Teen singer Maria Laroco is having a solo dinner concert entitled First Love on Feb. 14 and 15.
The show, which will be held in Iagos Restaurant on Tomas Morato, promises to showcase a variety of repertoire that will prove the teen singer’s versatility in different genres.
The two-night concert will have a dinner buffet starting at 7:00 p.m. and the show proper begins at 9:00. The show is directed by Mannix Baja under EMC Entertainment, Inc. with Hanzel Villafuerte as media communications head.
“It’s going to be an intimate night. The venue is very intimate. The venue can accommodate around 200 guests, so this will allow the audience to enjoy the evening while I sing for them,” Maria told Manila Standard in an interview.
“The show will have mixed genres, songs mostly sang by male artists. I will give them a different twist, different flavor, if you will,” the 18-year-old singer added.
Maria Laroco started her passion for singing when she was three years old when her mother would encourage her to show her talent when there were visitors in their humble house in Pangasinan. Very juvenile all she was when she started to enter different amateur singing contests that ignited her fire and enthusiasm for singing.
Lea Salonga is one of her great influences where Broadway songs were her contest pieces before. Aretha Franklin and Liza Minelli were also her international idols as they became a big part in the molding her craft in both Pop, Jazz, and Soul genres.
Joining the The Voice Kids Philippines in 2014 made a great leap in her singing journey as she was one of the Season 1 contenders. After her journey in the talent show, she continued to hone her craft as guest performing artist to different networking companies and later on found her light in Simon Cowell’s big UK TV show, The X-Factor in 2018.
The X-Factor UK opened a big stage for her career and making it to the international scene is one of her greatest dreams. She received outstanding reviews from her performances in that international show especially her audition piece “Purple Rain” (popularized by Prince) and later on finished as one of Top 6 in Girls Category. With the mentorship and guidance of Simon Cowell, more windows of opportunities were opened. In addition, prior to her X-Factor UK stint, she joined the Great British Festival Singing Competition and emerged as the Grand Finalist.
In 2019, she returned to the Philippines to continue what she started. As a recording artist, she already garnered different awards such as 2019—Top Global Teen Performing Artist, 2019 Kuala Lumpur Awardee, 2019 Asia’s Music Princess given by Global Music, and 2019 Excellence Award Pasadong Mang-aawat sa mga Kabataan.
Maria released her first album entitled Just Maria, which is available in the Philippines and in the US. In the latter part of 2019, she became the first solo artist being launched of the EMC Entertainment, Inc. “Pilit Pa Rin” is her latest recording under EMC Entertainment, Inc which can be streamed through various platforms such as iTunes and Spotify.
For ticket inquiries, you may contact 09266789722 / 09171761369 /09366982077 and look for Hyacinth or Michelle. Ticket price is P1,500.00, which includes buffet dinner.