x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch

98.7 DZFE-FM "The Master's Touch", Metro Manila, is the classical music service of Far East Broadcasting Company, Phils. It is a donor-supported, non-commercial station whose terrestrial broadcast covers the Greater Metro Manila area; it can also be heard over the internet.

music music interviews

All Episodes

14:15

MFL 25 0816 | Monching Carpio: Kaliwa’t Kanang Kalabitan

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/09/04

Guitar ensembles from all over the country converge at the first Kaliwa’t Kanang Kalabitan (“3Ks”) Guitar Ensemble Festival at St Scholastica’s College August 29 to 31. Festival co-director Monching Carpio hopes to draw both the classical guitar curious and the enthusiast, further strengthening the dynamism the guitar community has cultivated in recent years. Join DZFE’s Tiffany on MAESTRO FILIPINO.* Music featured courtesy of PIMA Guitar Quartet

en-US

27:35

MFL 25 0809 | Emmanuel Aller: Italia!

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/09/04

As a child growing up in humble circumstances, Emmanuel Aller never imagined he would find his voice and his life in the wonderful world of classical music. Join DZFE's Tiffany on MAESTRO FILIPINO to meet this promising tenor, fresh off a successful debut recital of Italian music. * Music featured courtesy of Sy-Facunda Production.

en-US

23:50

MFL 25 0726 | Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz: The Opus 88...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/08/07

Pianist and pedagogue Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz returns to MAESTRO FILIPINO ahead of the inaugural concert of The Opus 88 — a multi-faceted piano initiative headquartered in the South Metro. He tells DZFE's Tiffany about 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 this August 9 and 16 — and the X-factor shared by each of the pianists contributing to a program of Classical era and turn-of-the-20th-century masters. MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine classical music scene. (For

en-US

55:57

MFL 25 0719 | Manila Chamber Music Ensemble with...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/08/07

Formed over a decade earlier by music-loving Japanese expats, the Manila Chamber Music Ensemble stepped out into new territory last year with a public concert ushering in an exciting era of engagement with local audiences and Filipino artists. The ensemble's violist Hideki Nagae and pianist Mariko Okeda are joined by clarinetist Herald Sison in a trio offering of Mozart, Bruch and Glinka this coming July 27. DZFE’s Tiffany presents.MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine

en-US

17:15

MFL 25 0712 | Alejandro Consolacion II: English Organ...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/08/07

Technology might spell the difference between organists surviving and thriving. AJ Consolacion II joins this MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE's Tiffany as he shares music from his second Hauptwerk Organ Concert, a beautiful program of English organ music. MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine classical music scene. (For a broadcast schedule, visit dzfe.febc.ph.) Music on the program features with permission from the artist. For the full concert on Alejandro Consolacion II's YT

en-US

20:12

MFL 25 0705 | Rimher Manubay: The Sacred Veil...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/08/07

A late bloomer by his own admission, Rimher Manubay closed a decade of studies in choral conducting by mounting and conducting the Asian premiere of Eric Whitacre's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑉𝑒𝑖𝑙. Moreover, he is the newly-appointed Secretary General of the Philippine Choral Directors Association. Rimher joins Tiffany this MAESTRO FILIPINO as we take in excerpts from the stirring Whitacre debut. MAESTRO FILIPINO is DZFE's program on the Philippine classical music scene. (For a broadcast

en-US

32:19

MFL 25 0614 | Bernardo Soler

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/07/11

Who doesn't love a good comeback story? Guitarist Bernardo Soler sold his guitar, thinking it the end of a glorious dream. Never did he imagine he would return to classical guitar some three decades later. Join DZFE's Tiffany on this week’s MAESTRO FILIPINO to hear more from Soler, in an interview and a couple of pieces captured in-studio.

en-US

12:10

MFL 25 0531 | Male ENsemble Philippines

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/06/20

The last time Male ENsemble Philippines featured on DZFE in 2023, the ensemble had no idea they would be taking home laurels from their first international competition just months later. We have them back as they prepare to set off on tour this year — and just in time (as of the first airing of this program) for their send-off concert, 𝗔 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗨𝗦, happening tonight. MEn's Ily Maniano, Tomas Vertucio and Amiel Liwanagan join DZFE's Tiffany on MAESTRO FILIPINO.

en-US

50:11

MFL 25 0524 | Pianist Brian Berino

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/06/20

One does not become a musician to be comfortable. Pianist Brian Berino is at a crossroads. He joins this week’s MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE’s Tiffany (Sat 1200h, Sun 2400h, Thu 2000) to deliver a studio recital — Bach, Granados, Scriabin, Chopin — and to muse on the path ahead.

en-US

30:15

MFL 25 0517 I 𝑰𝒃𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒈, 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒍 𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒂! A Sylvia La Torre...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/05/22

This National Heritage Month, Rachelle Gerodias-Park is Sylvia La Torre in a new concert tribute to the legend of stage, studio, airwaves and screen — 𝑰𝒃𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒈, 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒍 𝑲𝒊𝒕𝒂! Rachelle and baritone Byeong-In Park join DZFE's Tiffany on MAESTRO FILIPINO for studio performances of music associated with La Torre, and to discuss the big question that set the tribute in motion.

