Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ricardo C. Abapo Jr. he played Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 by Mozart
and he played it well but sadly his performance was not enough to win the
competition. But the piece was really nice and played very well.
Kirk Allen H. Mallorca he played Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 54 by
Shcumann. As we all know, Schumanns pieces were really lively and fast but it is
also one of the hardest to play because of exchanging melodies from right hand to
left hand playing the melodies.
Gabrielle Allan F. Paguiriga he played Piano Concierto No. 3 by Bartok ooooooooohh
Bartok I never know what really is happening in the piece every time I hear
someone playing Bartok pieces because everything is just unpredictable but! HE
WON THE CONTEST.
John Daniel S. Rotap he played Piano Concerto No. 3 by Prokofiev when he was
performing me and my colleagues thought that hes the one thats going to win
because he executed everything very well and the arrangement he did was very
moving, he even received an award because of the arrangement he did even
though he did not win.
I had the chance to talk to Gabrielle the day after the competition and he is really
kind and humble, I greeted him that he did very good and thats it we went home.
The audience loved the performances and as I have observed I saw that there are
school battling there different students from different schools that came to support
their friend or classmate. Everyone is silent once the performers are already walking
down the stage and there are a lot of applause after every performances. I loved the
performances and I hope to watch it again this year.
2015 NAMCYA STRINGS Final Competition 5 p.m., Tuesday, 25 November 2015
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, CCP.
The competition was held at CCP by NAMCYA it was the final competition for strings,
the finalists are:
Raphael Espada- Violin
Marian Antonette Mayuga- Violin
Gabriel Art Mendoza- Violin
Amber Loraine Murillo- Violin
Roi Aldric Trawon- Violin
The competition was so long that it ended around 1am in the morning and I already
slept there for like two hours because the judges takes time on judging the
performances and who should win, Im pretty sure its a very hard thing to do
specially with all those great performances.
Raphael Espada played Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch, this
was my first time to watch a very long strings performance with very good finalist
and I am lucky enough to see them perform and battle it out for the finals. But I get
sleepy because there are so much finalists in this one not like the one we watched
yesterday.
Marian Antonette Mayuga played Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 one thing I
really noticed from her performance is that she really played it clean at neat but
shes doing it gently and effortless, you really know that she practiced her pieces
carefully.
Gabriel Art Mendoza played Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op.
35 this piece was a very long piece and at some point he forgot some few bars of
the pieces but he managed to comeback.
Amber Loraine Murillo played Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 she played it
very well but she doesnt look so confident in front of everybody so she tends to
face the accompanying piano not the audience.
Roi Aldric Tawon played Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Op. 47 this particular
performer played and killed this piece because of his confidence and the fast tempo
it has that really called everybodys attention.
That night was a long night but it was worth it because of the music we heard and
the performances weve seen I hope that classical music will be known in the
Philippines that everybody would love and appreciate such performances like this.
Tatlong Ipe: Isang Konsiyerto held at CCP Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino 6:30 PM,
December 4, 2015. The concert was sectioned on 3 different generations the first
one was for Felipe Padilla de Leon Sr. who is the first generation musician in their
family followed by his son Felipe Mendoza de Leon Jr. who is the standing president
of the National Commission on Cultural and Arts. And the third son of Felipe Jr. the
modern artist who plays the lute very well, Diwa Felipe de Leon III. Obviously Im
still expecting for the 4th felipe from Diwa, they love giving the same names. The
night was full of patriotism expressed on their music and composition, some music
emerged from the time of Martial law when they saw their countrymen dying the
cost of democracy. And some music were made for happy events just like
Christmas. Here are the list of performers:
Kay Selya: Ronan Ferrer, tenor
Felipe Padilla de Leon
Lyrics: Francisco Balagtas
Sapagkat Mahal Kita: Musikeros UST Faculty
Chamber Choir
Felipe Padilla de Leon
Lyrics: Francisco Balagtas
Makiling # 1: Jojo del Rosario,
flute
Diwa Felipe III Sarabia de Leon Beatrice Ricana, cello
Diwa de Leon,
guitar
Lyrics: Eric Torres Adrian Aaron Vocalan,
guitar
Postlude To A Rainbow: Rica Nepomuceno,
soprano
Felipe Mendoza de Leon Ray Sison, flute
Lyrics: Eric Torres Adrian Aaron
Vocalan, guitar
Harana for Violin and Piano: Alfonso Coke
Bolipata, violin
Felipe Padilla de Leon
Pasko Na Naman: Novo Concertate
Manila
Felipe Padilla de Leon
Lyrics: Levi Celerio
Payapang Daigdig: Novo Concertante
Manila
Felipe Padilla de Leon
I should have watched this with my parents but I got to see it with my sister and her
friend instead but still I enjoyed the night full of music for the love of the country
and democracy and changing generations of music.