Nicole Pugeda, mezzo soprano, and Iona Ventocilla-Borja, soprano, both from Viva Voce Voice Lab, singing the beautiful aria, Duo des fleurs (Flower Duet), from Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé, at the MINT College Graduation 2023. Camille Lopez-Molina accompanies on piano.
Nicole pursued a degree in music with the help of The Sr. Baptista Battig Music Foundation and the Klassikal Music Foundation at St. Scholastica's College Manila where she graduated with special recognition as one of the best-performing recitalists. In 2019, she represented the Philippines with her fellow Manila Camerata Artists at the ASEAN Music Festival held in Hai Phong, Vietnam, and was awarded gold and silver medals for her performance. At the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), her group won the Ani ng Dangal Award last 2021. Nicole is an active member of the Viva Voce Voice Lab under the tutelage of Ms. Camille Lopez-Molina and Mr. Pablo Molina.
Iona is a two-time NAMCYA winner, earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music majoring in Voice, and Music Education at St. Scholastica’s College under the tutelage of Camille Lopez-Molina and Pablo Molina. She has essayed lead roles in operas such as Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte with the Manila Symphony Orchestra, Maria Clara in Dulaang UP’s production of De Leon’s Noli Me Tangere, and Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme, and performed in various concerts with the Manila Symphony Orchestra as a soloist. She has been performing with the Viva Voce Voice Lab since 2010.
Thank you, Nicole and Iona!
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29 июн 2023
