International Bamboo Organ Festival 2009
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Photo courtesy Bamboo Organ Foundation
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International Bamboo Organ Festivals have been held at in Las Piñas Church, for more than three decades, using the church’s unique organ with pipes made from bamboo. The 2009 Bamboo Organ Festival celebrates its 34th annual series of concerts by commemorating several important events in the music world, from 19/02/2009 through to 27/02/2009. The festival also provides a classic example of cultural travel and tourism incentives at its best.
Every evening of the International Bamboo Organ Festival, at Las Pinas Church, starts at 8.00pm and a musical event of significance will be celebrated by local and international artists. For example, on the first evening Franz Joseph Haydn will be remembered 200 years after his death, coincidentally it is also the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. Other commemoratives will be the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Las Piñas Boys Choir, the 250th year since the death of George Frideric Handel and the 60th year of Philippine-Korean Friendship and Cooperation.
International artists performing at the International Bamboo Organ Festival, flying to the Philippines from around the world, include: organist Christian Iwan and soprano Franziska Hammer-Drexel from Austria; organist Yang-Hee Yun and baritone Seong-Kyu Lim from Korea; plus, a selection of Philippine musicians and composers.
In addition to the commemorative performances there will be new compositions performed at the Bamboo Organ Festival. For example Philippine composer-organist Alejandro Consolacion II will perform his latest composition Filipiniana Two, a suite for organ and oboe; and, pop-culture performances during Saturday’s (21/02/2009) organ festival ‘Concert Under The Trees’ by the popular rock-band Rivermaya.
There is something for everyone to get into at the International Bamboo Organ Festival 2009 at the Las Pinas Church, Las Pinas City.