Manila Pianos Artist Series presents Dingdong Fiel in ALLES LIEBE in a pre-Valentine’s Day concert, that features the most romantic piano pieces ever written, on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at 6 p.m., at the Manila Pianos Showroom, 4/F Ronac Lifestyle Center, Paseo de Magallanes, Makati City.
Tickets are priced at P1,500.00 (regular) and P1,000.00 (seniors & students). To buy your tickets:
- Send GCash payment to 0917-415-8876 Richard S.
- Type on the Message line: “(name) (# of tickets) – FIEL”
- Send confirmation to 0917-415-8876 or message Manila Pianos Artist Series Facebook page.
- Get your tickets at the gate on the day of the performance.
Gustav Mahler and Alma Schindler, Johann Sebastian Bach and Anna Magdalena Bach, Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann are but some of the composers who have had interesting love lives and who have poured out music that expresses matters of the heart.
The concert will also feature selected piano works by, in alphabetical order, Bruckner, Chopin, Franck, Kapustin, Mahler, Mozart, Pachelbel, Piazolla, Respighi, Scarlatti, and Scriabin.
DINGDONG FIEL is a concert pianist, composer, musical director/orchestra conductor, and vocalist.
He holds the distinction of performing twelve solo piano concerts in 2023—a feat never done before on Philippine soil.
He earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from the UST Conservatory of Music and was the recipient of the RECTOR’S AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE having obtained the HIGHEST ACADEMIC AVERAGE of the entire course, as well as the BENAVIDES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.
He finished his post-graduate studies (Weiterbildendes Certificate) at the FRANZ LISZT Hochschule für Musik in Weimar, Germany, for Solo Piano and Chamber Music under the academy’s rector Prof. Rolf-Dieter Arens as well as vocal accompaniment with Prof. Karl Peter Kammerlander.
He has garnered a total of five first-prize wins from various piano competitions.
Through sponsors like the Friends of The Philippines Society USA Inc., Deutsche Post, the UST Alumni Organization, Thueringer Aufbau Bank, Sparkasse Thueringen, The New Liszt Foundation, and various Philippine embassies all over the globe, Dingdong was able to perform in a series of piano concerts around Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the United States as well as, in alphabetical order, China, Bahrain, Belgium, Germany, Guam, Italy, Japan, and Spain, among other countries.
Dingdong usually performs his own compositions in his concerts, the most recent was at a tour in Japan where he premiered his Preludes for solo piano “Nuestro Mundo.”
He has also composed music for foreign films that were entries to International Film Festivals: THE GREEK MIRACLE (2011); three Spanish films: PILAR GUERRA (2011), DON JUAN TENORIO (2015), and LA REVOLTOSA (2016); and, the most recent, JEAN D’ARC, the French film entry to the 2018 International Silent Film Festival Manila where he composed an hour and thirty-four minutes of music to accompany the famous film classic.
This prompted silent film expert, film historian, and film critic Teddy Co to exclaim that his scoring of the film was “the best version he has seen so far.”
Dingdong also attracted the attention of noted composers, who were moved to write music specifically for him. These include music written by composer John Luke Jose for solo piano, a piano composition by Spanish pianist and composer Michael Davidov, and “5 Pieces for Dingdong,” which was composed specifically for him.
As musical director/orchestra conductor he was involved in various theater and opera productions such as Repertory Philippines’ Manila staging of the musical NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY, Ryan Cayabyab’s rock opera LORENZO, the Manila run of the famous musical “INTO THE WOODS,” and Menotti’s thriller opera THE MEDIUM, to name a few, as well as numerous classical, jazz, rock, and pop concerts.
Dingdong is the songwriter and lead vocalist of the band HARI.
The band debuted at the biggest Original Pilipino Music gathering of 2018, The OPM Pinoy Playlist 2018. Their single “Pa’no Umibig Muli” is already out on all digital platforms (i.e., Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and Google Music). New songs will be released this year by the band.
He is currently the lead vocalist and songwriter of the group BLUE VIOLET BLUE.
The pandemic, despite quarantine protocols in place, was truly eventful for Dingdong’s singing career.
Through numerous videos posted on social media pages, people noticed and he got invited by an association of singers based in the United States to do an online singing fundraiser entitled QUARAN-SING.
The week after the said concert, a big producer based in New York also booked him an interview and live performance to sing original songs at WISH USA 107.5.
As a mentor and collaborative artist, he has worked with hundreds of instrumentalists and singers from all over the world for more than two decades.
