MADz at Asia Society
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAn Evening Concert by the Philippine Madrigal Singers and Meet-the-Singers Reception
Registration at 6.45pm
Performance at 7pm
Q&A at 8pm
Meet-the-Singers Reception at 8.30pm
The Philippine Madrigal Singers (MADz) was organized in 1963 by National Artist Professor Andrea O. Veneracion. The group is composed of students, faculty and alumni from the different colleges of the University of the Philippines (UP). The choir is one of the world’s most awarded, having consistently won top prizes in most of the world’s prestigious choral competitions: Arezzo and Gorizia in Italy, Marktoberdorf in Germany, Spittal in Austria, Neuchatel in Switzerland, Tours in France, Varna in Bulgaria, Debrecen in Hungary, Cantonigros, Tolosa and Torrevieja in Spain. They hold the distinction of being the first choir in the world to win the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing twice (1997 and 2007).
The ensemble will perform a wide repertoire of styles and forms in a special mini-concert at Asia Society Hong Kong Center to include renaissance music, Filipino and international folksongs, opera and even popular music. The performance will be followed by Q&A with the choirmaster Mark Anthony Carpio, who is acknowledged as one of the foremost experts in the field of choral music among the younger set of Filipino conductors. Through his direction, the corps of composers and choral arrangers of the MADz continues to produce new compositions and choral settings of Filipino, Asian and international songs, contributing to the growth of world choral literature.
To register for this event, please e-mail [email protected].
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In celebration of the 117th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence
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40th Anniversary of the Esatblishment of Philippines-China Diplomatic Relations
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