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Pianist Raul Sunico to play Chopin to Canseco in Oct 21 concert
In celebration of Filipino American History Month, internationally acclaimed pianist Raul Sunico will be featured in a concert on Saturday, October 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Center on W 67th Street. In a 1982 concert at the Alice Tully Hall, The New York Times described him as “a young pianist […]
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Loida Lewis to receive lifetime award from Womankind, is serenaded by Madrigal Singers
Businesswoman Loida Nicolas Lewis, widow of TLC Beatrice Founder and CEO Reginald F. Lewis, will receive The Phoenix Lifetime Achievement Award at Womankind’s 35th Anniversary Benefit Gala on November 1, 2017, for her contributions to Asian American communities through her advocacy, influence, and generosity. Formerly the New York Asian Women’s Center, Womankind is a leader […]
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In Nostalgia exhibit, Philippine art gets sentimental
A three-man exhibit opens at the Philippine Center on October 10, with art that explores the sentimental and iconic Filipino way of life. Philippine Nostalgia features the latest collections of three Philippine-based artists: Carlito Amalla, Gari Apolonio and Denes Dasco. The artists are all graduates of the UP College of Fine Arts in Diliman, Quezon […]
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KURI-KURI Lanao art from Anna Leah Sanson’s very productive hands
By Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen It is perhaps providential that an art exhibit that showcases the exquisite artistic tradition of the Philippine South is currently on view in no other than New York City. After all, a specific region– Lanao– has suffered its fair share of bad press owing to the fighting that has been […]
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Diplomats voice hope for peace while creating beautiful Ikebana flowers
By Percival Cunanan Humble palm trees, some soil, an earthen vase, and a hushed audience. With these, Professor Noritaka Noda of NYC’s Ikenobo Society of Floral Art began to create elegant Ikebana, as diplomats around him expressed their hope for peace and the “art of bringing people together.” The event was dubbed “PEACE Is…Beautiful,” a […]
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Madrigal Singers’ one night only concert in Manhattan on Oct 6
The Philippine Madrigal Singers is currently touring the United States, as part of their goodwill concert tour, before heading to Europe. They will be performing at the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola at 980 Park Avenue, on October 6 at 8 p.m. as part of the 29th Sacred Music in a Sacred Space concert series. […]
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Ballet that is haunting, eerie, and elegant
By Tricia J. Capistrano When I was 6, my mom sent me to ballet class in dark green leotards and tights while all the other girls wore pink and black. The ballet studios were in an L shaped building in Quezon City, in the Philippines. Each wing had several dance studios whose mirrors reflected the […]
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Artist Lolita Valderrama Savage receives prestigious Premio Lorenzo il Magnifico award from her ‘beloved Firenze’
By Cristina DC Pastor Philippine-born international artist Lolita Valderrama Savage was awarded with the distinguished Premio Lorenzo Il Magnifico for 2017, a prestigious award granted by the Academia Internazionale Medicea (The International Medici Academy) in Florence, Italy. Lolita, a painter noted for her lively landscapes and nature scenes, was one of the 10 international recipients […]
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MoMA features Philippine cinema from June 1 to 25
MoMA presents a survey of Philippine film from around 2000 to the present, a period known as the Third Golden Age of Philippine cinema (following the first golden age, in the 1950s, and the second, from the 1970s to the early 1980s). The Philippines’ current wave of sustained creativity is unusual in its diversity of […]