Monday, November 07, 2011

Samar classical music fest opens to thunderous applause

My pix of violinist Gina Medina with some members of the CKC Youth Symphony Orchestra


Here's an article by Pablo Tariman which appeared in today's edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.


We got a fairly good idea of the audience for classical music in Calbayog City in Western Samar with the opening of the First Samar International Festival on Oct. 29 with violinist Gina Medina and pianist Mary Anne Espina.


A movement from a Mozart sonata set the tone for the evening, and here you saw the best of Espina and Medina as chamber musicians. With the excellent acoustics of Café Elsa of Ciriaco Hotel, the performance was one of the finest of Medina and Espina and the audience absorbed the intensity of the moment with relish. (read more . . .)

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