A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came knocking on the doors of young dancers from the regions Crizza Jayne Acosta Urmeneta, Alyanna Dexel Torte, Chris Jay Malipot, Maron Mabana, and Erica Patoc. These dancers were given the chance to work under National Artist Alice Reyes and perform with the...
A BEAUTIFUL DANCE Granada Flamenco Ballet was founded in 2007 and is known for having the best flamenco artists in Spain Straight from the heart of Seville, Spain, Granada Flamenco Ballet is set to perform its riveting rendition of Báilame (Dance for Me) for the first time on the Philippine stage...
The search for the new music director and principal conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) has come to a close as the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) announces Polish conductor Maestro Grzegorz Nowak will assume the management of the country’s leading orchestra. The...
BEHIND THE SCENES Francisco M. Galvero Jr., with his apprentice Annie Ignacio, preparing the set for a ballet production Most often, audiences perceive the hard work that the actors, musicians, and rest of the cast, the so-called front liners of any production, put into a successful performance....
Back-to-back abridged versions of Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro take the centerstage in the second installment of the CCP Out-Of-The-Box Series, the newest program of the Cultural Center of the Philippines...
The Cinemalaya Retrospective Section gives a chance for audiences to experience the award-winning films in the last Cinemalaya festival. This year, seven films – 4 full-lengths and 4 shorts – will return to the big screen during the Cinemalaya run from Aug. 4 to 13, at the Philippine...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Philippine Madrigal Singers are once again bringing together the best choirs from around the world for the Andrea O. Veneracion (AOV) International Choral Festival. The biennial competition will be held from July 20 to 23, 2023, at the Samsung...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines opens the second exhibit of the Bulwagang Roberto Chabet (TIG Gallery), titled “The White Elephant Project” by visual artist Jomar Galutera, on view until Aug. 13, 2023. Curated by Jason Dy, SJ, the exhibit is a serial inquiry into monumental...
ARDP in Erl Sorilla's Kasadya. (Photo by Ivan Castronuevo) The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), in partnership with the local governments of the Negros Islands and Leyte, is bringing Filipino dance to the Visayas through 'Sayaw Tanan!' - a program that features artists from the CCP's...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) present a special concert featuring three of the CCP's young music scholars: flutist Mark Kenedy Rocas, violinist Adrian Nicolas Ong, and pianist Aidan Baracol. The concert, titled "PPO Young People’s...
The Cultural Center of the Philippines gets out of the box with its new series of concert productions, dubbed "CCP Out-of-The-Box (OTB) Series," featuring performances that audiences normally wouldn’t see in conventional programming. Conceptualized by former artistic director Chris Millado, the...
A star-studded cast of today's top Filipino musicians and theater performers will take on major roles in the re-staging of the hit Filipino rock opera ballet, "Rama, Hari." The production features direction and choreography by National Artist Alice Reyes, music by National Artist Ryan Cayabyab,...
