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AT A GLANCE
The concert, brought to you by the Department of Tourism, the National Parks Development Committee, and Sound Experience Manila, features Sopranos Sherine Koa and Isabela Madero; and String Quartet Monching Carpio, Adrik Cristobal, Patrick Roxas, and Iqui Vinculado.
Paco Park presents : Puso ng Kundiman
In celebration of National Heritage Month, music lovers are in for a musical treat with 'Paco Park Presents: Puso ng Kundiman,' a free concert open to everyone, happening on May 5, 6 p.m, in Paco Park.
The concert, brought to you by the Department of Tourism, the National Parks Development Committee, and Sound Experience Manila, features Sopranos Sherine Koa and Isabela Madero; and String Quartet Monching Carpio, Adrik Cristobal, Patrick Roxas, and Iqui Vinculado.
As a showcase and a celebration of our rich and vibrant Filipino culture, "Puso ng Kundiman" seeks to portray the best of Filipino Kundiman songs. Kundiman is a classic and undying form of Filipino expression and emotion, a genre that has survived our national hardships, and a bearer of our culture’s memories and identity. Artistically relevant and integrally inseparable from our history, Kundiman is characterized by its rhythmic patterns and its melodious serenading progression.
Audience members can expect an enchanting evening filled with music that is uniquely Filipino. The performers will bring to life the emotions and stories embedded in each song through their soulful and heartfelt performances. To offer their talents are two renowned sopranos, Sherine Koa and Isabela Madero. Ms. Koa has an extensive and broad history in music, particularly in Opera, receiving several awards both in local and international levels such as the Most Outstanding Senior Classical Voice Performer at the VAYA International Music Festival, Canada last 2021, among many others. Ms. Madero, not to be remiss, is acclaimed in her own right, receiving the first place in the Tokyo International Youth Music Competition, among, as well, many other awards and recognitions.
The guitar Quartet is composed of four accomplished classical guitarists, each with their unique style and impressive achievements. Comprised of Ramoncito Carpio, the overall director of the Manila Guitar Festival, Angelica Vinculado, the first female graduate in Classical Guitar Performance from the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music, Patrick Roxas, lecturer for Strings and Chamber Music at the UP College of Music, and Adrik Cristobal, a former active member of the Philippines Guitar Orchestra and first placer of the NAMCYA National Guitar Competition (2022), the group is poised to perform our revered Kundiman songs with the grace and elegance one can expect from such a dynamic and illustrious cast.
Don't miss 'Puso ng Kundiman' to be hosted by Ms. Lara Atienza at the historic Paco Park on May 5 starting at 6 p.m. See you there!
