CONTEMPORARY PHILIPINES MUSIC COMPOSERS.pdf

1. CONTEMPORARY PHILIPINES MUSIC COMPOSERS
NEW MUSIC COMPOSERS
JOSE MACEDA National Artist for Music / First Filipino Avant Garde Composer
LUCRESIA KASILAG National Artist for Music / Known for incorporating indigenous Filipino instruments into
orchestral productions
JERRY DADAP First Filipino composer who conduct his own works at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York
City
FR. MANUEL MARAMBA OSB Best known liturgical composer
RAMON SANTOS National Artist for Music / His compositional styles are chromaticism, music seria and
electronic components combined with Philippine music elements
FRANCISCO FELECIANO National Artist for Music / Avant garde composer and conductor for band and chorus
JOSEFINO TOLEDO Recognized figure in Asian Contemporary Art Music Scene
JONAS BAES Gawad Chancellor para sa Pinakamahusay na Mananaliksik (Hall of Fame, 2003)
TRADITIONAL COMPOSERS
FRANCISCO BUENCAMINO SR His compositions are more on Zarzuela & Kundiman
FRANCISCO SANTIAGO Triumvirate of Filipino Composers / Father of Kundiman
NICANOR ABELARDO Triumvirate of Filipino Composers / Composer in Romantic Style
ANTONIO MOLINA Triumvirate of Filipino Composers / First National Artist for Music
HILARION RUBIO Composer, music teacher, conductor, clarinetist
COL. ANTONINO BUENAVENTURA National Artist for Music / Restored the Philippine Constabulary band
RODULFO CORNEJO 1st composition at the age of 10, piano piece entitled Glissando Waltz
FELIPE DE LEON SR National Artist for Music / Nationalist Composer
LUCIO SAN PEDRO National Artist for Music / Romantic Nationalist
ROSENDO SANTOS JR Philippine Composer of the Year Award / Philippine Composer of the Century Award in
1956 and 1967
ALFREDO BUENAVENTURA Composition is a combination of contemporary & conventional style
RAYMUNDO “RYAN” CAYABYAB Composer and conductor who spans both in popular and classical worlds. His
compositions are mostly traditional Western influence