5:00
PM Opening Ceremonies
7:00
PM Folk Music Category
Tanghalang
Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
Tanghalang
Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
Tanghalang
Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)
4:00
PM Philippine Madrigal Singers Concert
Tanghalang
Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
CCP
Complex
The
Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Festival, Manila, 2013, will realize the first international choral competition in the country
with the participation of selected choirs from different parts of the world.
The Festival will take place at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP)
on August 7-10, 2013 .
Held
in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the world renowned Philippine Madrigal Singers, the resident choral ensemble of the Cultural Center of
the Philippines, the festival is named after National Artist for
Music Andrea O. Veneracion, the founder of the Philippine Madrigal
Singers. Veneracion is recognized for spearheading the choral movement in the Philippines
and for raising the standards of the art of choral music all over the country.
The
Festival includes the following competition categories: Folk Music,
Chamber Choir and Vocal Ensemble Category. Opening and Closing Ceremonies and
the gala concert of the Philippine Madrigal Singers will be held to mark its 50
years of unwavering commitment to the highest standards of choral excellence,
having won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing twice, and for its
recognition as the most awarded choir in Asia .
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| National Artist for Music Andrea O. Veneracion |
Held
with the support of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the
Competition will be adjudicated by the following internationally recognized
adjudicators: Gary Graden (Sweden ),
Michael Barrett (South Africa ),
Eric Banks (United States ),
Oscar Escalada (Argentina )
and Mark Anthony Carpio, the choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers.
The Cultural
Center Philippines
has been in the forefront of the promotion and development of choral music all
over the country. The first international choral festival the CCP organized was
held in 1979 with the participation of countries from China ,
Spain , Poland ,
Hungary , USSR ,
Brazil , with
the Philippine Madrigal Singers then gracing the festival’s opening concert.
This was followed by international choral festivals in 1981 and 1983, and again
in 1998 in celebration of the Philippine Centennial with invited choirs from South
Africa , Spain ,
India , Germany ,
France and Japan .
The most recent international choral festival was held in 2003. All these
festivals have been non-competitive events. In 2009, the Cultural
Center Philippines .
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| The Philippine Madrigal Singers |
The Philippines
has now become widely recognized for its talent in choral singing through the
many choirs from different part of the country who have competed and won in
prestigious international choral competitions.
Ticket
prices:
August
7, 8 and 10, 2013 CCP Main Theater
P800
Orchestra Center
P700
Orchestra Side
P500
Balcony I
P300
Balcony II
P800
Orchestra Center
P700
Orchestra Side
-50% student discount
-20% senior citizen discount
For
inquiries:
CCP
Artist Training Division 832-1125 local 1604/1605
CCP
Box Office at 832-3704, 832-3706
TicketWorld
891-9999
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