WORLD-RENOWNED operatic tenor and philanthropist, Sal Malaki performs on July 3, 2014 at the Bohol Cultural Center with the special participation of the Bohol Master Singers, a choral ensemble- which will have its first year anniversary of its formation this July- which is composed of both professional(music degree holder) and amateur(non-music degee holder but musically capable) musicians in Bohol, initially gathered and formed by Ma’am Enriquieta Butalid and is currently under the direction of its conductor, Joshibiah de Juan, a Master degree-holder in choral conducting from UP Diliman and Korean National University of Arts, who is also the executive director and owner of the De Juan School of Music and the Arts Recreational Training; and will be accompanied by Mrs. Agape Labuntog, a native of Cagayan de Oro and a graduate from College of Performing Arts, Siliman University, major in Piano. This event is both presented to you by the De Juan School of Music and the Arts Recreational Training led by its president, Joshibiah de Juan and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary under the leadership Rector Fr. Ramon Oncog.
Sal Malaki who was born in Leyte and studied at the University of the Philippines’ College of Music, major in Flute and Voice is the only Filipino member of two prominent ensembles in the US: the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Opera. He sang with the Philippine Madrigal Singers in Manila before moving to California in the 1990s. As one of the most seasoned artists of the Los Angeles Opera Company, the United States’ 4th largest opera house, Sal Malaki was under the general direction of world-renowned tenor and conductor, Maestro Placido Domingo.
To Sal’s credit, he has performed in virtually every opera masterpiece in almost one hundred opera productions in his 17 consecutive seasons as part of the opera chorus.
He has performed solo roles in La Traviata, Madame Butterfly, La Bohème, Luisa Fernanda, Der Rosenkavalier, La Rondine and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
With the Los Angeles Master Chorale, now in his 20th season, under the baton of Maestro Grant Gershon, Sal Malaki was the tenor soloist in the world premiere of Jeremy Soule’s L’extase; in Bach’s Christmas Cantata Part I; and in Nielsen’s Hymnus Amoris with Maestro Paul Salamunovich in the latter’s farewell concert as music director of Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Here in the Philippines, Sal Malaki did a recording of Spoliarium, the operatic composition of Mr. Ryan Cayabyab and libretto of Ms. Fides Cuyugan-Asensio being the lead role as Juan Luna, telling the story of the hero’s love and life, and the world-class painting Spoliarium.,
As an artist, Sal Malaki is very much involved in philanthropic concerts with invitations from the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. He performed in Cebu last July 30, 2011 at the Pilgrim Center of the Basilica del Sto. Niño for six (6) beneficiary-groups.
Mr. Malaki has a Boholano blood of the Ampers from Anda, Bohol.
