28 July 2014 – The group Triple Fret, an all-girl classical-contemporary guitar trio from the Philippines held a successful concert and was warmly received by both Filipino and Spanish audience on July 22 at the Anfiteatro Gabriela Mistral of the Casa de America.

Before presenting the Philippine Ambassador to Spain Carlos C. Salinas, Casa de America Director General Tomás Poveda welcomed the audience and said that he is honored to have the Philippine Embassy´s concert held in Casa de America.

In his message, Ambassador Salinas thanked the audience for coming to the concert and to enjoy an afternoon of wonderful music to be rendered by the only all girl classic guitarist trio from the Philippines.

He mentioned that Ms. Marga Abejo, Ms, Iqui Vinculado and Ms. Jenny de Vera, the trio composing Triple Fret are graduates of the Conservatory of Music of the University of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomas. The trio began in 2011 and have been performing all over the Philippines with their own brand of music, performance and love for the classical guitar.

Triple Fret performed 16 renditions of some traditional Filipinos songs like Leron Leron Sinta, Manang Biday, Sa Ugoy ng Duyan; classical music such as Concierto in D, Songs without Words; and pop songs like Hotel California, and Bohemian Rhapsody.

Triple Fret was invited in Spain to participate in the guitar festival in Valencia from July 18 to 20 and in Sigüenza from July 24 to 26.  Another concert in Sevilla towards the end of the month is also scheduled. END