Philippine Showbiz Today 17
March 8 - 21 , 2017
An Evening of Classical and Crossover Music
Philippine Showbiz Today 17
The Golden Girl GERPHIL is back in Vancouver !
TRIBU Production presents GERPHIL FLORES , a classically trained performer and dubbed the songwriter and producer David Foster ’ s “ Golden Girl ”.
The evening is sure to bring the audience in awe with her take on soft classics . Moreover , an advocate of classical crossover music , she is keen on enthralling everyone with rendition of popular music performed with a classical twist
Ȧ fast gaining genre of music having recently acquired its own illboard chart , classical crossover is known to blend the two elements of a musical piece .
Gerphil was born in Hamburg , Germany . Sh eventually relocated to her maternal homeland , the Philippines at the age of four .
Before then , her parents regularly brought her to the German opera houses and the age of three , she began singing songs composed by Mozart including the aria “ Queen of the Night ” from the opera Magic Flute .
At the age of 11 , she decided to pursue a career in music . To further hone her singing , Flores had voice lessons under New York based soprano Evelyn Mandac and started to formally study voice at the College of Music , University of the Philippines . Gerphil graduated with a diploma in Creative Performing Musical Arts and a Bachelor ’ s Degree in Music ( Major in Voice ) cum laude .
Some of her theatre credits include Tumpet ’ s and Stages ’ “ High School Musical ” in the role of Kelsi Nielson , Maria Clara on the Gantimpala Theatre Foundation ’ s Noli Me Tangere .
At the recently concluded 29th ALIW AWARDS , the award body that honors live entertainment in the Philippines , she was bestowed the 2016 Best Crossover Performer and the 2016 Best Major Concert award .
Her advocacy towards classical crossover music also brought her as a contestant to the inaugural run of Asia ’ s Got Talent held in Singapore where she garnered the “ Golden Buzzer ” from one of the judges , songwriter and producer David Foster . She reached up to the third place and was invited to perform in Mr . Foster ’ s Asia Concert Tour in Manila and Thailand . She has since pursued solo and collaborative concerts worldwide . ●
Atilla Dobak
Joining the Golden Girl is another classical crossover artist from Budapest , Hungary , ATILLA DOBAK . This season , Attila will appear as the title role of Háry János in Kodaly ’ s Háry János at the MÜPA Budapest , and create the roles of Haly in Rossini ’ s L ’ italiana in Algeri and Schaunard in Puccini ’ s La Boheme with the Hungarian State Opera .
Attila Dobak was born in Budapest , Hungary , where he began his musical education . He began learning to play clarinet at the age of seven and was twelve when he took his first piano lesson . He was inspired to study singing after watching the 3 Tenors Concert with Luciano Pavarotti , Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo . He started studying voice at age sixteen and eventually was accepted into the Béla Bartok Conservatory of Music in Budapest , where he majored in Opera and Vocal Performance .
In the year of 2011 , he continued to pursue opera studies in the United States at the
Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge , MA . After graduating from the university in 2013 , he joined the Opera North as a member of their Young Artist Program .
In 2014 , Dobak was invited to perform at the Miami Summer Music Festival by Michael Rossi , a conductor of the Washington National Opera , where he sang Figaro in Mozart ’ s The Marriage of Figaro .
He also appeared on NBC giving a solo opera performance with the Miami Summer Music Festival Orchestra .
Although , mainly raised on classical music , Dobak has a great passion to perform in classical and mixed genres too . The idea of making his mark both as an opera singer and a classical - crossover artist has led him to the Berklee College of Music in Boston , MA . He loves combining different musical elements from opera to pop , in an attempt of creating a “ soulful pop opera ”.
Part of the proceeds of the concert will go towards the Black Pencil Project . This project brings pencils to remote schools in the Philippines .
TRIBU would also like to extend sincere thanks and gratitude to the sponsors , countless volunteers and everyone the patrons . We have limited seats so we advise everyone to purchase tickets as soon as possible .
Tickets are available online or via the phone at the www . ticketsnw . ca or 604 521 5050 .
For more information , see Poster on page 16 . ●