The Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines (FCCP) presents a unique museum tour full of art and music with the Ilustrado, the National Museum Gala on March 27, 2023, 5:00 PM at the National Museum of Fune Arts.
The Ilustrado is a fund raising gala benefitting the FCCP's 26 scholars pursuing their undergraduate and graduate studies in the visual and performing arts here and abroad.
The gala will give attendees a unique tour of the Museum with site specific performances featuring past, present and future FCCP scholars bringing life or a different perspective to the artworks in 6 of the galleries or halls.
The featured artists include harpist/pianist Madeline Jane Banta, harpist Vien Ignacio, guitarist Lance Capitan, keyboardist Michael Valenciano, cellist Giuseppe Diestro, soprano Donna Baluyut, the FEU Dance Company (FDC); tenors Jezreel Mangui and Joshua Mondares, baritone Kris Gonzales, and the FEU Guides.
The famed restaurant Ilustrado will serve dinner after the tour at 7:30 PM at the Reception Hall
The FCCP started out in 1979 as the Friends of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, patterned after the Friends of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Embarking on its first venture into fundraising, the FCCP sponsored the musical Annie, where Repertory Philippines first introduced Lea Salonga to a highly appreciative public. Proceeds went to purchase a brand new harp which was donated to the CCP Orchestra which became the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.
Inspired by its initial fundraising success, the FCCP proceeded to sponsor the visiting Cleveland Symphony Orchestra under the world-famous conductor Loren Maazel. The funds raised were used to sponsor two successful CCP Summer Outreach Concerts which brought the PPO with Prof. Basilio Manalo as conductor on concert tours around the country.
In 2001, the FCCP became the Friends for Cultural Concerns of the Philippines to widen the scope of its contributions.
During the 2004 – 2006 term of lawyer-business woman Mellie Ablaza, the organization donated three million pesos to the NMP in return for which the “Introduction Room” of the National Art Gallery was named after the FCCP in perpetuity.
For tickets, please contact Angie Godoy via text or Viber at 0927-2292128. Payment may be deposited to FCCP's Metrobank account 292 3 292 80045 3.
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