en-US

25:50

MFL 25 0510 | MSO: Music for Peace

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/05/21

The Manila Symphony Orchestra begins on the road to its centenary year with 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒, 80 years after the orchestra mounted a landmark series of concerts in post-liberation Manila. Classical music was not mainstream them; neither is it today, says the MSO's Executive Director Jeffrey Solares, but it continues to have a vital part to play, and the long history of the orchestra shines a hopeful way forward. He joins MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE's Tiffany as well to talk about

en-US

23:10

MFL 25 0503 | Aleron: While I Was Sleeping

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/05/06

With 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈, the debut album of the Aleron Early Music Ensemble, the all-male choral ensemble ALERON begins realizing a long-held dream to create recordings completely devoted to early music. Manager Kevin Maske and resident conductor Karl San Jose talk motivation, music, sound-creation and how the album is not actually about sleep — this MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE's Tiffany.

en-US

9:31

MFL 25 0426 I Pasipo: Opera Heroines

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/05/06

Young musicians of the ensemble Pasipo have arranged a pageant of some of opera's colorful heroines. Ahead of the Cultural Arts Events Organizer concert 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 on May 3, sopranos Angeli Benipayo and Marielle Tuason, together with Pasipo's musical director, pianist Gabriel Ferros Paguirigan, join DZFE's Tiffany on MAESTRO FILIPINO.

en-US

17:13

MAESTRO FILIPINO 25 0412 | Kuwerdas Filipinas: Diwang...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/04/24

The country's first symphonic rondalla, Kuwerdas Filipinas, and an international roster of eight composers meet on the uncharted frontier of literature newly written for the pioneering ensemble: A concert series, 𝐷𝑖𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑔: 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑘𝑎 𝑛𝑔 𝑅𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑎, 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑘𝑎 𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑎𝑔𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑎, recently marked the 20th anniversary of the Strings of Unity, the rondalla and plucked string festival out of which Kuwerdas Filipinas members were drawn. Joining DZFE's Tiffany on MAESTRO

en-US

29:06

MAESTRO FILIPINO 25 0405 | Pilato, the musical

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/04/23

"What is truth?" The urgency of the need to explore the question drove the creators of 𝑃𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜 from idea to a full-fledged original musical of epic scope in just one year. Writer-director Eldrin Veloso, composer Yanni Robeniol and musical director Pauline Arejola explain why they staked everything on this ambitious musical, a first for all three in many ways, and why you should go see Pilato, running this week at the PETA Theater, as the nation girds itself for the May elections. They

en-US

29:23

MAESTRO FILIPINO 25 0329 | Michelle Mariposa,...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/04/22

Mezzo-soprano Michelle Mariposa is one of five victors at this year's Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, one of the most prestigious and influential singing competitions globally, distinguished by its scale, history, and career-launching potential on the landscape of international vocal contests. On this MAESTRO FILIPINO, Michelle joins DZFE's Tiffany to reflect on the win.

en-US

28:57

MAESTRO FILIPINO 25 0322 | UP Symphony Orchestra, By...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/04/08

The UP Symphony Orchestra's commitment to new music and Filipino composers, generous initiatives such as its Repertory Reading events, make it one of our most vibrant local orchestras. Ahead of its April 11 concert "By Her Hand" featuring orchestral works by women, assistant conductor Noemi Binag and orchestra manager Bernice Go join DZFE's Tiffany for some very lively conversation on MAESTRO FILIPINO.

en-US

31:46

MAESTRO FILIPINO 25 0315 | ACOPEI (the Association of...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/03/28

The fight for the arts can be lonely, but it doesn't have to be. ACOPEI (the Association of Cultural Offices in Philippine Educational Institutions) was formed over a decade ago to bring together educators, culture workers, arts administrators, student artists — anyone at all advocating for the arts in an academic context — in collaborative synergy. Ahead of ACOPEI's 11th National Conference, which seeks to strengthen the local arts ecosystem, DZFE's Tiffany talks to current ACOPEI

en-US

33:48

MAESTRO FILIPINO 25 0308 | Violinist Alessio Benvenuti

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/03/28

In the wake of international successes and personal loss, he came to the Philippines for love and found a musical rebirth besides. Violinist Alessio Benvenuti's story is one for the books; hear it this MAESTRO FILIPINO with DZFE's Tiffany (Sat 1200h, replaying Sun 2400h & Thu 2000h) ahead of his performance with pianist Mariel Ilusorio in "Musica Sine Tempore", the inaugural concert of this year's Classics in Sunshine International Series on March 22.

en-US

23:24

MAESTRO FILIPINO 25 0301 | PPO 40-V “Homecoming”...

98.7 DZFE | The Master"s Touch ·

2025/03/06

Pianist Rowena Arrieta vividly remembers her landmark win at the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition, her student years at the Moscow State Conservatory under the tutelage of Russian National Artist Yevgeny Malinin, and the selfless guidance of teacher Carmencita Arambulo, that helped get her there. On MAESTRO FILIPINO, she joins DZFE’s Tiffany for an interview ahead of her solo stint with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra this coming March 14, playing Franz Liszt’s thrilling

en-US

388 results

Similar Podcasts

Pasquale Maassen Soundcloud

Pasquale Maassen

Marian Klose

Marian Klose

sevenism

sevenism

Dean Delray"s LET THERE BE TALK

Cactus Radio Network

Word In Your Ear

Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold