21/04/2026
ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀ ᴀꜱɪᴀ ᴘʀᴇ-ꜱᴇʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜰʀᴀɴᴄᴇ
𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐎 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐑 𝐑𝐔𝐙𝐙𝐄𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐎
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙞 𝙅𝙤 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝘼𝙨𝙞𝙖 𝙑𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡 25, 2026 𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧, 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙚
𝖠 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗍—𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋,
𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗎𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋, 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗎𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋
—𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇,
𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉.
𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠
In the words of the late esteemed impresario
Pablo Tariman, “Tenor Ruzzel dished out,
vocal line was robust, his diction impeccable,
and—with a dash of good acting—he easily
won over the crowd.” —ᴠᴇʀᴀ ꜰɪʟᴇꜱ
𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗦
In 2010, he was named Music Artist of the Year
and received the Apostolic Award at ESPSM.
He was awarded a full scholarship at the University
of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music, and later
granted a scholarship to L’École du Chœur
Grégorien de Paris for diploma studies in Sacred
Music, specializing in Gregorian chant.
𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗕𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦
In 2018, he appeared as a member of the Musica
Viva Hong Kong Opera Chorus in Puccini’s La
Bohème directed by Professor Lo King-Man.
In 2019, he held his first international solo
concert in Rome, Italy, at the Pontificio Collegio
Filippino. In the same period, he also participated
in a Church Music Conference at the Vatican City.
In 2021, he was invited to perform and contribute
to the music production for the FIFA World Cup in
Qatar and served as a conductor of the IAID Guitar-
Piano Music Ensemble at a music festival in Georgia.
This year, he is set to perform his second
international solo concert in Singapore as
part of the ASEAN Cultural Exchange for Music
and Arts program, in partnership with Klassique
Musik and Bechstein Music World.
𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗦
The current opera chorus director of the MSO Chorus
and a core member of the PASIPO Opera Company.
He is a pioneer member of Tinig Kayumanggi
and was featured as one of the young artists
of the Cultural Arts and Events Organizers.
He is also a former artist of the Philippine Opera
Company Young Artist Program and previously
served as one of the Music Ambassadors of the
EREHWON Center for the Arts.
𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
Faculty member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra
Music Academy, the Institute for Music in the Liturgy,
and St. Peter’s College Seminary, and former faculty
member of the IAID Qatar Performing Arts.
He has an affiliation with the University of West
London–London College of Music Examinations,
where he teaches preparatory courses and mentors
students for examination candidacy under his own
private music learning platform.
𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦
Ruzzel is a former member and soloist of UST
Coro Tomasino, Liturgikon Vocal Ensemble,
and the Archdiocesan Grand Choir of Manila.
Over the past years, he has directed and
collaborated with various choirs across the
country. He continously work with the
Musicam Sacram Singers and Ensemble,
Joseph Ratzinger Schola Cantorum Manila,
Psalterion, and Coro Arcangelorum.
He was the principal cantor of the Catholic
Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines.
For nearly a decade, he has served as a
church music minister and director at
San Jose Mangaggawa Parish Church,
where he also began composing sacred works.
ᴘʜ/ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱɪᴄᴀʟꜱᴛᴀᴛᴜꜱ: ᴘᴄᴠᴀꜱ ᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇ
Published: April 21, 2026 | Tuesday
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