UP’s Tanghal Tertulia acknowledged in thirty eighth Aliw Awards

Tanghal Tertulia places a highlight on UP being a supply of inventive expertise, with 44 of the Philippines’ 81 Nationwide Arists coming from the State U, says UP President Jijil Jimenez

(It is a press launch from the Philippine Affiliation of College Girls-UP Chapter)

The College of the Philippines’ flagship cultural program Tanghal Tertulia emerged as one among three winners within the much-coveted Greatest Particular Occasions Manufacturing class on the thirty eighth Aliw Awards, held on the Fiesta Pavilion of The Manila Lodge on Monday, December 15.

Tanghal Tertulia distinguished itself as the one particular occasion mounted by an academic establishment of upper studying to be shortlisted and in the end acknowledged on this extremely aggressive class — underscoring UP’s management in advancing arts and tradition on the nationwide stage.

Launched in 2024, Tanghal Tertulia traces its origin to an impressed night on the UP Govt Home Amphitheater, when UP President Angelo Jimenez delivered an impromptu poetry efficiency, moved by the swaying bamboo bushes and the twinkling stars below a transparent night time sky. That second sparked a imaginative and prescient for a daily creative gathering honoring UP’s Nationwide Artists.

Jimenez then tasked Fina Dela Cuesta Tantuico of the UP Philippine Affiliation of College Girls to convene an advert hoc committee to conceptualize a program that may have a good time UP’s inventive legacy and encourage new generations of Iskolars ng Bayan.

The title “Tanghal Tertulia,” coined by Professor Emeritus Jose “Butch” Dalisay, attracts from the Spanish custom of the tertulia — a gathering for literary and creative change.

“Once we arrange Tanghal Tertulia, we didn’t got down to win any awards. Actually, our motivations have been much more modest,“ mentioned Jimenez. “Sitting as we do on a powder keg of inventive expertise, it was inconceivable to not ignore the truth that 44 of the nation’s 81 Nationwide Artists got here from UP. Tanghal Tertulia was our method of placing a highlight on that legacy, and of sharing it generously with the general public. We settle for this award on behalf of mga Artista ng Bayan at mga Iskolar ng Bayan. UP Struggle!”

Tanghal Tertulia is made attainable by the collaborative management of Atty. Fina Dela Cuesta Tantuico (VP for Public Relations, UP Philippine Affiliation of College Girls); Dr. Patricia Brillantes Silvestre (Dean, UP Faculty of Music); Toym Imao (Dean, UP Faculty of Positive Arts and Chair, UP President’s Committee on Tradition and the Arts); Dr. Grace Javier Alfonso (Govt Director, TVUP); and Atty. Edlyn Frances V. Verzola (President, UP-PAUW), whose collective imaginative and prescient and stewardship have reworked this system right into a nationally lauded cultural establishment.

Becoming a member of Tanghal Tertulia within the winners’ circle for Greatest Particular Occasions Manufacturing are “That’s Amore – RMA” and “JL seventy fifth – The Beatles Live performance” — each ticketed, business productions. In distinction, Tanghal Tertulia stands aside as a free cultural providing that’s open to the general public, reaffirming UP’s mission to democratize entry to the humanities and produce creative excellence to the widest attainable viewers.

Constructing on this milestone, preparations are actually underway for the following version of Tanghal Tertulia on February 21, 2026, which is able to honor three extra residing Nationwide Artists from the College of the Philippines, persevering with UP’s enduring dedication to celebrating creative excellence and provoking future generations by the transformative energy of the humanities. – Rappler.com