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The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Yoshikazu Fukumura, holds a youth concert on September 29, 2016 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (Little Theater) at 1:00 pm. Soloist is violinist Dino Akira Decena and Posh Debelos is the narrator. Program includes Franz von Suppe’s “Light Cavalry Overture”, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nacht Musik”, Felix Mendelssohn’s “Violine Concerto in e minor”, Leroy Anderson’s “Bugler’s Holiday” and “Syncopated Clock”, and Aram Khachaturian’s “Waltz, Romance, Galop” from “Masquerade suite”. For more information, call the PPO Office at 02-832-1125 loc. 1609/1613. Details: What: PPO Youth Concert When: September 29, 2016 Where: Cultural Center of the Philippines’ […]
WINNERS of the 2016 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival will be announced at the Cinemalaya Awards Night on August 14, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater). With the theme “Break the Surface, this year’s Cinemalaya Festival boasted of 19 new digital films in competition. In the full length feature, nine films competed. These were: Ang Bagong Pamilya Ni Ponching by Inna Miren Salazar and Dos Ocampo, Dagsin by Atom Magadia, Hiblang Abo by Ralston Jover, I America by Ivan Andrew Payawal, Kusina by David Corpuz and Cenon Palomares, Lando at Bugoy by Vic Acedillo, Jr., Mercury Is Mine by Jason Paul Laxamana, Pamilya Ordinaryo […]
As far as music goes, there are but a few popular genres in the Philippines: rock, pop, RnB, and most recently, EDM. However, that doesn’t mean we have to be limited by these options, not when the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) has the Winds and Jazz Festival coming this July. CCP PRESENTS WINDS AND JAZZ International Band Festival, a celebration of symphonic bands, jazz groups, and wind orchestras, happening from July 26 – 31 at the CCP complex. Winds and Jazz: The CCP International Band Festival is a 6-day celebration of some of best symphonic bands, jazz bands, and wind orchestras both here and abroad. The […]
PIANIST Maria Regina “Inna” Montesclaros will give a homecoming concert at the Little Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines on July 19, at 7:30 p.m. Billed as “Inna Montesclaros in Concert,” the program consists of D. Scarlatti’s Sonata in B Minor L.33 & L.449, R.Schumann’s Fantasie in C Major Op. 17, S. Currier’s Scarlatti Cadences and Brainstorm, F. Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52, and S. Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 7 Op. 83. Inna is a prizewinning pianist. In 2010, she won the Silver Prize at the 1st International Piano Competition in Hanoi, Vietnam, and in November, the Bronze Prize and was the sole […]
UNTRIED, UNTESTED, UNSTAGED. Virgin Labfest shows the best of unpublished stage plays by the country’s playwrights. Photo courtesy of Cultural Center of the Philippines official website. Virgin Labfest is a laboratory festival that showcases new plays written by both up-and-coming and established playwrights. The festival aims to give Filipino playwrights a venue to present their unpublished, unstaged, untested, and untried works to theatergoers. This year’s Virgin Labfest will showcase 12 new works, 3 audience favorites from last year’s festival, 5 staged readings, and fragments from 3 new plays presented as site-specific performances. A new feature, called From Stage to Screen, showcases film screenings of outstanding stage plays that […]
Let the sounds of strings, percussion, brass and woodwind come together and serenade you in a night of soothing sounds and relaxation from the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. Their Series 8 concert, entitled Reverie, showcases voices from international singers, local choirs, such as the Ateneo Chamber Singers, Philippine Madrigal Singers, UST Singers and talent from conductor, Olivier Ochanine. The show started their run in September 2015 and will continue till April 22nd 2016 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Main Theatre, also known as Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo. Spend your night with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and let the sweet sound of live instruments carry you to relaxation and […]
