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Adolovni Acosta
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General | | Biography: | Adolovni Acosta has performed recitals in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific and at prestigious venues that include Wigmore and Purcell Halls in London; Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, and Steinway Hall in New York; Salle Cortot in Paris; Hallwylska Museet in Stockholm; Odd Fellow Palaet in Copenhagen; Der BeethovenSaal at La Redoute in Bonn; Yamaha Concert Hall in Vienna; Centrepointe Theatre in Ottawa (Canada); the Sunderland and Wolverhampton Art Galleries in England, the former presented by the Sunderland Pianoforte Society; Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires; Sala Carlos Chavez (UNAM) in Mexico City; Teatro Nacional in Brasilia; Thailand Cultural Centre and Bangkok Goethe House; the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila; and the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in California.
She has also performed at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Ithaca College, and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Fujian Normal University in Fuzhou, China; the Melba Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne, Australia; the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts; as well as in Berlin, Hamburg, Qatar, Sabah, Brunei, Phnom Penh, Chiang Mai, Beijing, and across the United States.
Conservatories have invited her to conduct master classes in addition to performing recitals. Among them are Monash University-Conservatorium in Melbourne, Australia, University of Canterbury Music Department in New Zealand, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory in Saigon, the University College Sedaya in Kuala Lumpur, and the University of the Philippines and UST Conservatory of Music in Manila. Her performances and recordings, often with live interviews, have been featured in radio and television worldwide.
Actively giving recitals for Philippine Embassies and Consulates in many parts of the world, Adolovni has also performed at Malacañan Palace in Manila in the presence of President Gloria M. Arroyo and former President Fidel Ramos during the testimonial dinner for the 2006 Philippine Presidential awardees and at The White House for then former first lady Rosalyn Carter and wives of the diplomatic corps.
Some of her performances have benefited, among others, Cancer Care, Inc. and the Asian Cultural Council in New York, the Instituto de Obras Sociales of Michoacán in Mexico City, the University of the Philippines College of Music, the Filipino Ministry in Westlake Village, California and the establishment of a scholarship fund for children of Filipino descent in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
A recipient of the 2006 Philippine Presidential Award, Adolovni Acosta has been hailed by the international press for her outstanding musicianship and for her keyboard prowess that evokes intensity and grace. The Reviews of London Recitals wrote: “connoisseurs of piano-playing would be favoured with music-making of fine quality“ and “whether high-toned and assertive, or simply quiet, Adolovni Acosta’s playing was always communicative.” “A name to remember” according to Le Parisien Libéré. “She mesmerized the audience with works by Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven.” wrote Bonner Rundschau
| | Teachers: | Miecyzlaw Munz, Zenon Fishbein, Eugene List, Benedicta Macaisa, Regalado Jose |
Education & Training| Degree | Major | School | Location | Year | | Doctoral studies | Piano Performance | New York University Department of Music and the Performing Arts Professions | New York, New York, United States | 1982 | | M.S. | Piano | The Juilliard School of Music | New York, New York, United States | 1971 | | Graduate studies | World Music | Wesleyan University | Middletown, Connecticut, United States | 1969 | | M.M., B.M., T.D.M. | Piano | The University of the Philippines Conservatory of Music | Quezon City, Philippines | 1968 |
Awards & Prizes| Award / Place | Organization / Competition | Location | Year | | 2006 Philippine Presidential Award | The government of the Republic of the Philippines | Manila, Philippines | 2006 | | One of 100 Young Women of Promise | Good Housekeeping Magazine 100th anniversary | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | 1985 | | Outstanding Young Woman of New York | Outstanding Young Men and Young Women of America | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | 1982 | | One of the Ten Outstanding Young Women of America | Outstanding Young Men and Young Women of America | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | 1982 | | Pi Kappa Lambda natl. honor society in music | New York University | New York, New York, United States | 1981 | | John D. Rockefeller 3rd Fund scholarship | The Juilliard School of Music | New York, New York, United States | 1970 | | First Prize | National Piano Competition, Music Promotion Foundation of the Philippines | Manila, Philippines | 1968 |
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