National Artist of the Philippines

National Artist of the PhilippinesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search

Insignia of the Order of National Artists

A National Artist of the Philippines is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts. Such Filipinos are announced, by virtue of a Presidential Proclamation, as National Artist or in Filipino, Gawad Pambansang Alagad ng Sining. They are then conferred membership in the Order of National Artists, the regalia of which is an ornate, gilden collar of honor. In addition to the collar, each newly proclaimed member of the Order is given a citation that is presented during the awardees' conferment ceremonies. The Cultural Center of the Philippines then hosts a Memorabilia Exhibit and Gabi ng Parangal (A Night of Tributes) for the National Artists at the Tanghalang Pambansa.

Other benefits received by National artists include a monthly pension, medical and life insurance, arrangements for a state funeral, a place of honor at national state functions, and recognition at cultural events.[1]

The National Artist Honors is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) by virtue of President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation No. 1001 of April 2, 1972 and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The Government of the Republic of the Philippines confers the award to deserving individuals who have been recommended by both the CCP and the NCCA. The first award was posthumously conferred on Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo.

Contents

[hide] 1 Categories

2 Criteria

3 List of National Artists

o 3.1 Music

o 3.2 Dance

o 3.3 Theater and Film

o 3.4 Visual Arts

o 3.5 Literature

o 3.6 Cinemas

o 3.7 Architecture

3.7.1 Fashion Design

o 3.8 Historical Literature

o 3.9 Mural/Muralist

4 Controversy

5 References

6 External links

[edit] Categories

Categories under which National Artists can be recognized originally included[2]:

Music ; Dance ;

Theater ;

Visual Arts ;

Literature ;

Film and Broadcast Arts; and

Architecture and Allied Arts.

However, national artists have since been honored under new categories. The NCCA 'created' the category of National Artist for Fashion Design when it nominated Ramon Valera, but subsumed that category under "Architecture and Allied Arts". President Fidel V. Ramos issued an executive

order creating the category of National Artist for Historical Literature before conferring the honor to Carlos Quirino. As part of the 2009 National Artist of the Philippines controversy, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo proclaimed Carlo J. Caparas a National Artist under the category of "Visual Art and Film", but it was unclear whether the honor was given under the separate categories of "Visual Art" and "Film", or as a new, combined category.[3]

[edit] Criteria

Nominations for National Artist of the Philippines are based on a broad criteria, as set forth by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts[2]:

1. Living artists who have been Filipino citizens for the last ten years prior to nomination as well as those who have died after the establishment of the award in 1972 but were Filipino citizens at the time of their death;

2. Artists who have helped build a Filipino sense of nationhood through the content and form of their works;

3. Artists who have distinguished themselves by pioneering in a mode of creative expression or style, making an impact on succeeding generations of artists;

4. Artists who have created a significant body of works and/or have consistently displayed excellence in the practice of their art form, enriching artistic expression or style; and

5. Artists who enjoy broad acceptance through prestigious national and/or international recognition, awards in prestigious national and/or international events, critical acclaim and/or reviews of their works, and/or respect and esteem from peers within an artistic discipline.

Nominations are then submitted to the National Artist Secretariat that is created by the National Artist Award Committee; experts from the different art fields then sit on a First Deliberation to prepare the short list of nominees. A Second Deliberation, which is a joint meeting of the Commissioners of the NCCA and the Board of Trustees of the CCP, decides on the final recomendees. The list is then forwarded to the President of the Philippines, who, by Presidential Proclamation, proclaims the final nominees as members of the Order of National Artists.[4]

[edit] List of National Artists

[edit] Music

Levi Celerio Ernani Joson Cuenco

Felipe Padilla De Leon

Jovita Fuentes

Lucrecia Kasilag

Jose Maceda

Antonio J. Molina

Lucio D. San Pedro

Andrea Veneracion

Honorata "Atang" de la Rama

Antonino R. Buenaventura

[edit] Dance

Francisca Reyes Aquino Leonor Orosa Goquingco

Ramon Obusan

Lucrecia Reyes Urtula

[edit] Theater and Film

Daisy Avellana Honorata "Atang" de la Rama

Rolando S. Tinio

Salvador F. Bernal

Lamberto V. Avellana

Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero

Severino Montano

Lino Brocka

[edit] Visual Arts

Napoleon Abueva (Sculpture) Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media)

