Paving the way for a more vibrant proliferation of the arts in this country are the social networking media; the efforts of National Commission for Culture and the Arts; the fusion of traditional media outfits and academic institutions envisioning a more cultured environment for Filipino youth.
It is not anymore a surprise that amidst the inviolation of internal and external socio-economic and political problems, local artists are never wary nor discouraged to promote a culture of international aesthetic ties and local activities cum festivities that concerns exhibitions of heritage and passionate talents.
I am forever a slave of the arts. I am forever indebted to arts. I am forever in support for the arts. In as much as I am convinced that it is a form of leisure and entertainment, I am also pursuant of educating people of its intellectual, sociological, and spiritual relevance. If we are simply watching Italian films to be entertained then we are missing the point. Film is an art as much as it is a vehicle of communication. A screenplay wright wants to communicate something to the populace yet his avenue is thru script writing. And as the director reads the script, he augments the idea of the screenplay and develop a more vivid concept, this concept is then translated into a film.
Last year, plenty of foreign film festivals graced mega Manila. Not to mention the exclusive premiere of Bourne Legacy which is purely mainstream, Instituto Cervantes in cooperation with the Cultural Center showed Indie Spanish films to the delight of Filipinos. Cinemalaya is already an institution in the Philippine Cinema. Yearly, it is one of the most anticipated festival by movie enthusiasts.
On my part, more than the explosion of local and foreign film festivals, Filipino audiences were enthralled by the versatility of theater and broadway arts. 2012 will forever be known in history as the first ever visit of Phantom of the Opera. One cannot describe how busy the CCP was upon hosting the most famous production in broadway. While all these are happening in CCP, the King and I was gracing the Newport Performing Arts Theater at the Resorts World Manila. Indeed, RWM is a valuable development in stage drama and broadway arts.
To top it all, we have the classical music,that of the orchestra and choral arts most welcomed last year by Filipino concert goers. The institution of ABS CBN Philharmonic Orchestra might have been a gamble for the ABS CBN Corporation but nonetheless, the reception of the masses is absolutely overwhelming. Moreover, we have Maestro Olivier Ochanine at the helm of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra playing excellent works every month of 2012 outdoing the accomplishments of his predecessor. These and more for the orchestra community this year. My conscious update tells me that more and more college students will be encouraged to shift in music courses if they really want to because they are seeing now that music is a lucrative profession. Thanks to ABS CBN, I have this feeling that other networks will soon follow the trend.
Who will forget that January of last year the Capella of Calvin College under the tutelage of Maestro Joel Navarro PhD. visited Manila for a one night concert at the Church of Gesu, Ateneo de Manila University. I happened to be there and I really enjoyed the celestial sonority of the choral knowing they have different techniques alien to Filipino chorale groups. This March 18, Klaus-Jurgen Etzold will hold a master class in choral arts at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium of University of the Philippines Diliman. I will be attending the once in a life time workshop and hope that this early it will be one of the highlights of the choral music events in the Philippines.
Really? We are moving into a direction where more and more and falling in love with the classical music of old and the new school. The revitalization of choral arts and orchestra music is called neo-classicism. I will continue more of this analysis on my next journal entry but for the mean time, we'll have to wait for more upcoming events to fill the ambiance with fresher air and classical music to be incorporated in our daily playlist.
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