Contemporary

Artist of the
Philippines
Francisco Feliciano
 Francisco Feliciano (19 February 1941 – 19
September 2014) was a Filipino composer and conductor.
He was a National Artist of the Philippines for Music.
 He is one of Asia’s leading figures in liturgical
music, having composerd hundreds of
liturgicalpiece, mass setting, hymns, and songs for
workship. At the asian liturgy and music, a school
for church mucisicians which he founded, he
supervised the publication of a new asian hymnal
containing mostly works of asian composers.
 He has composed more than 30 major works including operas
and music dramas like La Loba Negra, Ashen Wings, Sikhay
sa Kabila ng Paalam, and the Life of Wartime Filipino Hero,
Jose Abad Santos. His large works were Transfiguration and
Missa Mysterium for orchestra and large chorus, the
ballet Yerma, and several prize winning compositions
including Pokpok Alimpako, a favorite piece of choirs in
international choral competitions, and Salimbayan. Umiinog,
Walang Tinag (Perpetuum Immobile) was premiered in New
York City at the ISCM Festival. His latest choral
works, Pamugún and Restless, has been performed by Filipino
choirs in various choral festivals in Europe. Dr. Feliciano was
given a John D. Rockefeller III Award in Music Composition in
1977.
Levi Celerio
 Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 – April 2,
2002) was a 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. In
1997, he was named 
National Artist of the Philippines for Music.
 Sa Ugoy ng Duyan
 Ang Pasko ay sumapit
 Aside from writing his own lyrics, he
had also translated and re-written the
lyrics to traditional melodies
like Maliwanag Na Buwan from the
Iloko, Ako ay May Singsing from the
Pampango, and Alibangbang from the
Visaya.
Ramon Santos
 Ramón Pagayon Santos (born 25
February 1941) is a Filipino composer, 
musicologist and ethnomusicologist. 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.

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