Filipino tenor Arthur Espiritu debuts as the Roman consul Pollione in the opera Norma by Bellini at Oper Klosterneuburg in Austria July 6 to August 4, 2024.
Some 33 years ago, in 1991, Presidential Proclamation 683 declared the month of February as the country’s National Arts Month “to celebrate the artistic excellence and pay tribute to the uniqueness and diversity of the Filipino heritage and culture.” All over the art world, performing artists are the most talked…
Roustem Saitkoulov, winner of the Rome Piano Competition and Grand Prix of the Montecarlo World Piano-Masters, replaces Krystian Zimerman in the Feb. 9, season concert of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO).
What do Lucio San Pedro, Lucrecia Kasilag, Fides Cuyugan-Asensio, Ramon Santos, Antonio Molina, Francisco Feliciano, Ernani Cuenco, and Ryan Cayabyab have in common? They are all in the roster of the country’s revered National Artists for Music. National Artist for Film Marilou Diaz-Abaya in Baguio with Cecile Licad and Pablo…
It was the year the performing arts came back with a vengeance after the uncertain years of 2020, 2021, and 2022. The year also saw the changing of the guard at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Music educator Michelle Nikki Junia replaced interim president Margie Moran Floirendo in…