Legazpi City - One of the Bicol’s pride, the Ligao
National High School Voice Chorale, who won a grand prize of $20,000 in the 12th
Busan Chorale Festival & Competition in South Korea, performed in DZGB
during the weekly program “APRUB”- (Aprubadong Bikolano) on November 5, 2016.
News ManagerMar Dela Cruz and Maribel
Boral interviewed four of the 22 member choral group namely: Resse Bonapos, Grachel Mae Lopez, Adrian
Pamoso, Christian Kim Ofemia and their coach/conductor Celger Venzon, who is
also a product of DZGB’s Search for the Golden Voice in 2008. They shared their beautiful experiences and insights to include
the values that propelled them to stardom like discipline, respect and
humility.
The Bicolano Voice Chorale overpowered 34 groups from the Globe like Korea, Russia, Japan,
Taiwan, and Indonesia as their closest competitor. Ligao National Highschool Voice Chorale was adjudge as the Grand Prix Winner of the 12th Busan Chorale Festival Competition, garnered Gold Award in Youth, and Silver in Ethnic. The competition was held
at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea from October 18 to October 20
2016. The chorale festival is one of the most famous chorale competition in the
world for its aspiration to “make music and singing go beyond race, ideology,
and politics” according to its director Kim Kang Kyu. (NM Mar de la Cruz with Doms San Jose & Maribel Boral)