Fernando C. Amorsolo (Painting)

Benedicto Cabrera (Painting)

Victorio C. Edades (Painting)

Carlos V. Francisco (Painting)

Abdulmari Asia Imao (Sculpture)

Jose T. Joya (Painting)

Ang Kiukok (Painting)

Cesar Legaspi (Painting)

Arturo R. Luz (Painting)

Vicente S. Manansala (Painting)

J. Elizalde Navarro (Painting)

Hernando R. Ocampo (Painting)

Guillermo Tolentino (Sculpture)

[edit] Literature

Francisco Arcellana Virgilio S. Almario

Lazaro Francisco

N. V. M. Gonzalez

Amado V. Hernandez

Nick Joaquin

F. Sionil Jose

Bienvenido Lumbera

Alejandro R. Roces

Carlos P. Romulo

Edith L. Tiempo

Jose Garcia Villa

[edit] Cinemas

Lino Brocka Ishmael Bernal

Gerardo de León

Fernando Poe, Jr.

Eddie S. Romero

Manuel Conde

[edit] Architecture

Pablo Antonio Juan Nakpil

Leandro Locsin

Ildefonso Santos (I.P. Santos)

[edit] Fashion Design

(Categorized under "Allied Arts")

Ramon Valera

[edit] Historical Literature

(New category created by President Fidel V. Ramos)

Carlos Quirino

[edit] Mural/Muralist

Carlos "Botong" V. Francisco

[edit] Controversy

Main article: 2009 National Artist of the Philippines controversy

In August 2009, the conferment of the Order of National Artists to seven individuals by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [5] became controversial when it was revealed that musician Ramon Santos had been dropped from the list of nominees short-listed in May that year by the selection committee, and that four other individuals had been nominated to the title via "President’s prerogative":Cecilla Guidote-Alvarez (Theater), Magno Jose "Carlo” Caparas (Visual Arts and Film), Francisco Manosa (Architecture), and Jose “Pitoy” Moreno (Fashion Design).[1][6]

Members of the Philippine art community, including a number of living National Artists of the Philippines, protested that the proclamation politicized the title of National artist, and made it "a way for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to accommodate her allies." Specific protests were

raised regarding the nomination of NCCA executive director Guidote-Alvarez, because it was purportedly a breach of protocol and delicadeza (propriety), and of Carlo Caparas, because he was allegedly not qualified to be nominated under the categories of either Visual Arts or Film.[6]

[7]

[edit] References

1. ^ a b Annie Ruth C. Sabangan (2009-08-01). "Fury over Arroyo’s choice of national artists". GMANews.tv: The Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/168807/Fury-over-Arroyos-choice-of-national-artist.

2. ^ a b "The National Artists of the Philippines Guidelines". ncca.gov.ph. National Commission for Culture and the Arts. 2007. http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/org-awards/org-awards-national-artist-guidelines.php. Retrieved 2009-08-20.

3. ̂ "Corruption of Culture?". Media in Focus. 2008-08-06.

4. ̂ Proclaimed a National Artist, not awarded

5. ̂ TJ Burgonio (2009 July 29). "Arroyo names 7 National Artists for ‘09". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://services.inquirer.net/mobile/09/07/29/html_output/xmlhtml/20090729-217787-xml.html.

6. ^ a b Kristine L. Alave, Bayani San Diego Jr (2009 August 1). "Palace choices of 4 nat’l artists protested". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090801-218247/Palace-choices-of-4-natl-artists-protested.

7. ̂ Gerry Alanguilan (2009). "Bottom Line: Carlo J. Caparas is NOT Qualified". Komikero Comics Journal. Komikero Comics Journal. http://gerry.alanguilan.com/archives/1659. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

[edit] External links

List of National Artists (NCCA) . From the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) website.

