The 2022 Quezon City International Film Festival opened Thursday night (Nov. 17) with a timely social satire and with a Filipino actor as the celebrated protagonist. Ruben Ostlund’s Triangle of…
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Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
FILIPINO WINS 2022 THAILAND INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION
The winning streak of classical guitarist Adrik Cristobal continues. After winning the 7th Valerio International Guitar Competition in Yogyakarta, Indonesia in 2019 and the National Music Competitions for Young Artists…
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STUDENT OF PAVAROTTI IS NEW CALAF IN DECEMBER CCP TURANDOT
Tenor Alessandro Liberatore — a pupil of Luciano Pavarotti who sang in Manila in 1994 — is the Calaf in the CCP production of Puccini’s Turandot opening at the CCP…
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REMEMBERING FILIPINO SINGERS WHO SHONEIN TURANDOT
When Turandot opens at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Dec. 9-11, 2022, it will bring to mind Filipino singers who distinguished themselves in the last Puccini opera. There…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
A BARITONE LIKE NO OTHER
Live concerts are back! They are for the most part inspiring and sadly a few disappoints. This concert mounted at the CCP main theater lobby by the Friends for Cultural…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
SOPRANO STEFANIE QUINTIN ON THE SIDE OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Much was in store for music lovers when soprano Stefanie Quintin performed for the first time at Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (Black Box Theater) last Wednesday, September 7, 2022. With flutist…
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VENICE INDEPENDENT FILM CRITICS SINGLE OUT ROMANIAN FILM WITH FILIPINO LEAD ACTOR
The Romanian film To The North by Mihai Mincan headlined by Filipino actors Soliman Cruz and Bart Guingona eluded awards in the Orizzonte section of the recently concluded 79th Venice…
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LAST CURTAIN CALL FOR BARITONE ANDREW FERNANDO (1970-2022)
Distinguished baritone Andrew Fernando has died August 23, 2022. This was learned from the Soledad and Fernando family who also announced his body was cremated August 31. He was 52.…
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A SOPRANO’S NEW YORK EXPOSURE
Some five years ago, Mheco Manlangit stunned observers in the last masterclass of Romanian diva Nelly Miricioiu when she brought the house down with a tough aria from Donizetti’s Linda…
Islander in the City by Pablo A. Tariman:
THE HORRORS OF MARTIAL LAW AS MUSICAL
When Katips (short for Katipunan) was first screened in November last year, nobody knew the Marcoses were poised for a dramatic comeback. Thus, the film was treated as another brainchild…