The Manila Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc. is spotlighting the continuity of Filipino classical music tradition with “Legacy: Carmen Sipin-Aspiras and Inna Montesclaros, pianists,” a benefit concert on Jan. 25, 2026, at the Proscenium Theater in Rockwell, Makati City.
The work is never done for InLife. On its 115th anniversary, this homegrown company reflects with gratitude on its storied past while looking ahead to the next century as a future-ready institution.
This was the part of the Margarita I got to know: adventurous, curious, with a childlike joy and sense of wonder, who lit up a room, or a farm with her charisma, with an eye for beauty even in what seemed ordinary, unwavering in her love for all things Filipino. She elevated local cuisine and ingredients with her culinary artistry and the joyful force of her personality. Even the lowly alugbati.