National Artists Guidelines (NCCA)

National Artists in Waiting: Six in a Fix

An Online Resource Center for Filipino Writers and Readers

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Levi CelerioFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search

Levi Celerio

Born April 30, 1910

Died April 2, 2002

Occupations Songwriter

Labels art

Levi Celerio (April 30, 1910 - April 2, 2002) was a Filipino composer and lyricist who was born in Manila, Philippines. Celerio was a prolific song-writer, 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.

Contents

[hide] 1 Birth 2 Proclaimed as National Artists

3 Later years

4 Death

5 Notes

6 External links

[edit] Birth

Levi Celerio was born on April 30, 1910 in Tondo, Manila. He received a scholarship to the Academy of Music in Manila and became the youngest member of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. He wrote several number of songs for local movies, which earned for him the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Film Academy of the Philippines. Celerio has written lyrics for more than 4,000 Filipino folk, Christmas, and love songs, including many that became movie titles.

Known for being a good lyricist, his songs cherish life, convey nationalistic sentiments and utter grand philosophies. Celerio wrote more than 4,000 songs, among them are popular pieces, which many consider to be immortal. At one time or another, no Filipino could miss the tune or lyrics of Levi's Christmas songs: Pasko na Naman, Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon (Ang Pasko ay Sumapit), and Misa de Gallo.

His more popular love songs include: Saan Ka Man Naroroon?, Kahit Konting Pagtingin, Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal, Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan, and Ikaw, O Maliwanag na Buwan, Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak, Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, Bagong Pagsilang, and Sapagkat Kami'y Tao Lamang, while his folk songs include 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. Celerio also wrote nationalistic songs such as Ang Bagong Lipunan, Lupang Pangarap, and Tinig ng Bayan.

Celerio, for a time, was also recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the only man who could play music with a leaf. Because of his talent, Celerio was invited to The Merv Griffin Show, where he played "All the Things You Are" with 39 musicians. Using his leaf, Levi wowed the crowd and got the attention of the Guinness Book of World Records. The Book later listed the entry: "The only leaf player in the world is in the Philippines". He would also later appear on That's Incredible!.[1]

Levi Celerio is buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

[edit] Proclaimed as National Artists

On October 9, 1997, pursuant to Proclamation No. 1114, President Fidel V. Ramos proclaimed him a National Artist for Music and Literature. His citation read that his music "was a perfect embodiment of the heartfelt sentiments and valued traditions of the Filipino."[2]

[edit] Later years

In his old age, Levi occasionally appeared in public, usually at a concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He was also playing at a Quezon City bar from time to time.[3]

[edit] Death

He died at the Delgado Clinic in Quezon City on April 2, 2002 at the age of 91, just two days after the death of a fellow National Artist, Lucio San Pedro (who wrote the music for Sa Ugoy ng Duyan). But his death was overshadowed by the death a few days earlier of the popular matinee idol Rico Yan, thus, his death was received with little public attention. He was buried with full military honors at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (National Heroes' Cemetery).[3]

[edit] Notes

1. ̂ Levi Celerio2. ̂ National Commission for Culture and the Arts. (n.d.). National Artists of the

Philippines. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

3. ^ a b Filipino of the Century Czarina love Karl

Lucrecia KasilagFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search

Lucrecia Kasilag (August 31, 1917—August 16, 2008) was a Filipino composer, music educator, and National Artist for Music.

She studied composition with Wayne Barlow.

She was also a former president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, head of the Asian Composers League, Chairperson of the Philippine Society for Music Education, and was one of the pioneers of the Bayanihan Dance Company. She is credited for having written more than 200 musical compositions, ranging from folksongs to opera to orchestral works, and was composing up to the year before she died, at age 90.

She is particularly known for daring to incorporate indigenous Filipino instruments in orchestral productions.

