1.

Fernando Amorsolo
One of the most important painters in the Philippines, Amorsolo was known for his
vibrant, idyllic scenes of country life and for the use of light in his artworks. A
prolific artist, he is known to have illustrated over 10,000 sketches and paintings,
utilizing natural light and backlighting techniques to create an ethereal glow for his
subjects. Although Amorsolo died in 1972, the world has recently begun to take
notice of his genius in recent auctions held at Christies, a painting of his fetched a
princely sum of $440,000 (P19M), making it one of the highest sums ever paid for a
Filipino painters work.
Dean Devlin
Devlin has an interesting pedigree. His father Don was also a producer and his
mother was Filipina entertainer Pilar Seurat, an actress from the 1950s-1960s whose
television credits include Star Trek, The Fugitive, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Hawaii
Five-O and Bonanza. The young screenwriter/producer/director found himself
penning the first Universal Soldier movie for sci-fi director Roland Emmerich. Later
on, they collaborated on the Kurt Russell movie Stargate, following it up with
blockbuster alien invasion flick Independence Day (with Will Smith and Jeff
Goldblum in the cast), Godzilla (alongside Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno) and
The Patriot (with Mel Gibson back when he was still sane). Currently, Devlin directs
episodes for Timothy Huttons action/drama series, Leverag
Jessica Hagedorn
Celebrated author, poet and playwright Jessica Hagedorn has been writing since the
early 1970s. Her first play, Mango Tango, was produced by theater legend Joseph
Papp in 1978. Since then, she has focused on reflecting the emotions, relationships
and travails of migrant Filipinos through her novels such as Pet Food & Tropical
Apparitions, Dangerous Music, Dogeaters, Danger and Beauty, Charlie Chan is
Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction, The Gangster of Love,
Burning Heart: A Portrait of the Philippines (with Marissa Roth) and Dream Jungle.
Dogeaters won an American Book Award in 1990 and has been adapted for stage by
Hagedorn herself, premiering in La Jolla, California on September 8, 1998.
Robert Lopez
Lyricist and composer Robert Lopez got his big break in 1999 when he and his
partner Jeff Marx put together a raunchy, catchy adult parody of Sesame Street
called Avenue Q. This musical eventually hit Broadway, traveled the world to be
staged internationally and won three Tony Awards, including Best Original Score, a
feather in the cap of this creative duo. Lopez went on to team up with South Park
creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to pen the lyrics for a musical comedy about
Mormons who travel to Uganda to profess their faith to the Africans there. The Book
of Mormon has since won a staggering ten Tony awards in 2011 and is currently one
of the most talked-about Broadway plays this year. He and his wife Kristen also
wrote six songs for the Winnie the Pooh movie.
Rex Navarette
Standup comic Rex Navarette got his start in 1989 plying his trade at the campus
circuit, performing in over two-dozen colleges and universities. He has since
recorded his comedy audio CDs Badly Browned, Husky Boy and Bastos, poking fun
at the idiosyncrasies of Philippine culture as it relates to living in the U.S. One of his
skits, Maritess and the Superfriends, brought more local recognition when it was
made into an animated short and has spread virally across the internet. Since then,
Navarette has performed to audiences in Geneva, Hong Kong, Manila, Montreal,
New York, San Francisco, Singapore, and Sydney. He also has DVDs of his shows
such as Hella Pinoy, Bad-ass Madapaka and Komik Organik: The Comedy of Rex
Navarrete.

Arnel Pineda
Pinedas success story is that of an overnight sensation that actually took three
decades to realize. When he was thirteen, his mother died and her medical bills
forced Pineda to live a hand-to-mouth existence until he became a vocalist for his
first band two years later. Decades of playing in bars and clubs got him noticed by
local recording companies, eventually leading to a career fronting cover bands
locally and in Hong Kong. One such cover band, Zoo, got him the break he needed.
Zoo had Youtube clips of cover songs from legendary rock band Journey, which got
noticed by Journeys lead guitarist and founding member Neal Schon, who in turn,
signed up Pineda. He has since been recording and touring with the band. Journeys
2008 tour was their highest grossing yet, topping $35M
Tony de Zuiga
The international comic book community lost a luminary on May 11, 2012 when
Tony de Zuniga succumbed to a stroke. This puissant visionary and skilled artist cocreated the disfigured gunfighter Jonah Hex (who was later made into a movie in
2010 with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox) and over the past 63 years of his life was
dedicated to his art form. He illustrated various characters such as the X-Men,
Spider-Man, Punisher, Iron Man, Thor, Conan the Barbarian and Batman for both
Marvel and DC Comics, working as well with videogame giant Sega as a conceptual
designer. He was also responsible for recruiting other fellow Filipinos into the comic
book industry such as Nestor Redondo, Alex Nio, Gerry Talaoc and Alfredo Alcala.
2. Oscar Yatco (23 November 1931) is a Filipino conductor, professor and violinist in the Philippines.
He was the conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (previously known as the CCP
Philharmonic Orchestra).
He pursued his study in music in the United States and Germany. In 1956 he received first prize in an
exclusive, nationwide competition in Munich, Germany and later became a regular soloist of various
philharmonic orchestras in Berlin and Munich. After a couple of years, he returned to the Philippines and
became the musical director of the Manila Symphony Orchestra for ten years. Due to his exemplary skill and
recognizable unique talent, he was given lifetime tenure as a professor in the Academy of Music in Hanover,
Germany in 1979. A year later, he was appointed as the conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra. He
also held the position of First Concertmaster of the Wagner Festival Orchestra at Bayreuth from 1974 to 1979.

3. Andrea Ofilada Veneracion (or Ma'am OA; July 11, 1928 July 9, 2013)[1] was
a Filipina choral conductor and a recipient of the 1999 National Artist for Music award.[2] She founded
the Philippine Madrigal Singers in 1963.[3] She was also an adjudicator in numerous international choral
competitions and was an active force in choral music before her massive stroke in 2005.
Under her direction, the Philippine Madrigal Singers won major awards in international choral
competitions, including those in Spittal an der
Drau, Austria; Arezzoand Gorizia, Italy; Neuchtel, Switzerland; Debrecen, Hungary; Varna, Bulgaria; Tol
osa, Spain; and Marktoberdorf, Germany. In 1996, she led the Philippine Madrigal Singers to its victory in
the 1996 International Choral Competition in Tolosa, Spain. This made them eligible to compete for
the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing the following year and eventually won the title in Tours,
France.
Philippine Orchestra:
Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra

Manila Philharmonic Orchestra

Manila Symphony Orchestra

San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra

FILharmoniKA
Instrument Ensemble:
Maguindanao Kulintang

Rondalla Ensemble

Philippine Montessori Center Instrumental Ensemble

Pangkat Kawayan

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