PHILIPPINE NATIONAL MUSIC
AND DANCE ARTIST
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL MUSIC
ARTIST
Lucio Diestro San Pedro
(February 11, 1913 - March 31, 2002)
• he is remembered for his contribution to
the development of Filipino regional band
music and for his well-known compositions
such as the Filipino lullaby.
• Sa Ugoy ng Duyan
• Lahi ng Kayumanggi
Lucrecia R. Kasilag
(August 31, 1918 - August 16, 2008)
• She was known for pioneering task to
discover the Filipino roots through ethnic
music and fusing it with Western influences
has led many Filipino composers to
experiment with such an approach.
• Dandansoy
• Mutya ng pasig
Antonio Molina
(December 26, 1894 - January 29, 1980)
• 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 impressionist themes in music.
• Ana Maria
• Hatinggabi
José Montserrat Maceda
(January 31, 1917 - May 5, 2004)
• He was a Filipino etnnomusicologist
and composer. He was named a
National Artist of the Philippines for
Music in 1998.
• Ugnayan
• Strata
Ernani Joson Cuenco
(May 10, 1936 - June 11, 1988)
• He was a Filipino composer known for
writing an outstanding and memorable
body of works that resonate with the
Filipino sense of musicality and which
embody an ingenious voice that raises
the aesthetic dimensions of
contemporary Filipino music.
• Pilipinas
• Inang Bayan
Dr. Francisco Feliciano
(February 19, 1941-September 19, 2014)
• He was one of the Philippines’ most
important composers. He created more
than 30 major works that include
operas and music dramas including La
Loba Negra, Ashen Wings, and the life
of wartime Filipino hero, Jose Abad
Santos.
• Mass of Saint Andrew
• Pokpok alimpako
Antonio R. Buenaventura
(May 4, 1904-January 24, 1996)
• His music was influence by his
research together with Fransisca
Reyes-Aquino about Philippine Folk
Songs and Dances. He composed
“Pandanggo sa Ilaw” with ethnic
instruments and melodies in his
composition on 1936.
• Padanggo sa Ilaw
• Echoes from the Philippines
Jovita Fuentes
(February 15, 1895-August 7, 1978)
• She was a Filipina soprano singer. She
was known to be the first Filipina to
receive recognition as a National Artist
for Music in 1976 and one of the few
Filipinas to receive international
acclaim in the European opera scene
• Madame Butterfly
• Ay calisud
Levi Celerio
(April 30, 1910-April 2, 2002)
• He was a Filipino composer and
lyricist who is credited with writing
over 4,000 songs. Celerio was
recognized as a National Artist of the
Philippines for Music and Literature in
1997.
• Noche Buena
• Sarung Banggi
Ramon Santos
(Febuary 25, 1941-June 1988)
• He is 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.
• Sujeichon
• Copacabana
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL DANCE
ARTIST
Francisca Reyes-Aquino
(March 9, 1899-November 21, 1983)
• He was a Filipino folk dancer and
academic noted for her research on
Philippine folk dance. She is a recipient
of the Republic Award of Merit and the
Ramon Magsaysay Award and is a
designated National Artist of the
Philippines for Dance
• Philippine Folk Dances and Games
Alice Reyes
(October 14, 1942)
• She was the founder of ballet in the
philippines and She was chiefly responsible in
popularizing contemporary dance with the
Alice Reyes Dance Company which staged the
first modern dance concert at the Cultural
Center of the Philippines Main Theater in
February 1970.
• Bungkos Suite
• Carmen
Leonor Orosa Goquingco
(July 24, 1917 – July 15, 2005)
• She was a Filipino national artist in creative
dance, who was also known for breaking
tradition within dance. Her pen name was
Cristina Luna and she was known as Trailblazer,
Mother of Philippine Theater Dance and Dean
of Filipino Performing Arts Critics.
• TREND: Return to Native
• The Magic Garden
Ramon Obusan
(June 16, 1938-December 21, 2006)
• He was a Filipino dancer, choreographer, stage
designer and artistic director. Obusan is credited
for his work in promoting Philippine traditional
dance and cultural work.
• Vamos a Belen! Series
• Philippine Dances Tradition
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa
(October 9, 1942)
• She is a Filipino dancer and academic known for
her studies and promotion of the pangalay dance
tradition of the southern Philippines and is a
recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
• Palangay
• AlunAlun Dance Circle (ADC)
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