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national artists IN
MUSIC
 national artists in music

Antonio J. Molina Jovita Fuentes Antonio BuenaventuraLucrecia Kasilag Lucio San Pedro Felipe De Leon

Joce Maceda Andrea Veneracion Ernani Francicso Feliciano Ramon Santos

Cuenco
 antonio j. molina
(26 December 1894 – 29 January 1980)
was a Filipino composer, conductor and
music administrator. He was named a
National Artist of the Philippines for his
services to music. He was also known as
the Claude Debussy of the Philippines
due to his use of impressionism in music.
 AWAR
from the DS
• Conductor of the Year Award (1953)
Music Lovers' Society
• The UP Conservatory Alumni Award
and the Phi Kappa Beta Award (1972)
• He was the first musician to be
conferred the National Artist Award
(12th June, 1972).
antonio j. molina
 WORK
S
• Misa Antoniana Grand Festival
Mass (1964)
• Ang Batingaw (1972)
• Prelude and Romanz for cello
and piano (1928)
• Bontok Rhapsody
• Malikmata (1939)
antonio j. molina
• We Were Moonlight (1941)
Hating Gabi "Midnight"
antonio j. molina
 jovita fuentes
She was born in Capiz (now Roxas City) to
a well-off couple named Canuto and
Dolores Fuentes. At an early age, she
displayed interest in music, learning the
contemporary songs at that time.
Due to her merits and contributions in her
field, she was dubbed as The First Lady of
Philippine Music and in 1976 she earned
the title of becoming the first female
national artist in music.
 AWAR
• DS Medal of
Presidential
Meritin Music in 1958
• National Artist in music
in 1976.

