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                    [ArticleID] => 326863
                    [Title] => Chino’s desperate need of sponsorship in Munich
                    [Summary] => This appeal may interest the NCCA through Chairman Ambeth Ocampo and Executive Director Cecile G. Alvarez, the Makati Business Club through Guillermo Luz, and any other group or individual who can assist violin prodigy-virtuoso and math wizard Joaquin "Chino" Gutierrez in his predicament. Doubtless, Chino’s case will be of concern to DFA Secretary Alberto Romulo and German Ambassador Axel Weishaupt.

[DatePublished] => 2006-03-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254146 [Title] => Germany’s highest award for Fr. Pierre Tritz, S.J. [Summary] => As German Ambassador Herbert D. Jose was citing the achievements of Fr. Pierre Tritz, S.J. prior to conferring on the venerable priest the Supreme Commander of the Order of Merit award, he quoted someone who said, "India may have its Mother Teresa; the Philippines has Fr. Tritz."
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240005 [Title] => A Coup for Ambassador Jess [Summary] => German Ambassador Herbert D. Jess scored a veritable coup with his presentation of eminent pianists Ingrid Santamaria and Reynaldo Reyes at his residence, setting up two grand pianos in the living room for the special occasion.

The pianists, who have been proselytizing throughout the country for the 113th time on their "Romantic Music Journey"–often under the most trying conditions–interpreted Brahms’s Concerto No. 1 in D Minor and Liszt’s Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, with Ingrid as soloist and Reynaldo taking the orchestral part.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135850 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1760068 [AuthorName] => TABLE TALK By Rosalinda L. Orosa [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 236215 [Title] => Two concerts [Summary] => There seems no end to the surprise and amazement German Ambassador Herbert D. Jess springs on Manila’s music lovers. At the embassy residence, a program full of "sound and fury" featured Ingrid Santamaria playing the solo part and Reynaldo Reyes, the orchestral part, as they resumed their romantic piano journey – their 113th.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 227329 [Title] => Celebrating Unity [Summary] => On Germany’s national day, Ambassador Herbert D. Jess celebrated his country’s unification which began in 1989 with the breaking down of the Berlin Wall. At the exchange of toasts with FA Undersecretary Franklin Ebdalin, Mr. Jess observed that "as friends, Germans and Filipinos stand united to strive for peace, freedom, justice and democracy, thus contributing to create a more stable and peaceful world".
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135850 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1760068 [AuthorName] => TABLE TALK By Rosalinda L. Orosa [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199850 [Title] => Justus Frantz Quartet: A rare magnificence [Summary] => The internationally acclaimed Justus Frantz Quartet, presented Thursday by German Ambassador Herbert D. Jess at the embassy residence, interpreted two piano quartets, both in G Minor, the first by Mozart, the second by Brahms.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193914 [Title] => Uniquely Phil-German [Summary] => The guests Ambassador Herbert D. Jess invited to the conferment of the Commander’s Cross on your Table Talker were evenly divided between the Filipinos and the Germans. Symbolizing this congenial arrangement were former Ambassador Klaus Zeller and his wife Pinky del Rosario, Gallery Curator Rudolf H. Lietz and his wife Elizabeth San Pedro, Sr. Mary Placid, SSC Dean of Music, whose companion was German Benedictine Sr. Mary Berkemayer. German embassy officials complemented local personalities in the diplomatic and cultural fields. [DatePublished] => 2003-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135850 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1760068 [AuthorName] => TABLE TALK By Rosalinda L. Orosa [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188048 [Title] => Is Mr. Goethe In? [Summary] => When I told a close friend about my receiving one of Germany’s highest awards, her instant reaction was: "How wonderful for you to be so honored while you’re still very much alive!" Her comment being marvelously true, saying it as my own now seems the most gratifyingly eloquent way of expressing, while I am indeed still standing on my feet, my profound gratitude to the Federal Republic of Germany, and to Ambassador Jess, for tonight’s singular honor.
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 183211 [Title] => Envoy H. Jess, art patron / Static is for media / Modern dance in review [Summary] => Not too long ago, German Ambassador Herbert D. Jess presented at his Makati residence the eminent global village painter Manuel "Manny" D. Baldemor before art connoisseurs, the cognoscenti and art lovers. Hanging on the walls for them to view were European scenes by Baldemor, particularly widely-known historic landmarks of Germany.

On Nov. 18, Mr. Jess will hold a vernissage reception at his residence to present another Filipino artist, Elmer Borlongan.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163168 [Title] => Music to My Ears [Summary] => Ambassador Herbert D. Jess is taking his role as "impresario" with considerable enthusiasm and earnestness. With paintings of German landscapes by Manuel D. Baldemor still hanging in Mr. Jess’s living room, he embarked on his third cultural project–the presentation of Ingrid Sala Sta. Maria, one of our eminent pianists, and the fast-rising Jonathan Arevalo Coo, in a piano duo concert. (Ingrid is as beautiful as she is talented; consequently, one derives dual pleasure as one listens and looks at her in action.)
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135850 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1098301 [AuthorName] => table TALK by Rosalinda L. Orosa [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) ) )
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