Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Violin Making in the Philippines - Amador Tamayo
I have mentioned my friend and colleague Amador Tamayo in Musicfest 2012 and PWU School of Music Performance Program as a cello mentor to our younger generation of talented cellists.
Amador has appeared as soloist with the Philippine Youth Orchestra, Manila Symphony Orchestra and Manila Chamber Orchestra while serving as principal cellist for these orchestras. An avid chamber musician, he has performed two Beethoven Cello Sonatas with pianist Charito Pizzaro and collaborated with esteemed Filipino violinist, Gilopez Kabayao and his pianist wife, Corazon, in performances and a recording of Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major.
Amador has appeared as soloist with the Philippine Youth Orchestra, Manila Symphony Orchestra and Manila Chamber Orchestra while serving as principal cellist for these orchestras. An avid chamber musician, he has performed two Beethoven Cello Sonatas with pianist Charito Pizzaro and collaborated with esteemed Filipino violinist, Gilopez Kabayao and his pianist wife, Corazon, in performances and a recording of Schubert Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major.
He was a music student at the University of the Philippines, College of Music but eventually finished a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. As fate would have it, under the auspices of the Goethe Institut he was awarded a scholarship to study violin making in Germany. From 1978-1982 he worked as an apprentice to Hubert Schnorr in Hamburg supplemented by studies at Mittenwald School of Violin Making.
Let's visit his shop in the foothills of the Sierra Madre mountain range outside of Metro Manila where...
...he is assisted by three associates.
Due to our tropical climate, a temperature and humidity controlled environment is essential for storing wood and varnishing instruments.
Amador doing routine maintenance on my old Italian mistress, a copy of which is in his long term project list ;)
Tamayo violin ca. 2007
Tamayo cello 2011
Friday, May 11, 2012
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Performance Program Christmas Party 2011
Filipino concert violinist, Hector Corpus was our guest of honor! Hector has pursued a very successful career in Spain as soloist, chamber musician, orchestra player and pedagogue.
Hector coaching Jonathan assisted on the piano by Ruth who is also a violinist in this program.
Hector showing Jobry how to develop a firmer bow grip.
Last time I saw Hector was in the early 80s in NYC when we were still music students.
Dad was the conductor of the Philippine Youth Orchestra where Hector and I got our first experience in orchestra playing.
We look forward to more frequent visits from Hector as a performer and mentor to inspire our audience and young talents!
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