Filipino National Artists for Music

1. As a film scorer, he composed music for the films “Wild, Wild, Jess” and “El Vibora”, which earned him the Best Music Award at the Metro Manila Music Festival in 1982 and the FAMAS awards, respectively.
3. She is the first female National Artist for Music.
7. By founding the Philippine Madrigal Singers, she, according to the NCCA, had been responsible for “spearheading of the development of Philippine choral music”.
8. Most of his compositions are performed as a communal ritual, such as “Ugma-ugma”, “Pagsamba”, and “Udlot-udlot”.
9. She created the Bayanihan Folk Arts Ceter for research and theatrical presentations that urges to integrate native Filipino instruments in orchestral productions.
10. He through his works evoked the folk elements of the Filipino Heritage.

2. He was known as an excellent leaf player, using a leaf to create music as cited by the Guinness Book of World Records.
3. He composed operas including La Loba Negra, Ashen Wings, Sikhay Sa Kabila ng Paalam (Beyond the Farewell), and Yerma.
4. He popularized folksongs by creating music based on the wide array of folksongs from various ethnic groups in the Philippines.
5. His works have “Filipinized Western music forms”.
6. He is the Dean of Filipino Composers.