{"id":147039,"date":"2018-01-17T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=147039"},"modified":"2018-01-17T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T16:30:41","slug":"moira-dela-torre-readies-for-her-debut-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/17\/moira-dela-torre-readies-for-her-debut-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Moira dela Torre readies for her debut concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_147050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147050\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Moira-dela-torre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147050\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Moira-dela-torre.jpg\" alt=\"Filipino singer-songwriter Moira dela Torre expressed her excitement as she readies for her debut concert \u201cTagpuan,\u201d which will be held at the Kia Theater on February 17 and 18. (Photo: Moira Dela Torre\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Moira-dela-torre.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Moira-dela-torre-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Moira-dela-torre-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filipino singer-songwriter Moira dela Torre expressed her excitement as she readies for her debut concert \u201cTagpuan,\u201d which will be held at the Kia Theater on February 17 and 18. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MoiraDelaTorre\/photos\/a.887787671242625.1073741825.247232431964822\/1890558260965556\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MoiraDelaTorre\/\">Moira Dela Torre\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Filipino singer-songwriter Moira dela Torre expressed her excitement as she readies for her debut concert \u201cTagpuan,\u201d which will be held at the Kia Theater on February 17 and 18.<\/p>\n<p>Moira, during a press conference on Wednesday, said her first-ever concert will be directed by John Prats and produced by Cornerstone Concerts and Bright Bulb Productions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of surprise guests who are coming both on Day 1 and Day 2. There&#8217;s actually one who&#8217;s flying in also,&#8221; Moira was quoted as saying in an ABS-CBN Entertainment report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also my new songs will be heard for the very first time on that night and there&#8217;s also a surprise about the &#8216;Malaya&#8217; album,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>It was plain to see that Moira is really thrilled for the concert.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Si Kuya Pratty po<\/em> overflowing po siya ng ideas. I had him listen to my songs and <em>kuya<\/em> Sam Milby listened to my songs and because they know the story <em>ang dami na po nilang nai<\/em>-imagine <em>na kahit ako ay nae<\/em>-excite <em>na po ako <\/em>(they imagine a lot of thing that even I, I\u2019m excited)<em>,&#8221;<\/em> the Filipina singer said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from her concert, Moira also signed a contract with Star Music on the same day.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTagpuan\u201d<\/em> is the title of her latest single under Star Music, which will be releasing her brand new album shortly.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ako po<\/em> dream <em>ko po simula pa po ng bata ako<\/em> (Since I was a child, my dream) is to be part of Star Music family. This is something that I&#8217;ve really waited for. Something <em>na hindi pinilit <\/em>(that can\u2019t be forced). Something that came at the perfect time. So <em>&#8216;yung tagal po ng hintay <\/em>(the long wait), I think that included paving the way for it <em>po<\/em> also,&#8221; Moira said.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ang &#8216;Tagpuan&#8217;<\/em> <em>ay <\/em>after<em> ng lahat nang pinagdaanan ng<\/em> songs<em>, ito po &#8216;yung<\/em> (the Tagpuan is after all the songs that have been through, this is the) conclusion and this is where you find hope <em>pala<\/em>. <em>Dati po kasi<\/em> (before) when I would write song<em>, ayaw kong iiwan sila sa<\/em> (I don\u2019t want to leave it on) sad state. I want to inspire listeners to feel free to feel their songs but at the same time rise from it and <em>&#8216;Tagpuan&#8217;<\/em> is about that,&#8221; she added referring to her new single.<\/p>\n<p>Moira hopes to work with KZ Tandingan, Yeng Constantino and Richard Poon in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The singer-songwriter was first seen on the national television when she joined the Philippine version of the American reality television singing competition \u201cThe Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipino singer-songwriter Moira dela Torre expressed her excitement as she readies for her debut concert \u201cTagpuan,\u201d which will be held &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":147050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[43729,43728],"class_list":["post-147039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-debut-concert","tag-moira-dela-torre","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}