jovita fuentes
 WORK
• MimiSin Puccini's La
Bohème
• Iris in Mascagni's Iris
• Salome in Strauss's
Salome
jovita fuentes
Mimi in Puccini's La Iris in Mascagni's Iris Salome in Strauss's
Bohème Salome.
 ANTONIO BUENAVENTURA
Antonino Buenaventura was born on May 4, 1904 in
Baliuag, Bulacan. He was born in a family of musicians.
He studied under Nicanor Abelardo at the University of the
Philippines Diliman Conservatory of Music and graduated
in 1932 with a Teacher's Diploma in Music, major in
Science and Composition and became an assistant
instructor at the Conservatory.
After the war he became conductor of the devastated
Philippine Constabulary Band for 16 years and he brought
it back to its former glory. He became the music director of
the UST Conservatory of Music in 1961 and the UE
School of Music andArts in 1964.
 AWAR
DS
• Band Conductor of the Year (1951, from
the Music Lovers Society)
• Republic Cultural Heritage Award for
Music (1966, for his Symphony in C)
• Araw ng Maynila Cultural Award (1971)
• Award of Merit for Outstanding
Contribution to Philippine Music (1976,
from the
• In 1988, he was conferred the title of
ANTONIO National Artist by the Cultural Center of the
BUENAVENTURA Philippines.
 WORK
• S
Triumphal March
• Echoes of the Past
• History Fantasy
• Second Symphony in E-flat
• Echoes from the Philippines
• Ode to Freedom
ANTONIO • The Symphony in c
BUENAVENTURA
the Symphony in C
ANTONIO
BUENAVENTURA
 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag
Crecia "King" Roces Kasilag was born in San Fernando, La
Union, Philippines. She served as Kasilag's first solfeggio
instructor.
Kasilag was schooled in Paco Elementary School in Paco,
Manila, where she was raised, and she graduated as
valedictorian in 1930. She later changed schools for high school,
attending Philippine Women's University, where in 1933 she
also earned valedictorian honors. For college, she graduated
cum laude in 1936 with a Bachelor ofArts, majoring in English,
in the same university. She also studied music at St.
Scholastica’s College in Malate, Manila, with Sister Baptista
Battig, graduating with a Music Teacher's Diploma, major in
piano, in 1939
 AWAR
• DSAward of Merit as
Presidential
Woman Composer in 1956
• Presidential Award of Merit and
Gold Medal for Leadership and
Outstanding Contribution to
Music and the Arts in 1960
• She was named National Artist in
Lucrecia Roces Kasilag Music in 1989
 WORK
• Love Songs
S
• Legend of the Sarimanok
• Ang Pamana
• Philippine Scenes
• Her Son
• Jose
• Sisa
• Awit ng mga Awit Psalms
Lucrecia Roces Kasilag • Fantaisie on a 4-Note Theme
• East Meets Jazz Ethnika
 SISA
Lucrecia Roces Kasilag
 Lucio San Pedro
San Pedro was born into a musical household and started
working at a young age. He took over as the local church
organist from his deceased grandfather when he was still in his
late teens. He had already written hymns, songs, and two
whole masses for choir and orchestra by that point. He first
received instruction from a number of well-known musicians
in the Philippines before pursuing advanced composition with
Bernard Wagenaar of the Netherlands. In 1947, he attended
seminars at Juilliard and continued his studies with Vittorio
Giannini in harmony and orchestration.
 AWAR
DS
• San Pedro was given the title professor
emeritus by the University of the
Philippines College of Music in 1979.
• He received the Patnubay ng Sining at
Kalinangan from the City of Manila in
1984 and the Asean Award for Music
and a Papal award in 1990.
• San Pedro was named national artist in
Lucio San Pedro 1991.
 WORK
• “Lahing S
Kayumanggi” (1961)
• “Sa Lupang Sarili” (1940)
• “Sa Mahal Kong Bayan” (1950)
• “Limbas”
• “Darna”
• “Sakada”
Lucio San Pedro • “Alabok sa Ginto”
“Sa Mahal Kong Bayan"
Lucio San Pedro
 Felipe de Leon
De Leon was the third of Juan de Leon's four children from his
mother Natalia Padilla's second marriage. His mother raised
him and his older half-brother, Pedro P. San Diego, when his
father passed away when he was three years old. Prior to
starting his career as a singer, he worked odd jobs to help
support his family, including those as a shoe shiner, carabao
herder, carriage driver, and merchandise vendor. He enrolled in
the University of the Philippines' Fine Arts program in 1927,
but he had to drop out in order to support himself. He
performed on the trombone in cabarets and circuses before
moving on to work as the orchestra's assistant conductor at the
Nueva Ecija High School, where he began to write music.
 AWAR
• Republic Cultural Heritage Award
DS
• Doctor of Humanities from the
University of the Philippines
• Presidential Award of Merit
• On December 8, 1997, de Leon was
posthumously conferred the highest
honor a Filipino artist can receive:
Felipe de Leon
the “National Artist Award for
Music”
 WORK
• NoliSMe Tangere
• El Filibusterismo
• Bagong Pagsilang
• Magtanim Ay 'Di Biro
• Awit sa Paglikha ng Bagong
Pilipinas
Felipe de Leon
MagtanimAy 'Di Biro
Felipe de Leon
 jose maceda
Born in Manila, Philippines, he studied piano,
composition and musical analysis at École
Normale de Musique de Paris in France. After
returning to the Philippines, he became a
professional pianist, and later studied musicology
at Columbia University, In 1963, Maceda earned
a doctorate in ethnomusicology from the UCLA.
He began pursuing a compositional career more
vigorously.
 AWAR
• Fumio
DS
Koizumi Award
Ethnomusicology in Japan (1992)
for

• The National Research Council Award

(1993)
• The award Araw ng Maynila (1996)
• The Nikkei Award in Tokyo (1997)
• The award of the Fondazione Civitella
Ranieri in Italy (1997)
jose maceda • The title of National Artist for Music
(1998)
 WORK
• Ugma-ugmaS
(1963) • Ugnayan
• •
Pagsamba (1968) Ading
• Udlot-udlot (1975) • Aroding
• Agungan • Siasid
• Kubing • Suling-suling.
• Pagsamba

