The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
Celebrate Pinoy music with us this fourth week of July as we open Linggo ng Musikang Pilipino (LMP) pursuant to Proclamation No. 933 signed in 2014. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is designated as the lead agency to ensure the successful celebration in the Philippines and is implemented annually in coordination … Read more
Leonor Orosa-Goquinco: Mother of Philippine Theater Dance Remembering the life and works of National Artist for Dance Leonor Orosa-Goquingco on her 17th death anniversary. Dubbed as the ‘Traiblazer’, ‘Mother of Philippine Theater Dance’, and ‘Dean of Filipino Performing Arts Critic’, the pioneer choreographer in balletic folkloric and Asian styles produced for over fifty years highly … Read more
Atang Dela Rama (January 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991): National Artist for Theater and Music Atang, Queen of Kundiman in 1979, firmly believes that the sarswela and the kundiman express best the Filipino soul, and even performed kundiman and other Filipino songs for the Aetas or Negritos of Zambales and the Sierra Madre, the … Read more
Andrea O. Veneracion: National Artist for Music Born on July 11, 1928, she is recognized as an authority on choral music and performance and served as adjudicator in international music competitions. Andrea O. Veneracion, also known as Ma’am OA, founded the Philippine Madrigal Singers and spearheaded the development of Philippine choral music. Ma’am OA is … Read more
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