In what seems like ages ago, soprano Stefanie Quintin, trombone player Ricson Poonin, and guitarist Ivar Fojas were announced to headline the Cultural Center of the Philippines' Special Concert Series scheduled for the latter half of 2020. Inevitably, the concert series became one of the countless cancellations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two years later, the trio's respective performances will finally see the light of day with the return of the Special Concert Series 2022. The series will be among the first concerts to be staged at CCP's new Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (Black Box Theater).
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| Soprano Stefanie Quintin |
Kicking off the series on September 7, 2022, 7:30 PM is soprano Stefanie Quintin whose vast repertoire includes music from the Renaissance up to the present day. She has premiered and performed works by such composers as National Artist for Music Dr. Ramon P. Santos and the American composer Eli Marshall.
She has given solo performances at the Asia Europe New Music Festival in Vietnam, the Yilan International Arts Festival in Taiwan, the soundSCAPE Festival in Italy, the Baroque Festival in Singapore, and the International Bamboo Organ Festival in the United States (Philippines). Aside from the Trovillo-Graham Award for Voice and the Rey Paguio Scholarship, Quintin also won the Delphic Lyra Award for Traditional Music at the Third International Junior Delphic Games, and the PGMA Presidential Award for Culture and the Arts.
Stefanie will also conduct an online voice masterclass on September 8, 2022, 2:00-5:00 PM via ZOOM. Interested participants for the masterclass can call the CCP Artist Training Division at 8832-1125 loc. 1605 or email artist.training@culturalcenter.gov.ph.
The second concert of the series sees trombonist Ricson Poonin take to the stage on October 20, 2022 while guitarist Ivar Fojas wraps things up on November 11, 2022. All performances begin at 7:30 PM to be held at the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez. Both Poonin and Fojas will also conduct their respective masterclasses with exact dates to be announced soon.
All live performances and events held at the CCP still adhere to health and safety protocols that can be viewed at https://bit.ly/staysafeatCCP
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