jose maceda
Udlot-Udlot
jose maceda
 Andrea Veneracion
She was born on July 11, 1928, to Macario Ofilada and
Raymunda Carriaga. She was raised in Manila, Philippines.
She earned her Bachelor of Music degrees in Piano and Voice
at the University of the Philippines Diliman, graduating cum
laude. She was a lyric soprano soloist in various Oratorio
works and in the Opera Stage. She was also a very
accomplished pianist and accompanist and was the
accompanist of National Artist for Music, Jovita Fuentes for a
number of years. Two of her indispensable contributions in
culture and the arts include the founding of the Philippine
Madrigal Singers and the spearheading of the development of
Philippine choral music.
 AWAR
• 1997 – DS
TOFIL (The Outstanding
Filipino) award.
• 1999 – National Artist of the
Philippines for Music – currently
the only awardee for choral music.
• 2001 – Distinguished Alumni
Service award – awarded by
Andrea Veneracion
Indiana University.
 WORK
• Founder of the Philippine
Madrigal Singers

Andrea Veneracion
Philippine Madrigal Singers
- Paruparong Bukid
(Arr. F. Obispo, Jr.)
 ernani j. cuenco
Composer, film scorer, musical director and music
teacher, Ernani J. Cuenco was hailed as a National
Artist in Music in 1999. His works embody a
Filipino sense of musicality, and the classical sound
of the kundiman is evident in some of his ballads.
Up to this day, his compositions are popular and
well-loved.
 AWAR
DS
• Metro Film Festival Awards, 1971.
• Rajah Soliman Award, 1972.
• 11th Manila Film Festival "Best Musical
Scoring" for El Vibora.
• Rajah Soliman Award 1973.
• 18th Manila Film Festival "Best Musical
Scoring" for Ang Mahiwagang Daigdig
ni Pedro Penduko.
• He was proclaimed National Artist for
ernani j. cuenco
Music in 1999
 WORK
•Nahan, S
Kahit na Magtiis
• Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang
Uhaw na Lupa
• Pilipinas
• Inang Bayan
• Isang Dalangin
• Kalesa
ernani j. cuenco
• Bato sa Buhangin
• Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal
"Kalesa"
ernani j. cuenco
 Francisco Feliciano
Feliciano was born on 19 February 1941, in Morong, Rizal.
Francisco Feliciano graduated from the University of the
Philippines with a Teacher's diploma in Music (1967) and a
Masters in Music degree in Composition (1972). In 1977, he
went to the Hochschule der Kuenste in Berlin, Germany to
obtain a diploma in Music Composition. In 1979 he attended
Yale University School of Music and graduated with a Master
of Musical Arts and a Doctorate in Musical Arts,
Composition. While at Yale University he conducted the Yale
Contemporary Ensemble, considered one of the leading
performing groups in America for contemporary and avant-
garde music.
 AWAR
• DS III Award in
John D. Rockfeller
Music (1977)
• First prize in the Hymn Writing
Contest (Archdiocese of Manila,
1970)
• Purita Ponce-Enrile Scholarship
in Composition (1962-1964)
Francisco Feliciano • National Artist for Music 2014
 WORK
S
• Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis
• Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang
Uhaw na Lupa
• Pilipinas
• Inang Bayan
• Isang Dalangin
• Kalesa
Francisco Feliciano • Bato sa Buhangin
• Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal
"PokpokAlimpako"
Francisco Feliciano
 Ramon P. Santos
Ramón Pagayon Santos (born 25 February 1941) is a
Filipino composer, ethnomusicologist, and educator
known for being the Philippines' foremost living exponent
of contemporary Filipino classical music, for work that
expounds on "the aesthetic frameworks of Philippine and
Southeast Asian artistic traditions," and for finding new
uses of indigenous Philippine instruments.
A University Professor Emeritus of the composition and
theory department at the College of Music of the
University of the Philippines Diliman, he was proclaimed
NationalArtist of the Philippines for music in 2014.
 AWAR
• ChevalierDS
de l'Ordre des Arts et
Lettres, 1987
• National Artist of the Philippines,
2014

Ramon P. Santos
 WORK
S
• Rituwal ng Pasasalamat,
• Likas-An,
• Badiw as Kapoonan,
• Awit ni Pulau,
• Daragang Magayon,
• Ta-O,
• Sandiwaan,
• Nagnit Igak G'nan Wagnwag Nila
Ramon P. Santos (Alingawngaw ng Kagitingan),
• Klintang
"Klintang"
Ramon P. Santos