Prominent filipino in the field of music

Francisco santiago
Rosalina abejo
Levi celerio

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Famous filipino composers

1. Famous Filipino Composers

2. Levi Celerio • He wrote 4000 songs and remained poor. But that is something every man of his kind takes pride of. • His compositions range from Filipino folk songs to Christmas songs to love songs. • His name was placed in the Guinness Book of World Records for his leaf-playing feat. • He was known as the only man who could play music with a leaf. • He died on April 2, 2002.

3. Christmas songs: Pasko na Naman, Ang Pasko ay Sumapit, and Misa de Gallo. Love songs: Saan Ka Man Naroroon, Kahit Konting Pagtingin, Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal, Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan, and Ikaw. Folk songs: Ang Pipit, Tinikling, Tunay na Tunay, Itik-Itik, Waray- Waray, Pitong Gatang, Ako ay May Singsing, Alibangbang, Alembong, Galawgaw, Caprichosa, Ang Tapis Ni Inday, Dungawin Mo Hirang, Umaga na Neneng, Ikaw Kasi and Basta't Mahal Kita. His best songs combine great poetry, philosophy and passion. These are O Maliwanag na Buwan, Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak, Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, Bagong Pagsilang and Sapagkat Kami'y Tao Lamang. Levi also w

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Emilio Villareal (December 21, 1920 – September 12, 2011), also called Maestro Mil, is a Cebuano composer and musician. Born in Boljo-on, Cebu in 1920, Mil was from a Chinese-Spanish family of musicians. He started as the school band director of the University of San Carlos (1946–1948). He moved on to becoming a staff pianist and eventually, the Musical Director of Cebu Broadcasting Company (1948–1982). With the advent of television, he was picked as the Musical Director of Channel 7's Sali Kami (1983–1988). He was also the Band Leader of the Aristocrats Orchestra and DYRC Orchestra. During this time, his reputation for composing some of the most memorable songs in Visayan history flourished. Among the most unforgettable ones was "Bisan sa Damgo Lang", a song popularized and sung by Pilita Corrales, the Philippines' foremost female ballad singer. Mil's nine grown children and grandchildren reside in Europe, the Philippines, the U.S.A. and Canada. It is in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he resides with his wife, Enriqueta. Although retired from the Philippine musical circle, Mil

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Four Filipino Composers You Should Know About

When it comes to classical music, we usually look to Europe for inspiration. Germany, the home of Beethoven, Bach and Brahms. Austria, the home of Mozart. France, the home of Debussy and Ravel – and so on. But classical composers come from all over the world.

June is Filipino Heritage month in Canada. Throughout the month, events are happening all over the country that recognize and highlight the many invaluable contributions Canadians of Filipino Heritage make each and every day.

Born in Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental in the Philippines in July of 1922, Abejo was a nun of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. She was also a composer, pianist and conductor and the first Filipina composer and conductor. Her aunt, a nun from the same congregation, was her first music teacher.

Abejo studied composition at the Philippine Women’s University, and in 1977 she moved to the United States, where she studied at the Eastman School of Music and The Catholic University of America. She was the first nun to