Concert aficionados are sure to have a blast on the opening night of Gary Valenciano’s Love in Motion—Gary V’s first solo Valentine concert in Manila in over a decade—tonight and tomorrow at the grand ballroom of Shangri-La Hotel in Bonifacio Global City, The Fort.
The concert is expected to be both nostalgic and spectacular as it aims to present the multifaceted Gary V in a whole new light as he performs with a big band in the dinner-concert fundraiser under the direction of his equally talented son Paolo Valenciano.
Paolo Valenciano is a chip off the old block. His resume as a director consists of indie efforts and mainstream ventures, winning accolades along the way. Paolo co-directed Arise: Gary V 3.0 with his father and the event won Concert of the Year at the 2015 PMPC Star Awards for Music. Also, the music video of Bamboo’s “Firepower” which Paolo directed romped off with the Favorite Rock Video nod in the 2016 Myx Music Awards.
Paolo has also helmed the major concerts of popular artists like Sharon Cuneta, Sarah Geronimo, Toni Gonzaga, Spongecola, and Sam Concepcion. He also directed Next Attraction – a concert featuring himself together with the children of his parents’ colleagues Zsa Zsa Padilla, Kuh Ledesma and Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez, namely Karylle, Isabella Gonzalez, and Robin Nievera. That didn’t however stop him from making time to direct indie bands like December Avenue and his own rock band Salamin. Paolo also squeezes into his schedule corporate shows for big corporations like the Ayala Malls, and high profile events like special shows for the APEC heads of state that happened at Green Sun and the Mall Of Asia Arena last year with US President Barack Obama in attendance.
But then again, Paolo who is also a singer like his parents Gary V and mom Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano. Paolo was a former mainstay in ASAP and is the front man of Salamin and was nominated for Best Rock Song in 2015. As a solo artist he recorded a full-length studio album under Star Music titled Silence/Noise.
Apart from Love In Motion and Arise 3.0, Paolo has collaborated with Gary in co-directing other previous concerts – On Higher Ground, Tuesdays With Gary, and Gary V Presents. “It is always an honor and quite an experience to work with my dad,” says Paolo. “I appreciate most of all the exchange of ideas. I get to bring something new to the table and he is receptive to my ideas but I also learn a lot from him being the seasoned performer that he is. My dad occupies a singular, irreplaceable spot in the local entertainment hierarchy.”
Love In Motion resonates with a love-filled, dance-inducing vibe as Gary performs with special guest Anna Fegi, the Manoeuvres, and the 19-piece AMP Band under the musical direction of Mel Villena, choreography by Nancy Crowe, and vocal direction by Mon Faustino. To the uninitiated, big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and became popular during the Swing era from the early 1930s until the late 1940s.
Love In Motion is a chance to experience a very different Gary Valenciano as his admirers and concertgoers have never seen and heard him before.
Proceeds of Love In Motion will go to the Shining Light Foundation, Inc., Operation Blessing Foundation, Inc. for the benefit of victims of the recent Typhoon Nina and UNICEF for special causes of children.
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