by Ace Miel | Apr 19, 2024 | Press Release
Playing with the unique architectural elements of the Bamboo Pavilion at the Liwasang Kalikhasan, “Dagitab Digital,” a light, sound, and projection presentation of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), presents another symphony of illumination in celebration...
by Ace Miel | Apr 17, 2024 | Press Release
Whether physical, social, or personal, art always serves a purpose and goes beyond aesthetics and well into the needs of the artist and the community. Such is the case for multidisciplinary artist Leeroy New’s Mebuyan’s Colony, the featured Earth Day art installation...
by Ace Miel | Apr 16, 2024 | Press Release
An opera brings its audience to a world created through an interesting collaboration between a librettist and composer. Opera is brought to life by vocal pieces and arias performed by singers, with live instrumental accompaniment from an orchestra. This May 7, the...
by Ace Miel | Apr 15, 2024 | Press Release
Films “Moral” and “Duyan ng Magiting” journey to Bulacan State University to provide a unique cinematic experience to young students and film enthusiasts as the CCP Lakbay Sine and Cine Icon will have special screenings of the classic award-winning film by National...
by Ace Miel | Apr 12, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines is delighted to announce new appointments to its Board of Trustees, namely Isidro A. Consunji, Jonathan Velasco, Felix “Monino” Duque, Atty. Gizela M. Gonzalez, and Carissa Coscolluela. The newly appointed CCP Trustees bring with...
by Ace Miel | Apr 6, 2024 | Press Release
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, the country’s primary orchestra, will take its last ‘Switch’ for its 39th concert season on April 19, 7:30pm, at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati. For its finale concert, the resident orchestra of the...
by Ace Miel | Apr 5, 2024 | Press Release
As the country’s primary institution for promoting artistic excellence, the Cultural Center of the Philippines continues to extend its reach towards neighboring regions to bring the best of the nation’s culture and arts closer to all Filipino people in the...
by Ace Miel | Apr 5, 2024 | Press Release
CCP Cine Icons goes to the University of Santo Tomas for the special screenings of award-winning films Bagong Buwan and Anak on April 15, at the Pier Giorgio Frassati Auditorium. Launched in 2023, CCP Cine Icons is a special program of the CCP Film, Broadcast,...
by Ace Miel | Apr 4, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) Intertextual Division is now accepting literary submissions for the 43rd edition of Ani, the official literary journal of CCP. The latest volume will feature multilingual literary works with the theme Zambales, preferably...
by Ace Miel | Mar 25, 2024 | Press Release
The Cultural Center of the Philippines in partnership with the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and FPJ Archives presents CCP Cine Icons, which honors the 100th Birth Anniversary of the late National...
by Ace Miel | Mar 22, 2024 | News Feature, Press Release
For a mambabalagtas, verbal joust and poetry are so much more than a way to express complex emotions and stories. While it was born as a form of entertainment during the bleak era of American colonialism, Balagtasan – a form of traditional verbal jousting – became a...
by Ace Miel | Mar 19, 2024 | Press Release
Take the trip down the Ancient Babylon with Giuseppi Verdi’s Nabucco, premiering in the Philippines through the CCP The Met: Live in HD on April 2, 5:30pm, exclusively at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 1 located in Makati City. Verdi’s third opera is a stirring drama about the...