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The late Filipino conductor Redentor Romero—whose “Philippine Portraits” was played at the Carnegie Hall last year during PPO’s New York debut—was given a touching tribute by Romanian violinist Alexandru Tomescu in his latest Manila engagement.

In a well-received concert, Tomescu dedicated his first encore—Romero’s arrangement of Constancio de Guzman’s “Bayan Ko”—to Romero who introduced him to Filipino audiences.

As part of his latest Manila visit, Tomescu—last heard in Manila in 2006—visited the grave of conductor-composer Redentor Romero before the performance.

The violinist and the conductor were last seen together in Catanduanes in 2000 where Tomescu gave a recital with pianist Mary Anne Espina at the Provincial Capitol Lobby.

Romero died in 2001 while Tomescu was playing Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky concertos at the Meralco Theater.

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