Clarinetist Andrew Constantino was an instant hit in Iloilo at the Nelly Garden Christmas gala in 2019 and at the Arthur Espiritu recital at the University of the Philippines Visayas…
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AMAZING ROMANCE OUTING OF CHARO SANTOS AND DINGDONG DANTES
In the opening sequence of the latest film of director Irene Villamor, Teacher Betty (Charo Santos) is discussing Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot and how it was first received by…
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BRITISH AUDIENCES CHEER THE PPO
After a well-received 40th concert season at the Samsung Theater, the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) under music director Maestro Grzegorz Nowak has embarked on a 9-city tour of the United…
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RICKY DAVAO, 63
Ricky Davao passed away first of May, just three weeks before he would have turned 64 on May 30. On the day he moved on, he was surrounded by…
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LICAD TEAMS UP WITH MARSALIS IN IN TOUR OF SILENT FILM
Louis is a film treat like no other where classic jazz meets cinema with Wynton Marsalis playing the music of Armstrong, Morton, Ellington and Cecile Licad interpreting Gottschalk’s Creole…
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YOUNG TALENTS TACKLE VOCALLY CHALLENGING OPERA HEROINES
Opera-loving audiences in Metro Manila were treated to a rare vocal treat when young sopranos interpreted rarely sung opera heroines May 3 at Manila Pianos along Paseo de Magallanes in…
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NORA AUNOR (1953-2025) RECALLING THE GREAT BICOLANA’S THEATER DEBUT
There is no way you can quantify the film credentials of Nora Aunor. She has won acting awards in cinema here and abroad, and the number just keeps growing. Almost…
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THE CLASS OF 66
This grandfather of 76 is attending a reunion of the CNHS class of 66 first week of May. Technically, I don’t belong to that class. Having skipped the subject of…
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REMEMBERING MARILOU DIAZ-ABAYA
March 30 last week was the birthday of National Artist for Film Marilou Diaz-Abaya. I became her fan after watching her first blockbuster film, “Brutal” in 1980. The first time…
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ROWENA ARRIETA SHINES IN PPO CONCERT
Rowena Arrieta, the only Filipino Laureate of the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition made a successful comeback as soloist of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra last Friday, March 14, under the baton of…