Odette Quesada to bring 40th anniversary concert to California | TFC News California, USA
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40 years of Philippine hits will be celebrated in California a month from now.
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After a series of sold-out shows in Manila, legendary Filipina singer Odette Quesada
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will bring her all-hits 40th anniversary celebration concert to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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This past week, she huddled up with members of the media to reflect on her storied career
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which began as a teenager in the early 80s.
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From her first hit in Give Me a Chance,
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she's made the most out of every chance to wow Philippine audiences
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and write music for some of the Philippines' biggest names,
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something she says she never planned on.
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When I wrote those songs, they were just to write a song, you know,
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and then give them to the artist or, you know, I was lucky enough to also cut a few records myself.
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There was no plan for longevity.
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It's just as much as a surprise for me that I've lasted this long and that actually my songs have lasted this long.
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So it's a testament to everybody who loves to listen to OPM.
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The friend of mine, songwriter, will also bring some friends of hers to the stage.
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Her longtime collaborator, Raymond Luchenco, the Philippines' queen of soul, Jaya, and crooner, Felson Palad.
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I'm very, not just am I excited to be there with Odette and Jaya,
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and Felson for the shows on May 11 and 12.
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I'm also very proud.
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And I'm also very grateful because as Odette mentioned a while ago, this isn't about us.
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It's about celebrating music.
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And even much more than that, it's about celebrating the audiences,
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kayo po, who have been listening to us for the last four decades.
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This is about you.
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Quesada's two-stop show is a joint effort from the Filipino channel AIP Media
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and Crossover Events, all who share a vision of celebrating Filipino talents globally.
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TFC's goal in bringing events to our region is to really showcase world-class Filipino talents on the world stage.
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We at TFC consider Ms. Odette Quesada as a generational talent,
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really having produced multiple hits since the 80s.
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It brings us back to what we really stood for as Crossover.
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It's really being able to bring in Filipino artists,
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to other countries, and at the same time, crossing over to different genres of music.
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Quesada's all-hits concert takes place on back-to-back nights.
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That's on May 11 at the Alex Theater in Glendale and on May 12 at Redwood City's Fox Theater.
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For Quesada, she says these live performances have given her extra motivation to keep building on her 40-year legacy.
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The passion is actually all in the live performances.
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Like I said earlier, I'm really, really enjoying performing.
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Performing in front of a small crowd, a big crowd, doesn't matter.
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I mean, there's a real connection with the audience, mainly because I'm finally enjoying it myself.
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And I think that radiates to people watching.
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Tickets to the show are available on mytfc.com slash odettequesada40.
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Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News, Los Angeles.
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Thank you for watching!
