Guest artists at MSO concert
LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS Orchestra violinist Alexandra Bartoi and Orchestre de Paris assistant conductor Marlon Chen are the special guest artists in the Manila Symphony Orchestra’s concert Swept Away: Music for the Heart on July 27, 6:30 p.m., at the lobby of the Ayala Museum, Makati Ave., Makati City. Guest conductor Chen helms the MSO on Antonin Dvorak’s Serenade for Strings in E major Op. 22, while Ms. Bartoi will essay the solo spot for Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1 in G-minor. Tickets range in price from P300 (students) to P1,000 (limited premier). E-mail concerts@ayalamuseum.org or call 759-8288 local 8272 for details.
Pineapple Lab presents Wailing Women
DALOY DANCE COMPANY’s Artistic Director Ea Torrado confronts the inarticulable interior experience of grieving, incorporating elements of storytelling, naturalistic movements and dance in Wailing Women, a dance performance on July 27, 8 p.m., and July 30, 6 p.m., at Pineapple Lab. After the performances she will be leaving for New York City for a six-month Research Residency under the Asian Cultural Council (ACC). The ACC recently awarded similar grants Filipino artists Leeroy New, Delphine Buencamino, and Glenn Mas in New York to further push their artistry in their work. This original dance theater piece embodies the different manifestations of coming to terms with loss — loss of a friend, an idea, a home, identity, a sense of self, to stories of “the crying ladies” and the many wailing widows and mothers found in the crime scenes of the ongoing Philippine war on drugs. Wailing Women ponders and embodies unresolved pain and bereavement. This work will subsequently be brought to The Goyang International Dance Festival in South Korea, the Kultura Filipino Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada in August, and various performances in New York City through the Asian Cultural Council. Tickets to the performances are P400. Pineapple Lab is located at 6071 R. Palma St., Makati City. For tickets and reservations, call 834-5763.
New exhibit space
VINYL ON VINYL has joined the commune of galleries at Makati’s La Fuerza Compound, opening the new gallery space with four exhibits: Since the Death of Painting Everyone has been Fucking the Corpse featuring works by Manuel Ocampo, Jayson Oliveria, Carlo Ricafort, and Gerardo Tan; Art Appreciation by Mike Crisostomo; Audible Trouble by Chill, Gene Paul Martin, and JJ Zamoranos; and, Transitions by Joseph Tecson. The gallery is now located at 2442 Pasillo 18, La Fuerza Compound 1, Chino Roces Ave., Makati City. For details, contact the gallery at vinylonvinyl@gmail.com.
New exhibit at MCAD
RE-ENACTMENTS, the ongoing exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), tackles nontraditional and emerging art forms. Presenting the works of Dora Garcia from Spain, Yason Banal from the Philippines, Liz Magic Lazer and Michelle Lopez both from the USA, Silvana and Gabriella Mangano from Australia, and Erick Beltran and Belgian-born Francis Alys both from Mexico, the show takes up the issue of situations — whether constructed, instruction-based, document-orientated, or those positioned as gestures within the parameters of an established exhibition format. Re-Enactments runs until Sept. 10. The MCAD is located at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts Campus, Pablo Ocampo Ave., Malate, Manila. It is open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Trio De Capo featured at Ayala Museum
AS PART of the Cultural Arts Events Organizer (CAEO) and Ayala Museum’s pledge support young Filipino classically trained musicians, The Youth on Stage series features Trio De Capo on Aug. 10, 6:30 p.m. at the museum on Makati Ave. The trio got its name from the Italian musical term “da capo” which literally means “from the head.” It is a directive typically found at the end of a section to repeat from the beginning. Heading the group is pianist Gabriel Allan Ferros Paguirigan, recipient of the 2014 Namcya Grand Prize winner, first prize winner of the Piano Teachers Guild of the Philippines Beethoven Piano Concerto Competition, Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Piano Competition among others. Violinist Marian Antoinette Mayuga has just graduated magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines Diliman and won the 2005 and 2015 Namcya prizes. She has played principal second violinist, concert master and soloist of the Predis Orchestra. Cellist Joseph Emmanuel Hernandez is studying at the UP Diliman and has attended numerous master classes. The trio lined up a program featuring Brahms’ Piano Trio no. 1, the premiere of Jed Balsamo’s first Piano Trio and the neo-tango music of Astor Piazolla. For tickets, call TicketWorld at 891-9999, or CAEO at 782-7164, 0918-347-3027, and 0920-954-0053
