September 30, 2014, 7:30 PM
Ayala Museum
Makati
Avenue corner De
La Rosa Street
Greenbelt Park, Makati
Featuring:
Joaquin
Maria "Chino" Gutierrez,
violin
Corazon
Kabayao, piano
Programme:
Johann
Sebastian Bach Chaconne from Partita in D
minor, BWV 1004
Johannes
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D
minor, Op. 108
Giuseppe
Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor Devil’s
Trill
Ernest
Bloch Nigun from Baal Shem
Pyotr
Ilyich Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu
cher, Op. 42
Pablo
de Sarasate Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25
Due
to popular demand, Joaquin Maria “Chino”
Gutierrez will stage a repeat of his Passion
concert this September 30, 2014,
7:30 PM with the Ayala Museum as the venue this time
around. Joining him will be pianist Corazon Kabayao as they perform works such
as Johann Sebastian Bach’s Chaconne from Partita in D minor, BWV 1004, Johannes
Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, Giuseppe
Tartini’s Violin Sonata in G minor Devil’s Trill, Ernest Bloch’s Nigun from
Baal Shem, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42, and Pablo
de Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25
Joaquin
Maria “Chino” Gutierrez
belongs to the emerging crop of young Filipino virtuosos who are carving a
secure place in the international arena of classical violin playing. Chino
began violin studies at 7 and ½ years old under Alfonso „Coke“ Bolipata. He
made his orchestral debut at the Cultural
Center of the Philippines
at the age of 10 in a performance of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole. Similarly, his
first solo recital at the age of 10 in a program of Bach, Mozart, Paganini,
Sarasate, Wieniawski, and Kreisler, earned public and critical acclaim. In
2002, he won first prize at the National Music Competitions for Young Artists
(NAMCYA), high school division. At 12, he was the youngest
competitor in his category. His first violin teacher, Alfonso Bolipata
described him as “unusually gifted, with a natural ability and a sense of
music-making that is uncanny for someone his age.” Rosalinda Orosa of
Philippine Star wrote, “Chino’s
performance was brilliant, manifesting an expressivity and sensitivity well
beyond the soloist’s tender years. The most intricate and rapid configurations
were hurled with agility and pizzazz… with virtuosity.” Respected conductor and
violinist Oscar Yatco made an assessment of Chino’s
gifts, thus: “Chino is the Cecile
Licad of the violin.”
After
finishing first year high school at the Philippine Science High School, Chino
left for Germany
to train under the renowned violin pedagogue Jens Ellermann, who instantly
recognized him as “a major talent of the violin”. He was admitted into the
prestigious Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (State Academy of Music
and Theater in Munich) where he
studied violin while simultaneously attending a regular German high school.
Multi-talented and gifted, Chino
made splendid progress with the violin even as he reaped success in math,
science and languages. At 14, he emerged Landdessieger (champion) in the state
math competitions in Bavaria. In
addition, because of his linguistic abilities, he was handpicked to co-author a
book on etymology in five languages. When he is not performing in concerts here
and abroad, Chino finds time to
teach high school algebra and trigonometry and is an enthusiastic mentor to
younger violin students.
Chino
has participated in master classes in the Philippines,
Germany, Italy
and USA, and
has taken lessons and personal coaching from noted violinists like Gilopez
Kabayao, Oscar Yatco, Gina Medina, Joseph Esmilla, Alexandru Tomescu, Gottfried
Schneider and Weigang Li. He has performed as soloist with the Philippine
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra and the Metro Manila
Community Orchestra under the baton of Chino Toledo, Francisco Feliciano, and
Oscar Yatco. He has been the recipient of a scholarship from the Miriam
College Music Center,
as well as German grants from the Dorian Stiftung in Stuttgart
and the Theodor-Rogler Stiftung in Munich.
Currently, Chino is finishing his
Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater
München under the tutelage of respected pedagogues Olga Voitova-Bloch and
Christoph Poppen.
Ticket price:
P1000
For inquiries:
(0915)
189-2998, (0925) 764-2608, 218-1864
