Filfest Cultural Foundation presents FILFEST 2008: A celebration of music and dance. The brainchild of Filipino concert pianist Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, FILFEST 2008 is a season of eleven performances ranging from chamber music concerts, to solo piano recitals, to dance, to chamber orchestra concerts, and to minimalist operas.
For inquiries, send an e-mail to filfest@gmail.com, or filfest@yahoo.com.
The Filfest Cultural Foundation presents FILFEST 2008: A celebration of music and dance. The brainchild of Filipino concert pianist Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, FILFEST 2008 is a season of eleven performances ranging from chamber music concerts, to solo piano recitals, to dance, to chamber orchestra concerts, and to minimalist operas. The next Filfest concert is…
If it Ain’t Baroque Don’t Fix It
27 September 2008 | Saturday, 8PM
Insular Life Theater, Alabang
The Clarion Chamber Ensemble — David Jerome Johnson (flute & barockflote), Jeffrey Solares (violin), Antoni Josef Inacay (cello continuo), Graham Dwyer (harpsichord)
PROGRAM
MOZART Sonata in D Major KV 245 (Church Sonata)
TARTINI Sonata in G minor (Dido Abbandonata) for Violin, Cello, and Harpsichord
C.P.E. BACH Sonata in D Major for Flute, Violin, Cello & Harpsichord
HANDEL Sonata in F Major, Op. 11, No.1 for Blockflote, Cello, & Harpsichord
J. S. BACH Trio Sonata from “A Musical Offering”, BWV 1079
The Clarion Chamber Ensemble was founded in December 2001 by Flutist David Jerome Johnson and Pianist Hyun Joo Lee. Clarion is presently the only group in the Philippines solely devoted to the pursuit and sustaining of Chamber music. The Clarion musicians come from all the many musical organizations and universities in Metro Manila, and have provided a conduit where musical collaboration among musicians and singers can be pursued with the aim of public performance as its goal.