Name: Antonio Jesus Naguiat Molina

Birthdate: December 26, 1894

Birthplace: Quiapo, Manila
Occupation: Filipino composer, conductor
and music administrator
- He wrote over 500 musical compositions,
including “Hatinggabi” and “Awit ni Maria
Clara,” and taught some of the country’s
musical icons like Lucresia Kasilag and
Felipe de Leon.
Died: January 29, 1980 (aged 85)
Name: Jovita Fuentes
Birthdate: February 15, 1895
Birthplace: Capiz (now Roxas City)
Occupation: Singer
- Pursued her studies abroad, going to Italy. In
1925 Fuentes made her debut as Cio-Cio-San
in Puccini's Madame Butterfly, at the Theatro
Municipale de Piacenza, another of her notable
roles were of Mimi in La Bohème, Pietro
Mascagni’s Iris and Richard Strauss' Salome.. She
later became an instructor upon her return.
Died: August 15, 1978 (aged 83)
Name: Honorata de la Rama
Birthdate: January 11, 1902
Birthplace: Pandacan, Manila
Occupation: Filipino singer and actress
- She was already a star of zarzuelas as young as 7
years old. Some of these zarzuelas were adapted into
movies such as “Nabasag ang Banga,” which was the
first Tagalog full-length feature movie, and
“Mahiwagang Binibini,” where she gained
popularity.Aside from starring in zarzuelas and singing
kundiman, Atang de la Rama also penned lyrics. These
include “Pag-asa” which was composed with music by
L. Ignacio.
Died: July 11, 1991 (aged 89)
Name: Col. Antonino Ramirez Buenaventura
Birthdate: May 4, 1904
Birthplace: Baliuag, Bulacan
Occupation: composer, conductor, music
director, teacher
- A multi-awarded musician, Buenaventura

composed Minuet, Mindanao Sketches,

Divertimento for Piano and Orchestra,
Variations and Fugue, and Greetings, based on
Philippine folk music. Pandanggo sa Ilaw is one
of his most popular compositions.
Died: January 25, 1996 (aged 91)
Name: Lucrecia Roces Kasilag
Birthdate: August 31, 1918
Birthplace: San Fernando, La Union
Occupation: Composer and pianist
- She dared to incorporate indigenous Filipino
instruments in orchestral productions, such as
the prize-winning “Toccata for Percussions and
Winds, Divertissement and Concertante,” and
the scores of the Filiasiana, Misang Pilipino, and
De Profundis.
Died: August 16, 2008 (aged 89)
Name: Lucio D. San Pedro, Sr.
Birthdate: February 11, 1913
Birthplace: Angono, Rizal
Occupation: composer, teacher , conductor
- San Pedro was given the National Artist for
Music recognition in 1991, recognizing his
valuable contribution to original Filipino music,
with songs that became classics like 'Sa Ugoy ng
Duyan' and 'Lahing Kayumanggi,' among
others.
Died: March 31, 2002 (aged 89)
Name: Levi Celerio
Birthdate: April 30, 1910
Birthplace: Tondo, Manila
Occupation: Filipino composer and lyricist
- Celerio was a prolific songwriter, with
over 4,000 songs to his credit. He is
perhaps best known for being a leaf-player,
a feat for which he was put into the
Guinness Book of World Records.
Died: April 2, 2002 (aged 91)
Name: Felipe Padilla de Leon
Birthdate: May 1, 1912
Birthplace: Papaya, Nueva Ecija
Occupation: Composer and conductor of
classical music
- He was a cultural visionary who
relentlessly advocated culture as a staunch
ally of national development, through the
musical arts.
Died: December 5, 1992 (aged 80)
Name: José Montserrat Maceda
Birthdate: January 31, 1917
Birthplace: Manila
Occupation: Filipino composer
and ethnomusicologist
- His experimentation also freed Filipino musical
expression from a strictly Eurocentric mold.
Usually performed as a communal ritual, his
compositions like Ugma-ugma (1963), Pagsamba
(1968), and Udlot-udlot (1975), are monuments
to his unflagging commitment to Philippine
music.
Died: May 5, 2004 (aged 87)
Name: Ernani Joson Cuenco
Birthdate: May 10, 1936
Birthplace: Malolos, Bulacan
Occupation: Filipino composer
- He wrote an outstanding and memorable
body of work that resonates with the
Filipino sense of musicality and which
embody an ingenious voice that raises the
aesthetic dimensions of contemporary
Filipino music.
Died: June 11, 1988 (aged 52)
Name: Andrea Ofilada Veneracion
Birthdate: July 11, 1928
Birthplace: Manila
Occupation: Conductor, composer, arranger,
singer
- Highly esteemed for her achievements as
choirmaster and choral arranger. 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.
Died: July 9, 2013 (aged 84)
Name: Ramón Pagayon Santos
Birthdate: February 25, 1941 (age 78)
Birthplace: Pasig, Rizal
Occupation: Conductor, composer, arranger,
singer
- He is a National Artist of the Philippines for
music, and University Professor Emeritus of the
composition and theory department the College
of Music of the University of the Philippines
Diliman. Santos was made a Chevalier de
l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres in 1987.
Name: Francisco Feliciano
Birthdate: February 19, 1941
Birthplace: Morong, Rizal
Occupation: composer, conductor
- The influence of bringing out the indigenous
culture, particularly in sound, is strongly
evident in La Loba Negra, Ashen Wings, and
Yerma. In his modest hymns, Feliciano was able
to bring out the Filipino mysticism in the simple
harmonies that are able to captivate and charm
his audiences.
Died: September 19, 2014 (aged 73)
Name: Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab
Birthdate: May 4, 1954
Birthplace: Manila
Occupation: Composer, Conductor, Musician,
Arranger, Singer, Pianist
- His works range from commissioned full-
length ballets, theater musicals, choral pieces, a
Mass set to unaccompanied chorus, and
orchestral pieces, to commercial recordings of
popular music, film scores and television
specials.