WHAT | MCOF Young Artists’ Series 2013: Matthew Calderon
WHEN | 16 October 2013, Wednesday (1900)
WHERE | Ayala Museum, Makati City
INQUIRE | MCO Secretariat 750-0768/(0920) 954-0053, TicketWorld 891-9999
Pianist Matthew Calderon performs works by Bach, Debussy, Schumann and Beethoven.
In 2010, at 12, Calderon was accepted as a music scholar at the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA). He is now on his 4th year and under the tutelage of Prof. Mary Anne Espina. Since his first year at PHSA, he has consistently garnered academic and artistic excellence awards.
In 2011, he won 4th prize in the PTGP’s 2011 “Soundscapes” competition. Last year, he was the lone winner of the 2nd International Mozart Piano Competition held in Bangkok, Thailand. Last Summer, he joined with 11 other young talented pianists across Asia to participate in the 2013 Summer Piano Institute at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory at Singapore where he had master classes with Prof. Thomas Hecht and Prof. Albert Tiu.
Aside from solo concerts, Matthew also engages himself with chamber music with other young musicians of his age, and regularly performs in school or outreach concert handled by National Arts Center of the Philippines in Los Baños and the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
