This document provides biographical information on several important figures in Philippine contemporary arts, including musicians, composers, dancers, and artists. It describes their educational backgrounds, major works, and awards received such as being named National Artist of the Philippines. Some of the artists profiled are Lucio San Pedro, Felipe De Leon, Joaquin Enriquez, Ramon Pagayon Santos, and Jovita Fuentes. It highlights their contributions to developing Philippine music, theater, dance, and other artistic traditions.

1. Philippines
Contemporary Arts Group 1

2. • MUSIC
• PAINTING
• VISUAL
• SCULPTURE
• DANCE
• LITERATURE
• FILM
• CINEMA
• ARCHITECTURE
• THEATER DESIGN
• THEATER
• FASHION DESIGN

4. Antonio J. Molina Jovita Fuentes Antonio BuenaventuraLucrecia Kasilag Lucio San Pedro Felipe De Leon
Joce Maceda Andrea Veneracion Ernani Cuenco Francicso Feliciano Ramon Santos

5. (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.

6. AWARDS
• Conductor of the Year Award
(1953) from the 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).

7. WORKS
• Misa Antoniana Grand Festival
Mass (1964)
• Ang Batingaw (1972)
• Prelude and Romanz for cello
and piano (1928)
• Bontok Rhapsody
• Malikmata (1939)
• We Were Moonlight (1941)

8. Hating Gabi "Midnight"

10. 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.

11. AWARDS
• Presidential Medal of
Meritin Music in 1958
• National Artist in
music in 1976.

12. WORKS
• Mimi in Puccini's La
Bohème
• Iris in Mascagni's Iris
• Salome in Strauss's
Salome

14. 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 and Arts in 1964.

15. AWARDS
• 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
National Artist by the Cultural Center of
the Philippines.

16. WORKS
• Triumphal March
• Echoes of the Past
• History Fantasy
• Second Symphony in E-flat
• Echoes from the Philippines
• Ode to Freedom
• The Symphony in c

17. the Symphony in C

19. 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 of Arts,
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

20. AWARDS
• Presidential Award of Merit as
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 Music in 1989

21. WORKS
• Love Songs
• Legend of the Sarimanok
• Ang Pamana
• Philippine Scenes
• Her Son
• Jose
• Sisa
• Awit ng mga Awit Psalms
• Fantaisie on a 4-Note Theme
• East Meets Jazz Ethnika

22. SISA

24. 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.

25. AWARDS
• 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 1991.

26. WORKS
• “Lahing Kayumanggi” (1961)
• “Sa Lupang Sarili” (1940)
• “Sa Mahal Kong Bayan” (1950)
• “Limbas”
• “Darna”
• “Sakada”
• “Alabok sa Ginto”

27. “Sa Mahal Kong Bayan"

29. 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.

30. AWARDS
• Republic Cultural Heritage Award
• 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: the “National Artist
Award for Music”

31. WORKS
• Noli Me Tangere
• El Filibusterismo
• Bagong Pagsilang
• Magtanim Ay 'Di Biro
• Awit sa Paglikha ng
Bagong Pilipinas

32. Magtanim Ay 'Di Biro

34. 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.

35. AWARDS
• Fumio Koizumi Award for
Ethnomusicology in Japan (1992)
• 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)
• The title of National Artist for Music
(1998)

36. WORKS
• Ugma-ugma (1963)
• Pagsamba (1968)
• Udlot-udlot (1975)
• Agungan
• Kubing
• Pagsamba
• Ugnayan
• Ading
• Aroding
• Siasid
• Suling-suling.

37. Udlot-Udlot

39. 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.

40. AWARDS
• 1997 – 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
Indiana University.

41. WORK
• Founder of the Philippine
Madrigal Singers

42. Philippine Madrigal Singers
- Paruparong Bukid
(Arr. F. Obispo, Jr.)

44. 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.

45. AWARDS
• 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
Music in 1999

46. WORKS
• Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis
• Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang
Uhaw na Lupa
• Pilipinas
• Inang Bayan
• Isang Dalangin
• Kalesa
• Bato sa Buhangin
• Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal

47. "Kalesa"

49. 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.

50. AWARDS
• John D. Rockfeller III Award
in Music (1977)
• First prize in the Hymn
Writing Contest (Archdiocese of
Manila, 1970)
• Purita Ponce-Enrile Scholarship
in Composition (1962-1964)
• National Artist for Music 2014

51. WORKS
• Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis
• Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang
Uhaw na Lupa
• Pilipinas
• Inang Bayan
• Isang Dalangin
• Kalesa
• Bato sa Buhangin
• Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal

52. "Pokpok Alimpako"

54. 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 National Artist of the Philippines for music
in 2014.

55. AWARDS
• Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et
Lettres, 1987
• National Artist of the
Philippines, 2014

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

57. "Klintang"