THE SYMPHONY OF MUNIFICENCE
As if she hasn't given enough, and yet, she has never ceased to deliver. Since the age of barely five, with her mother, Pilar Blanco Sala, as her first piano teacher, Ingrid Sala-Santamaria has dedicated long stretched hours of practice, before she moved on to more days in grueling rehearsals, to captivatingly perform in palaces and royal residences, for royalty and aristocracy, premiers and presidents, global leaders and business icons, and in sold-out arenas and prestigious concert halls, before discerning audiences in tune with music.
However, she did not stop there. Together with Professor Reynaldo Reyes, a fellow internationally decorated concert pianist, they embarked on outreach missions for years to bring classical
music to the countryside, in the far-flung remotest barrios, and isolated islands, in open fields, barangay halls, covered basketball courts, even on top of a 6x6 truck, under the heat of the scorching sun.
Recently, through the Ingrid Sala-Santamaria Endowment Fund for Education, an initiative that assists financially challenged students, she has recently unselfishly donated some decades-old memorabilia collection to the De La Salle University, during an intimate Donation Turnover Ceremony at the Taft Campus, with only her immediate family and closest friends in attendance.
This is not the first time she has imparted her blessings. In memory of her Golden Pianistic Anniversary in 2012, the Sta. Isabel College was the recipient of a beautiful Yamaha baby grand piano.
A classical concert pianist and an advocate for accessible education gives back