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Friday, August 18, 2006
Mozart concert marks composer’s 250th year
The whole world celebrates the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the great composers in Western music.
In Cebu, a concert with annotations will be held on Aug. 26 at the CENEWOF Theater of the Marcelo B. Fernan Hall, Cebu Press Center, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City, at 8 p.m.
Entitled “A Mostly Mozart” piano concert, it features pianist Rudolf Pelaez Golez, with Russel Brandon as annotator, providing explanations on the program for the audience’s better appreciation of the music.
Golez began piano studies at the age of four with his mother, Dr. Rafaelita Pelaez-Golez.
He studied at the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division in New York under the tutelage of Seymour Lipkin.
Piano festivals
In 2002, he graduated with a Masters of Music Degree in Piano Performance at the University of the Philippines College of Music under the tutelage of Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz.
He has participated in international piano festivals and master classes.
Although based in Cagayan de Oro, he continues to perform in numerous concerts in major cities, like Manila, Davao, Cebu and Dumaguete.
Winner
This is his second concert tour, featuring a single-composer program.
The tour culminates at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Sept. 27.
Recently, he was named the sole prize winner at the 1st Asean International Chopin Piano Competition in Kuala Lumpur.
The music scholars of the Performing Arts Department of the Liceo U. and the Asilo de la Milagrosa, Home for the Aged are the concert beneficiaries.
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