The Philippine Embassy in The Netherlands and the Philippine Consulate General in Amsterdam hosted the European Debut Concert of Filipino Soprano Ma. Krissan Valencia Manikan at the Bernard Haitinkzaal of the Amsterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands on 19 October 2012.  Ms. Manikan was accompanied on piano by American artist Andrew Wright.  Classics of Strauss, Brahms, Hahn, Rachmaninoff, Abelardo and Espino were some of the masterpieces performed by Ms. Manikan.   Tulpen uit Amsterdam, the famous Dutch folk song, was the finale piece.

More than 250 guests from the Diplomatic Corps, Dutch business community and Filipino community attended the Concert.  Based in Paris as a French Government scholar, Ms. Manikan is currently working on her graduation recital for her Diplome d’Études Musicales at theConservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris.  Her most recent work is a recording of Debussy’s La Damoiselle élue with French artists Natalie Dessay and Karine Deshayes.

The concert was sponsored by Horatio Assurance B.V., owned by Consul General ad honorem in Amsterdam Eppo Horlings.  Joining Ambassador Lourdes G. Morales (right) in the photo are Consul General ad honorem Horlings (left), Andrew Wright (2nd left), Mrs. Horlings (center) and Krissan Manikan (2nd right).