Masterworks and
the Master’s Word

Begun in 2020, Philippine-based classical music platform Veniccio.com is an Urtext distributor, music school, ticketing platform and concert presenter. Recently, it birthed a classical music news site, TheClaron.com. Founder Marco Balbin won't rest until the Philippines appears on the international classical music radar. Marco joins DZFE's Tiffany for a MAESTRO FILIPINO (Sat 1200, Sun 2400, Thu 2000) interview.
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A quartet of double basses is a rare sight, but 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐 𝑲𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒐 aims to begin changing that. The UST Conservatory alums— Rei Benedict Francia, John Cerwin Salaguinto, Mark Aaron Salcedo and Dulcisimo Singagote Terrado Jr— join DZFE's Tiffany in a lively interview this MAESTRO FILIPINO (Sat 1200, Sun 2400, Thu 2000), and we hear their performances of music written for and transcribed for their prodigious instrument, captured in their off-campus concert debut in April.
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On this week's MAESTRO FILIPINO (Sat 1200, Sun 2400, Thu 2000), just over a month after his passing, DZFE's Tiffany returns to a 2017 interview (by DZFE's Julia) and in-studio performances with Maestro Celso Espejo—beloved patriarch of the Philippine Rondalla—and the Celso Espejo Rondalla, which was then marking its 15th anniversary.
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