Internationally acclaimed pianist Raul M. Sunico will perform in a benefit concert sponsored by Gawad Kalinga USA and the Philippine Medical Association of Nevada at a 7 PM Thursday, Aug 26 at Desert Spring United Methodist Church., 120 N. Pavilion Center Dr., Las Vegas. General admission is $20.00.
Filipino pianist Sunico is praised for his “unusual gifts of lyricism and poetry in his playing, as well as great brilliance” by his eminent mentor, Sacha Gorodnitzki. He has earned international recognition as a concert pianist, orchestral soloist and a composer-arranger of Philippine music.
Excelling in a number of international competitions, he has won many awards including a silver medal in the Viotti International Piano Competition in Vercelli, Italy; the Henry Cowell Prize in the University of Maryland Piano Competition; a TOYM (The Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines) Award for Music in 1986; and a KATHA Award for Best Solo Instrumental Recording in 1999 given by the Philippine recording industry.
Sunico has done solo recitals in many countries including the Philippines and the USA, Canada, Australia, Austria, France, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain and India. He has performed at the Lincoln Center and the Town Hall in New York, the Knoxville World’s Fair in Tennessee, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and in other performance halls in about 20 other states.
Sunico has recorded more than 40 compact discs and cassettes, including 15 volumes of Filipino folk songs and kundimans that he arranged for classical piano.
He graduated from the University of the Philippines with degrees of Bachelor of Music (cum laude) and B. S. in Mathematics and Master of Statistics. A scholarship from the Young Artists Foundation of the Philippines enabled him to attend the Juilliard School of Music in New York where he received a Master of Music degree.
Sunico is concurrently the Artistic Director of the Philippines and Dean of the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music. He also has official roles with various organizations including the Foundation for the Musical Filipino and the Sunico Foundation for the Arts and technology.
Proceeds from this concert will go to Gawad Kalinga USA which aims to help the poorest among the poor by “building homes and rebuilding lives.”
For tickets and sponsorships, contact: Cielo Martinez, (702) 494 – 9155; Louis Gosioca (702) 372 – 9727; Tito Arellano (702) 439 – 7740 and Luz Sapin Micabalo (702) 360-4148
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