Foundation News

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of The Francisco Buencamino Sr. Music Foundation, Inc. (FBMFI), we are pleased to announce a premiere cultural “Double Event” on March 28, 2008 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), marking the 125th Birth Anniversary of Francisco Buencamino, Sr., the patriarch of the Buencamino clan, described by National Artist Lucrecia R. Kasilag as a well-loved and great composer belonging to the rank of national treasures in Philippine music, and the 40th year as a concert pianist of internationally acclaimed artist, Cecile Buencamino Licad.

Organized in 1989 to honor the memory of the noted composer, FBMFI assists musically talented students and teachers through its Scholarship and Masters Workshop Programs. Throughout these past years, the Foundation has provided scholarships to music students in a number of colleges and universities, including the University of the Philippines, Centro Escolar University, St. Scholastica’s College and the Philippine Women’s University. Its Masters Workshop Program has brought to the Philippines internationally renowned musical pedagogues who have conducted training seminars aimed at enhancing and upgrading the skills of music teachers in the country.

In partnership with the CCP, the FBMFI is pleased to present a piano concert featuring Ms. Cecile Licad at the Nicanor Abelardo Hall of the CCP at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 28, 2008. Ms. Licad, a grand niece of Francisco Buencamino, Sr., will perform two full concertos that evening: Beethoven Concerto #2 and Rachmaninoff #2 with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Germany- based Conductor, Oscar Yatco.

Tickets range from P200 to P3000.

You can download the flyer for more information or call 881-8071 or 0921-231-5621.

Ilya Rashkovskiy, grand prizewinner of the First Hong Kong International Piano Competition chaired by Vladimir Ashkenazy, will debut in Manila on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 as part of the Great Performance Series at the Philamlife Theater, UN Avenue, Ermita, Manila.

The other members of the Hong Kong jury which gave the grand prize to Rashkovskiy include Tchaikovsky laureate Vladimir Krainev and piano icons Gary Graffman, Leon Fleisher and Cristina Ortiz.

Also a prizewinner of international piano competitions in France, Italy and Spain, Rashkovskiy has debuted in the world’s most important venues among them the Theatre du Champ Elysee in France, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Deulen Concertgebouw in Rotterdam. Among the conductors he has worked with include Sergio Commissiona and Edo de Waart who earlier worked with Cecile Licad.

Rashkovskiy Manila program called An Evening of Piano Fantasy is sponsored by the Chopin Society of Hong Kong headed by Andrew and Annabela Freris. The December 13 piano repertoire include Mozart’s Fantasy in C Minor, KV 475, Schubert’s Wanderer Fantasy in C Major, Chopin’s Fantasy in F Minor, Liszt’s Fantasia quasi sonata (Dante Sonata) and Balakirev’s Oriental Fantasy-Islamey.

Apart from Rashkovskiy, the Great Performance Series at Philamlife Theater include Filipino tenor Otoniel Gonzaga with guest artists Dulce, sopranos Rachelle Gerodias and Camille Lopez-Molina, flutist Christopher Oracion and the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Rodel Colmenar.

The series ends on February 24, 2007 with a recital of Romanian violin superstar Alexandru Tomescu with pianist Mary Anne Espina.

The Great Performance Series is sponsored by the Philamlife Insurance Company and the Chopin Society of Hong Kong.

For ticket inquiries, please call tel. 9007023 or cell 09065104270.

Jesuit Volunteers Philippines Foundation, Inc.

in cooperation with

MCO Foundation, Smart, Equitable PCI Bank, Cebu Pacific

presents

Carmencita Sipin Aspiras
Internationally-acclaimed Filipino pianist

in

Unity & Harmony

A fund-raising event featuring the rare fusion of classical music and themes of goodness, love and hope seen in the service of the JVP Volunteers.

July 8, 2006 (Saturday), 8pm.
Francisco Santiago Hall, PCI Bank Tower 1
Makati Ave. cor. Dela Costa St., Makati City

Program:
Faure: Barcarolle no. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26 * Faure: Barcarolle no. 5 in F Sharp Minor, Op. 66 * Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 * Mozart: Piano Sonata in A Major, K.V. 331 * Chopin: Ballade no. 3 in A Flat Major Op. 47 * Chopin: Ballade no. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Jesuit Volunteers Philippines trains, forms and sends volunteers to under-resourced institutions and communities around the country. They teach, work in parishes and indigenous communities, and organize farmers, fisher folks and the youth. JVP is the longest-running volunteer organization of its kind in the Philippines and has been awarded as a “model of volunteering”.

Tickets at Php 500, Php 400, Php 300. Available at the JVP Office, Rm. 313 Bellarmine Hall, Ateneo de Manila (426-5908, 927-9060, 426-6001 loc. 4880, 0906-233-9770, jvpfi@admu.edu.ph, www.jvpfi.org) or at Ticketwold (891-9999) in all major National Bookstore brances.