I had a roomful of memories to recall when writer-poet Jose F. Lacaba received the 2024 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining on the 20th of September 2024, 7 p.m. at…
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CECILE LICAD, GILOPEZ KABAYAO, NONOY FROILAN, VILMA SANTOS ARE NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL ARTISTS
After the nomination deadline for National Artists closed last June 30, 2024, several organizations revealed their nominees for National Artists in various categories. The LGU of Calbiga, Samar has nominated…
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JULIE LLUCH IN THE REALM OF TERRACOTTA
Julie Lluch is often seen attending season concerts of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, raving over a Swiss soloist and a Filipino cello prodigy who took her breath away after a…
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CELLIST ANTONIO MENESES: REMEMBERING THE 1982 GOLD MEDALIST OF THE TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION
Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses, gold medalist in the 1982 Tchaikovsky Competition, has died in Basel, Switzerland on August 3, 2024. He was 66. He was receiving palliative care since the…
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A YOUNG MAN’S JOURNEY TO LOWER DEPTHS
How low can an innocent young man go as he confronts his dark destiny? Sheron Dayoc’s film, The Gospel of the Beast which opened the 20th edition of Cinemalaya at…
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NONOY FROILAN FOR NATIONAL ARTIST FOR DANCE
In the past, Nonoy Froilan was Siegfred in Swan Lake, Albrecht in Giselle, the voyager in Norman Walker’s Season of Flight. He has danced with the revered prima ballerinas of…
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DIAZ-ABAYA’S ‘JOSE RIZAL’ AT THE MET AUG. 7
One of the exciting highlights of Cinemalaya 2024 is the screening of the remastered version of the 1998 landmark film Jose Rizal by National Artist for Film Marilou Diaz-Abaya. The…
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LAURICE GUILLEN DELIVERS WELL-NUANCED ACTING IN ‘MORO’
Award-winning filmmaker Brillante Mendoza has a continuing fascination with Muslim country in the South. His latest, Moro, is showing on Netflix July 19 and it has colorful echoes of his…
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FILIPINO-FINNISH CONDUCTOR IS NEW MUSIC DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC
The music news of the week is that Filipino-Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski is the 9th and the youngest music director designate of the Hong Kong Philharmonic (HK Phil). “I am…
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MSJO INVADES EUROPE ANEW
Filipino musicians are making news in Europe in July! The Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) under Jeffrey Solares is headed for Budapest (June 30), Salzburg (July 2) and Prague (July…