Pianist Dingdong Fiel caps yearlong monthly concert series with tribute to grandmother

At the start of 2023, Aliw Award winning pianist Dingdong Fiel embarked on a rarity in the Philippine classical music scene: performing in 12 monthly solo piano concerts in a calendar year as part of the Manila Pianos Artist Series.

After 11 solo outings and having performed music ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach's baroque to György Ligeti's avant garde, Dingdong caps the series with Of Fond Remembrances, a tribute concert to his paternal grandmother happening on December 10, 2023, 6:00 PM at the Manila Pianos Showroom, 4/F Ronac Lifestyle Center, Paseo de Magallanes, Makati City.

Dingdong Fiel

Lola Daidy, as she is fondly called, was instrumental in raising Dingdong not only physically but intellectually, emotionally and spiritually as well. He remembers her lola playing CDs of Van Cliburn, Horowitz, Argerich and other piano greats at home when he was small. Her love for classical music seeped into his subconscious at an early age and soon enough he started to play on the family's upright. The rest, they say, is history.

During the pandemic, Dingdong went back to his hometown in Ormoc to be with family. Every Sunday he would lug his electric piano and play for his lola in the afternoons - a mini recital lasting 4 hours. He made it a point never to repeat works. Playing the complete sonatas by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven as well as piano works by Schumann, Chopin, Liszt. This became the catalyst for the twelve solo recitals this year.

Lola Daidy

Lola Daidy passed away this year. This concert is a tribute to the matriarch who exemplified strength with grace, perseverance and above all filial piety.

At the concert, Dingdong will perform works by Richard Addinsell, Johannes Brahms, Francisco Buencamino, Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff among others.

Below are images for the past 11 concerts of Dingdong throughout 2023.

Tickets to Of Fond Remembrances are priced at P1000 and P500 for seniors & students.

To purchase your ticket(s), GCASH payment to 0917-415-8876 Richard S. On the MSG line, type "(name) (# of tickets) - FIEL".

Please send confirmation to either 0917-415-8876 or use the messenger on Manila Pianos Artist Series Facebook page. Ticket(s) will be ready at the gate on the day of the performance.