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The Philippine Madrigal Singers, one of the world’s best choral groups, is coming to town for a two-night performance in July that’s not to be missed. This is a rare opportunity to catch these high calibre vocalists who have enthralled and dazzled audiences the world over. One of the major cultural groups based in the University of the Philippines, the Madz, as they are known, carries the distinction of being the first choir in the world to win the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing twice, in 1997 and in 2007. The competition is regarded as the “Olympics” for choirs. Formed in 1963, and currently under the leadership of conductor and musical director Mark Anthony Carpio, the Madz is mostly composed of students, faculty and alumni from the university. The group performs a variety of styles and forms but specialises in the madrigal, a polyphonic and challenging musical style popular during the Renaissance period where singers and guests would gather around the table dur
The Philippine Madrigal Singers are back in New York for a one-night concert on May 25 (Thursday), 7:00pm, at the Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral.