As I write this, the former president is confined at The Hague, a fate he did not foresee at the height of his power. I am reproducing two poems which…
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Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
UKRAINE
Ukraine is redefining The new face of courage In a world still reeling From the virus. Ukraine is telling us Where conviction resides Where love for family ends And…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
(Author’s Note: The following essay is in the third book of the author, To Drink From A Mountain Spring — Essays, Poems and Memories.) A long time ago in…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
OF TIME AND THE RIVER
(Author’s Note: The following essay appears in the author’s third book, TO DRINK FROM A MOUNTAIN SPRING — Essays Poems & Memories.. P500 a copy. To reserve, text 09065104270 or…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
REMEMBERING BASILIO MANALO
The first members of the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO), founded in 1926 by Dr. Alexander Lippay are all gone now. But a new generation of MSO musicians, nurtured by Prof.…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
Mezzo soprano Conchita Gaston: A Beautiful Voice, A Beautiful Heart
Two things I remember about going to Bacolod. Setting foot on an ancestral house where Peque Gallaga shot “Oro, Plata, Mata” and discovering the Gaston House (now a museum) in…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
CONFESSIONS OF A ONE-MAN BOOK PRODUCTION AUTHOR
Encounters in the Arts is my second book after my first book of poetry, Love, Life and Loss: Poems During the Pandemic. It summarizes my life as a performing arts…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
REMEMBERING SAN PEDRO AND LEVI CELERIO
Some national treasures come to mind in the second month of the year. National Artist for Music Lucio San Pedro was born February 11, 1913. Moreover, fortuitous circumstances connived to…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
REMEMBERING A FORMIDABLE ILONGGO TENOR
This month is the 7th death anniversary of Ilonggo tenor Otoniel Gonzaga. He died in a Vienna hospital January 14. 2018. Tenor Arthur Espiritu, who received three standing ovations in…
Islander in the City | Pablo A. Tariman:
THE FILIPINO MUSICIAN WHO MET TOSCANINI
When the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Grzegorz Nowak performs at the Samsung Theater for Performing Arts on January 17, the national orchestra would have logged its 52nd year. What…