cirilo bautista orchestral instruments, Javanese gamelan, Philippine indigenous

instruments,
- he was instrumental in the formation of the Bienvenido Santos
Creative Writing Center. He was also the moving spirit behind the José María V. Zaragoza’s
founding of the Philippine Literary Arts Council in 1981, the Iligan
-place in Philippine architecture history is defined by a significant body of
National Writers Workshop in 1993, and the Baguio Writers Group.
modern edifices that address spiritual and secular requirements.
- A Renaissance man, he was a poet, fiction writer, painter, literary
Zaragoza’s name is synonymous to modern ecclesiastical architecture.
critic, and educator.
- autista is a poet, fictionist and essayist with exceptional -Jose Maria Zaragoza (1912-1994) is a Filipino architect known for
achievements and significant contributions to the development of designing several edifices during the postwar era. His works include the
the country's literary arts. Meralco Building in Ortigas, Union Church of Manila, and Sto. Domingo
Church in Quezon City.
francisco feliciano
-aragoza derived traditional forms from Spanish colonial architecture and
-was one of the Philippines' most important composers. Dr. Feliciano
combined it with simple, unornamented designs of the International style.
created more than 30 major works that include operas and music dramas
This design was evident in the arcades of the Santo Domingo Church in
including La Loba Negra, Ashen Wings, Sikhay Sa Kabila ng Paalam
Quezon City. His style had an impact of designs of houses
(Beyond the Farewell), and the life of wartime Filipino hero, Jose Abad
Santos Ryan Cayabyab
-What is Francisco Feliciano musical style? - is a prominent Filipino musician and the existing Executive and Artistic
Director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. His works
Feliciano writes in the Neo-Romantic style, a mixture of atonal and tonal
vary from specially made full-length ballets, theater musicals, choral
pitches and materials. The style is highly passionate and contemporary,
pieces, a crowd set to unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to
without abandonment of melody.
salable recordings of popular composition, film scores and television
Ramon santos specials.
-Drawing from the sonic universe of Philippine and Asian musics, he -His musical output consists of several masses, award winning film and
created open-ended temporal and spatial forms such as “Ritwal ng television scores, short symphonic works, ten full-length Filipino musicals,
Pasasalamat” and “Likas-An”, and composed works that reveal the a major opera, full length ballets, solo and instrumental works,
essence of Asian performing arts that integrate music, dance, drama and orchestrations of Filipino folk, popular and love songs, three one-man (he
poetry which are found in his “Badiw as Kapoonan” provided all 16 voices)
- is a Filipino composer, ethnomusicologist, and educator known for being - started to write music in the late 1970s, making his mark when his
the Philippines' foremost living exponent of contemporary Filipino classical signature song “Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika” (How Beautiful is Our Music)
music, for work that expounds on "the aesthetic frameworks of Philippine
-Versatile, a consummate professional, and universally liked, RYAN
and Southeast Asian artistic traditions,"
CAYABYAB is virtually omnipresent in the Philippine music industry today.
-compositions are written based on concepts and aesthetic frameworks of For over four decades, his contributions as a composer, arranger, music
Philippine and Southeast Asian artistic traditions, featuring elements from director, conductor, performer, and educator have been huge.
Western and non-Western sources, including various combinations of
 formation. As a leading figure in cultural and literary history, he networked
actively in many organizations
-Known for championing Filipino architecture in the late 20th Century,
renowned architect Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa -Mojares, who is from Polanco town in Zamboanga del Norte, has authored
over 20 books on Philippine history, has published numerous essays and
-Considered as the "Father of Philippine Neo-vernacular Architecture",
articles, has received six Philippine National Book Awards, and a Carlos
Bobby Mañosa was known for some of today's iconic landmarks and
Palanca Memorial Award which he has achieved in the last 60 years.
immortalising Bahay Kubo-inspired architectural style and aesthetics in
modern architecture. For more than 60 years of his career, he championed larry
Filipino architecture, as seen in most of his work
-was a well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines.[1][2]
- succumbed to a lingering illness. Mañosa, throughout his career, utilized [3] In 2018, he was posthumously conferred the National Artist for Visual
the humble and resilient kawayan at bato and integrated it to the Arts title and the Grand Collar of the Order of National Artists (Order ng
architecture of his buildings. Thus, he was hailed as the Father of Pambansang Alagad ng Sining)
Philippine Neo-vernacular Architecture
-The following are Alcala's contributions to education in the Philippines:
Introduced the first college degree course on Commercial Design in the
Philippines, 1953. Introduced the first 8 mm film production of animated
-was a writer and lawyer and the posthumous recipient of the National
cartoons in Visual Communications course,
Artist of the Philippines for Literature award in the Philippines in 2018.[1]
He wrote in Hiligaynon and popularized Hiligaynon literature AMELIA
What are the works of Ramon Muzones? Known as the “Grand Dame of Southeast Asian Children’s Theater,”
Lapeña-Bonifacio was conferred the title National Artist for Theatre, the
During his lifetime, Muzones wrote over 62 novels, most of them in
country’s highest recognition for artists, on October 24, 2018
Hiligaynon. Some of his popular works include Kuting-Kuting sa Kudyapi,
Tibud nga Bulawan, Maambong nga Sapat, Bagong Maria Clara, and A playwright, puppeteer and an educator, she was the founding artistic
Margosatubig, which became the first Hilgaynon bestseller. director of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas, a children’s theater and puppet
theater company established in 1977.
-Ramon L. Muzones, a native of Lambunao, Iloilo and Iloilo City, was
conferred the National Artist of the Philippines Award on Literature. -A playwright, puppeteer and an educator, she was the founding artistic
Posthumous, though the honor, it was a source of great joy and pride for all director of Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas, a children's theater and puppet
llonggos, as the literary works of Muzones were written in the native theater company established in 1977.
tongue… Hiligaynon
Kidlat Tahimik (which means “silent lightning” in Tagalog), is an artist in
Resil Mojares many disciplines and a creative force in his community. Called the
Godfather of the Filipino New Wave, Kidlat’s work ranges from film and
-is acknowledged as a leading figure in the promotion of regional literature
photography to weaving, free-style architecture and carved installations
and history. As founding director of the Cebuano Studies Center—an
important research institution which placed Cebu in the research and -For his contributions to the development of Philippine independent
documentation map—he pioneered Cebuano and national identity cinema, he was recognized in 2018 as a National Artist of the Philippines