NAMCYA celebrates 40 years with CCP concert

August 25, 2013, 8:00 PM

Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)

CCP Complex

Pasay, Metro Manila

The National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA), in celebration of their 40^th anniversary, presents a concert, entitled Celebrating the Harvest, this August 25, 2013, 8:00 PM at the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Main Theater). This concert which is in collaboration with the CCP, will feature previous competition winners of the NAMCYA throughout the years, with many of them making a mark in the classical music field as professionals.

The concert will feature four decades of the Philippine classical music scene with recent winners and seasoned performers taking to the stage: sopranos Rachelle Gerodias,  Karina Balajadia, Gereberne Lozada and Myramae Meneses, tenor Randy Gilongo, baritone Andrew Fernando, pianists Victor Asuncion, Nita Quinto, Gabriel Paguirigan, Pia Margarita Dino-Balasico and Maria Regina Montesclaros, violinists, Coke Bolipata, Dino Decena, DJ Francisco-Salonga, Denise Huang, Jimmy Tagala, Christian Tan, Sara Gonzales and Maria Jeline Oliva, violists Rey Casey Concepcion and Chino David, cellists Arnold Josue, Anjo Inacay and Gerry Gonzales, contrabassist Paulo Jaime Alcantara, oboists Reynato Resureccion, Franz Ramirez and Marlon Galang, clarinetists Ariel Sta Ana, Jayson Rivera and Hernan Manalastas, bassoonists Alfonso Mendoza, Joseph Panganiban and Frenvee Andra, horn players Rodel Colmenar, Arnold Agustin Sahagun, Mahler Villanueva and Linwell Lalic, and guitarist Franco Maigue.

Among the pieces to be performed in this concert are excerpts from two chamber music works Antonín Leopold Dvořák’s Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op.44 and Felix Mendelssohn's Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20 which will feature wind and string musicians respectively. The second half will consist of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor Op. 3 No. 10 RV 580, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds KV 297b, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for Four Pianos and Orchestra, BWV 1065 and Lucio San Pedro’s Sa Mahal Kong Bayan, works that will feature four soloists in keeping with the four decades of NAMCYA theme. The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Olivier Ochanine will accompany the artists.

The National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA), with the generous support of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, has been a principal instrument in discovering major music talents from all over the country. Its project involves some 1 million musicians, trainors and administrators, in a long and tedious process of selecting the best among them from all seventeen regions, annually. NAMCYA has a three-fold program: discovering and developing young Filipino musicians from every region of the country, carried through annual competitions, workshops and training, as well as expanding Filipino music.

Ticket prices:

P800 Orchestra Center

P500 Orchestra Left

P200 Balcony I, Balcony II

-50% student discount

-20% senior citizen discount

For inquiries:

CCP Box Office 832-3704

TicketWorld 891-9999