About Us

Berlin-based Filipino Pianist Abelardo Galang II learned his early piano skills from his mother, Carmen. Later, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Piano Performance (1992) from the University of the Philippines. In the first and only piano competition Galang participated, he was awarded the Grand Prix in the 1992 Philippine Piano Competition along with a scholarship from Japan Solidarity Committee for Asian Alumni (JASCAA). Through this grant, he obtained two Master's degrees in Music (Piano Solo Performance and Chamber Music) from Musashino Academia Musicae, Tokyo, Japan (1996) and the Hochschule fuer Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin, Germany (2000) where he trained with the German Pedagogue, Klaus Bäßler, a former jury and chairman of the  Robert Schumann International Piano Competition. He was also a recipient of the Alfonso T. Yuchengco Foundation scholarship. Galang obtained his Doctorate degree in Music with honours from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany (2010).

Galang performs regularly in solo recitals, chamber concerts and as Lied pianist in Europe and Asia. He was featured in the All Nation's Festival in Rome (Italy), the International Piano Concert Series in Oberkirchen (Germany), the Artists' Festival in Berlin (Germany). He has worked with the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (Philippines), Manila Symphony Orchestra (Philippines), and the Otto Symphoniker (Germany) and collaborated with international artists including Jonathan Kelly (Solo Oboist, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Juan Pechuan, (Solo Oboist, London Symphony Orchestra), Arthur Hornig (Cellist, Rundfunk Symphonic Orchestra Berlin), among others.

A recording artist under the German label -Tobios Records, Galang's discography include Schumann and Chopin (2004), an audiobook CD entitled "In Vino Veritas" in collaboration with German TV Personality, Jürgen von der Lippe, (2006 - Emons Verlag) and Kundiman, Philippine Art Songs (2008) with acclaimed Filipino bass-baritone Jonathan de la Paz Zaens. In  2010, Galang recorded a three-CD album containing 12 Sonatas of Italian–German Baroque composer Giovanni Benedetto Platti. Galang is the first pianist to record the first 12 sonatas of Platti on a modern instrument, earning praises from famous German music critic, Klaus Geitel and German Music Magazines.

His pedagogic accomplishments at the Berlin Piano School include his student Mr. Kon-Ui Pak, who won at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition in 2010 and was awarded the Baerenreiter Urtext Prize. Galang teaches at the Berlin Piano School since 2010 and is currently the Director of Music Performance and Chairman of the Piano Department of the Philippine Women's University. He is also a senior lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Music.

As an educator for over 20 years, Denise Santos Huang is a coach and mentor to her studio composed of violinists of various ages, where her students have qualified for Interlochen Arts Academy, Asian Youth Orchestra, Weber State University and have also landed auditions for IASAS, AMIS and professional orchestras in Metro Manila. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Philippine Women’s University, and has served as faculty member at the St. Scholastica’s College of Music from 2010 to 2017, Philippine High School for the Arts, and is the current Strings Division Chair for the National Music Competition for Young Artists.

Denise has played several solo concerts with orchestra as well as chamber music engagements throughout the Philippines, the USA, Asia and Egypt. She has held leadership positions in various local orchestras such as the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Manila Symphony Orchestra, and FilharmoniKa and toured Europe with the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra as a young violinist, having performed at top concert halls such as the Berliner Philharmonie, the Concertgebouw, among others. She has collaborated in concert with the country’s top musicians including Carmencita Sipin-Aspiras, Carolyn Cheng, Alejandro Consolacion II, Mary Anne Espina, Marianne Fajardo, Ivar Fojas, Abelardo Galang II, Hiyas Hila, Mariel Ilusorio, Anjo Inacay, Renato Lucas, Gina Medina-Perez and Greg Zuniega. Aside from playing classical music, she has also played for many pop recordings, TV commercials, musicals and international acts such as Phantom of the Opera, Kinky Boots, Richard Clayderman, Michael Buble and New Opera Singapore’s production of Britten’s Turn of the Screw. A founding member of the Manila Piano Trio, she actively promotes the performance of Filipino chamber music and seeks to provide performance and scholarship opportunities to the youth.

She participated in the Managing the Arts Program at the Asian Institute of Management in 2003 and as an arts organizer enjoys performing for and producing charity concerts, hosting foreign artists in master classes and fundraising events for the benefit of educational causes.

Denise holds a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance at San Francisco State University as a Pone, Morrison, Nagel and Creative Arts scholar under Jassen Todorov and the Alexander String Quartet. She received her Bachelor of Music degree and early music training with Basilio Manalo, Arturo Molina and Socorro Medina-Hara as a PREDIS and Battig scholar from St. Scholastica’s College, Manila, where she graduated as valedictorian of her class. A life-long learner, her current interests include Suzuki early violin pedagogical training and music technology.

Praised for his "lush, exuberant tones" and "ravishing lyrical moments," Antoni Josef Inacay is a cellist born in Manila, Philippines. He began his studies at the age of 10 under the Philippine Research for Developing Instrumental Soloists (PREDIS) program based at St. Scholastica's College, Manila. Under the tutelage of Wilfredo Pasamba and Renato Lucas, he completed his bachelor's degree from the aforementioned school on full scholarship granted by the Battig Foundation and a recipient of the Sr. Baptista Battig Certificate of Merit.

While pursuing his degree, he was a member of the Asian Youth Orchestra in the 2001 and 2002 tours of Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, China, Japan, and Taiwan. He joined the Southeast Asian Youth Orchestra and Wind Ensemble workshop based in Thailand in 2005 and 2008. It was also in 2005 when he won the top prize at the Philippines' National Music Competition for Young Artists.

Upon graduating, Mr. Inacay established a busy career as a cellist. An active chamber musician, he has collaborated with pianists Christine Coyiuto, Jovianney Emmanuel Cruz, Mary Anne Espina, Greg Zuniega, violinist Gina Medina, and the Clarion Chamber Ensemble. He was also the principal cellist of the Manila Symphony Orchestra.

While enrolled in the studio of Rhonda Rider at The Boston Conservatory, Mr. Inacay was a member of the Boston Conservatory Honors Quartet. He also participated in music festivals such as the CelloFest! at the Texas Christian University, The Cello Seminar of Music at Salem, The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Mr. Inacay played in masterclasses by Klaus Kanggiesser, Claudio Bohorquez, David Pereira, Andres Diaz, Christopher Adkins, Bion Tsang, Peter Howard, Steven Doane, Yehuda Hanani, Jorja Fleezanis, the Apple Hill String Quartet, and the Jupiter String Quartet.