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THE Alliance Française de Manille (AFM), Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), with the support of the Embassy of France, Rustans, Store Specialists Inc, and Y2K Residence Hotel, proudly present a Francophil project entitled “Me, Myself and Us” by the company Tête d’Enfant, comprised of longtime friends Guillaume Biron, Naël Jammal and Florent Lestage, a circus trio from France on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 7:30 pm at the Little Theater of the Cultural Center […]
The Cultural Center of the Philippines brings together the well liked original Filipino musicals in a single evening featuring the original cast and the best musical theater performers. A gala event billed as MUSIKAL! A Musical Theater Celebration of CCP’s 45th takes place on September 5 and September 6, at 8:00 pm at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater). The musical revue features excerpts from “Rak of Aegis”, “Rama Hari”, “Maxie the Musical”, “Katy!”, […]
The Cultural Center of the Philippines announces the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2014-2015 Concert Season billed as Sound Kaleidoscope under the baton of its Music Director, Olivier Ochanine. A classic performance happens on September 12 with the PPO performing the works of Rachmaninoff and Rimsky-Korsakov. Albert Tiu, a Filipino pianist, returns to Manila to perform as guest soloist. On October 17, Herminigildo Ranera leads the PPO in performing works of Gershwin, Telemann and Borodin with trumpetist Rommel Reyes as guest soloist. […]
PIANIST and will stage a concert on August 31, 2014 at 7:30pm at the Little Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Ang Li began playing the piano by ear at age one. Ang Li made her first public appearance at Beijing Concert Hall at age six. At age thirteen, she made her orchestral debut with the Little Orchestra Society of New York at Avery Fisher Hall. In 2007, Ms. Li was invited by […]
The full length opera ‘Rigoletto’ by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi will be staged on August 22 at 7 pm and August 24 at 3 pm at the CCP Main Theater. The title role will be played by internationally acclaimed and multi-awarded Korean baritone Daesan No, with soprano Yun Kyoung Yi and tenor Jae Wook Lee in the other major roles. Other performers include Filipino noted vocalists Ronan Ferrer, Nenen Espina, Thea Perez, Jun Francis Jaranilla, […]
Italy-based young Filipino flutist Sarah Mae Gabuyo will be the second featured artist of The CCP Special Concert Series on Friday, August 15, 2014 at 7:30 PM at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater). Based in Milan, Italy since she was 10, Sarah Mae Gabuyo entered the Accademia Internazionale della Musica where the prestigious Italian international flute soloist Raffaele Trevisani took her in his class and taught her the Sir James Galway method of […]
Aklatang Bayan is a revival of the CCP’s Library project in 2002 entitled “Establishment of Reading Centers in Barangays of Metro Manila.” It was launched in line with Republic Act No.7743 (“An Act Providing for the Establishment of Congressional, City and the Municipal Libraries and Barangay reading Center throughout the Philippines”) under former President Joseph Estrada’s program on mass education for the poor. The CCP Library and Archives’ partner institutions in this worthy undertaking then […]
In line with this year’s Earth Day theme “Climate Change,” Luis Yee Jr., or Junyee conceived of an outdoor installation “Hangin ay Buhay” in praise of wind power as a non-pollutant and clean energy source. Three hundred bamboo poles were placed in the front lawn of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), each topped with a propeller contraption, as an artistic cluster of “windmills”. The propellers, ingeniously designed from recycled natural materials such as […]
The Cultural Center of the Philippines announced that CCP would turn into a “Center for Choral Performance” starting 2014, as it offers an exciting variety of choral music concerts and workshops for choirs and choral conductors and an international choral festival under its choral music program. The following choral music events lined up for the year include the Madz et al. Choral Festival (April 1-6, 2014), a festival of choir performances of more than 50 […]
Effective March 10, 2014, entry to the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex via Pedro Bukaneg Street will be closed to all vehicles to give way to the ongoing road repair undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). All vehicles shall take Vicente Sotto Street to enter the CCP Complex. From 10 p.m. of March 15 to 8 p.m. of March 16, 2014, incoming and outgoing lanes of Pedro Bukaneg Street from […]
In celebration of its 10th anniversary this year, the CCP Pasinaya Open House Festival on March 16, Sunday, “goes the extra mile” and extends its reach and boundaries beyond the CCP Complex to include other cultural sites such as the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, National Museum, Bahay Tsinoy, Casa Manila, Museo Pambata and 1335 Mabini. The expansion of Pasinaya to include other cultural institutions in the area surrounding the CCP, according to CCP Artistic Director […]
The Cultural Center of the Philippines announces that it shall be holding the CCP National Rondalla Workshop on April 8-12, 2014(Tuesday to Saturday) from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM at various venues in the CCP complex . The Workshop is open to rondalla groups all over the country who have been in existence for at least two (2) years and who wish to further hone their skills in rondalla technique and performance. The workshop modules […]
