All Things Violin
IALWAYS have a great affection and respect for violinists. Every time I hear a classic being played through the violin, it always had a sort of magic to it, a certain kind of sound that is powerful.
Meet Ms Khiara Joy Revilleza Regodon, a young woman, who just turned 22 last June 30, a woman with one name but multiple lives.
Khiara’s fame as a violinist reveals only part of her story. In addition to a steady schedule of booking engagements, including a stint in weddings and corporate parties, she also is a teacher for aspiring violinists and a budding student of University of Southeastern Philippines taking up Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, an SK chair and the Usep’s overall champion in the debating competition.
Raised by her grandparents Lola Celing and Lolo Florencio, this violin-enthusiast started playing different instruments like trumpet, clarinet and violin when she was just 11 years old, it was only then she finally realize that she loves playing the violin more.
Khiara had already begun chasing her dreams, thanks to her Lolo Florencio’s musical genes, as a former bassist in a rondalla and a classical piano player along with the tutelage of Maestro Vivencio Neniel and the prodding of her civil engineer Mommy Letty, Khiara’s passion for music was born.
“My grandparents raised me well. The love they gave me is incomparable and they are always there for me, and now watching me from the heavens. I am blessed,” said Khiara, who lives with his cousin Zanro Marsenne, now that both her grandparents passed away.
She credits her experience with MuzicSkool’s Jeremy Sarmiento for helping her cultivate the right mind-set and seek out the right kind of help as well as opening the doors for her to play professionally; she recalls how Jeremy taught her, his kindness and the chance for her to earn her way.
She may be shy, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t an exciting person, Khiara never fails to explore her capabilities. Currently she says she aspires to be a writer/blog/traveler and would love to document places and culture and write songs which she develops up until now. Despite all these goals Khiara is determined to finish her degree in I.T. and for a person as resolute as she is, I wouldn’t be surprised. Her musical influences include J.S.Bach, L.V.Beethoven, W.A.Mozart, & Stéphane Grappelli and although she doesn’t play jazz, she loves the genre as well as classical and dub step.
“I think I just perform from the heart. I relate myself to the sound of what my violin is producing. I show people the emotion of the song I am playing passionately,” she said.
She fondly recalled the first song she ever played on the violin, the nursery rhyme Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and admits the song “Somewhere in Time” always gives her goose bumps and probably the ultimate song that makes her cry every single time.
Khiara has faith in classical music, that the music itself needs no dressing up to appeal to people across a wide spectrum. She is convinced that a classical violin is a living and changing art.
“For me it is still a living and changing art. People who study violin starts with classical as foundation and those who play contemporary songs nowadays still incorporate classical to modern music. It was never frozen. It was just not as popular as this modern music nowadays,” she said.
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