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Category: Entertainment
A LIFETIME OF ARTS REPORTING
Excerpts from remarks delivered by the columnist Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, Carlos P. Romulo Hall in Makati City when he received the Golden Leaf Award for Excellence in the field of Art Advocacy in Media. LEAF stands for Live Entertainment, Arts & Festivals.
DAI MAGSAWÂ MAG GIBO NING TAMÂ
antes mang-atom ning iba
porbahang bilikon ang mata
i-focus sa saimo man sana
nganing maheling ang totoo
mga nakatagong pagkatawo
REFLECTIONS ON KOBE BRYANT PLAYING THE MOONLIGHT SONATA
As I listened to Kobe’s shortened version of Moonlight Sonata with the Luring Quartet, I also remembered the night Licad played the same movement in full in an intimate private gathering.
A FAMILIAR STORY DEEPLY TOLD
He said he was inspired to do the film when he saw this picture of a mother lovingly looking at his dead husband who was a victim of extra-judicial killing. “I became restless after seeing that picture. I became so obsessed with it I decided to do my fifth film with that subject in mind.”
PARA SAIMO, MAMA*
orkids para saimo, mama
su masitas tang pinun-an magkapila
ngonian labing apat na gatos na
NEW LICAD CD WITH DENMARK PHILHARMONIC OUT SOON
“This is such memorable experience for me working with fantastic Filipino conductor and great musicians from Denmark,” the pianist said. “It has been real pleasure to have worked Judy Sherman who is an old friend and a 10-time Grammy award-winning producer.”
TALE OF BYGONE YOUTH IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Like it or not, Deine Farbe (Your Color) is an ode to fading youth and a study in choices. It gives everyone a good preview of one’s younger phase and at the same time making something out of that seemingly reckless transition.
MAD SCENES IN LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR AND BEYOND
But preparing for her role which requires an equal dose of good acting and spectacular singing, the soprano said she has a good idea how to approach her Mad Scene in the opera. “This mad moment is not something that dropped from above. It is the result of emotional trauma. I’d like to build that mad moment and make it look real and not contrived. I take time building the scene and not just by looking insane but by projecting something inside me. In opera, even Lucia’s kind of madness should make sense.”