MANILA, Philippines - Be My Valentine is Cocoy Laurel’s concert at the Teatrino starting tonight at 8 and tomorrow, Feb. 14. Cocoy sings love songs with the music of the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of music director, Rodel Colmenar. Cocoy has included his own original composition, If I Were The Sky in his line-up.
“I want to share more of the many gifts God has given me. He is the source of all my inspiration and I want to give back to Him these gifts as my hymns of praise,” Cocoy says.
Sharing the limelight are his sister Iwi, and nieces Denise Laurel and Nicole Laurel Asensio.
Cocoy is a performing artist whose career has spanned many years of dedication and hard work.
He is not new in the concert scene as in the ‘70s he performed in Cocoy Live at the Araneta Coliseum, Cocoy Live 2 at the Meralco Theatre, he did an all-Spanish concert, Te Quiero at the Music Museum (2000), Journeys of the Heart at the NBC Tent (2002), Cocoy Laurel in Concert at the CCP (2007) where he premiered six of his original compositions, and Cocoy Laurel at the Teatrino (2008). He was the choice of Claude Michel Schonberg to be the main soloist in the The Music of Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg in Concert singing the arias of Valjean in Les Miserables and The Engineer in Miss Saigon.
Theater goers will remember him in Repertory Philippines musicals such as The Fantastiks, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, Camelot, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Sweeney Todd. Recently, he starred in Ryan Cayabyab’s Ang Mapaghimalang Birhen ng Caysasay under the direction of Nestor Torre.
One unforgettable milestone in Cocoy’s life is his international exposure in Miss Saigon in London and in Sydney.
Be My Valentine is sponsored by YKK, Toyota Batangas, Yamaha, Nestle Phils., Villar Foundation and G2000. It is produced by Uliran Foundation, Inc. to benefit the Gawad Kalinga Doy Laurel Village in Balete, Batangas.
Tickets are available at the Teatrino. For details, call 722-4501 local 116 or 723-8420.