[edit] Sources

Tariman, Pablo ; Plaza, Gerry (2008-08-17). "Lucrecia Kasilag, grand dame of RP music, dies at 90". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20080817-155206/Lucrecia-Kasilag-grand-dame-of-RP-music-dies-at-90

"National Artist for Music Lucrecia Kasilag, 90" . ABS-CBN News Online. 2008-08-18. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/08/18/08/national-artist-music-lucrecia-kasilag-90. Retrieved 2008-08-25.

José Maceda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Jose Maceda) Jump to: navigation, search José Maceda (January 31, 1917 - May 5, 2004) was a Filipino composer and

ethnomusicologist.

[edit] Life Maceda was born in Manila, the Philippines. He studied piano, composition and musical

analysis at École Normale de Musique de Paris. After returning to his native country, he became a professional pianist. Later, he also studied musicology at Columbia University, and anthropology at Northwestern University. Starting in 1952, he conducted fieldwork on ethnic musics in the Philippines. From about 1954, he was involved in the research and composition of musique concrète. In 1958, he worked at a recording studio in Paris which specialized in musique concrète. During this period, he met Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. In 1963, Maceda earned an doctorate in ethnomusicology from the UCLA. He began pursuing the compositional career more vigorously. At the same time, he held concerts in Manila until 1969, in which he performed and conducted. This series of concerts introduced Boulez, Xenakis and Edgard Varèse to the Filipinos.

[edit] Music As an ethnomusicologist, Maceda investigated various forms of music in Southeast Asia,

and produced numerous papers. In addition to that, he made his own pieces for Southeast Asian instruments. His notable works include: Pagsamba for 116 instruments, 100 mixed and 25 male voices (1968); Cassette 100 for 100 cassette players (1971); Ugnayan for 20 radio stations (1974); Udlot-Udlot for several hundret to several thousand people (1975); Suling-Suling for 10 flutes, 10 bamboo buzzers and 10 flat gongs (1985). From the 1990s, he also composed for Western orchestra and piano. The examples are: Distemperament for orchestra (1992); Colors without Rhythm for orchestra (1999); Sujeichon for 4 pianos (2002).

Lucio D. San PedroFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search

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Lucio San Pedro (February 11, 1913 - March 31, 2002) was born on February 11, 1913 in Angono, Rizal, the Philippines. He was a composer and teacher in the Philippines. He is known in the Philippines as the composer of the popular lullaby Sa Ugoy ng Duyan (in collaboration with Levi Celerio) and the symphonic poem Lahing Kayumanggi, he taught composition at a number of colleges and universities, including the University of the Philippines College of Music, where he served as chairman of its Composition and Conducting Department from 1970 to 1973.

Lucio came from a family with musical roots and he began his career early. When he was still in his late teens, he became a church organist, taking over the job after the death of his grandfather. By then, he had already composed songs, hymns and two complete Masses for voices and orchestra. After studying with several prominent musicians in the Philippines, he took advanced composition training with Bernard Wagenaar of the Netherlands. He also studied harmony and orchestration under Vittorio Giannini and took classes at Juilliard in 1947.

His other vocation was teaching. He has taught at the Ateneo de Manila University, virtually all the major music conservatories in Manila[citation needed], and at the College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he retired as a full professor in 1978. He received the title Professor Emeritus from the University in 1979.[citation needed]

On May 9, 1991, President Corazon C. Aquino proclaimed Lucio D. San Pedro a National Artist of the Philippines for Music.[1]

He died of cardiac arrest on March 31, 2002 at the age of 89. A number of national artists attended his tribute at the Tanghalang Pambansa, including: Napoleon Abueva, Daisy Avellana, Leonor Gokingco, Nick Joaquin, Arturo Luz, Jose Maceda, and Andrea Veneracion. He is buried in his hometown of Angono, Rizal.

[edit] Notes

1. ̂ National Commission for Culture and the Arts. (n.d.). National Artists of the Philippines. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Andrea VeneracionFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search

Andrea Ofilada Veneracion

Background information

Born July 11, 1928 (age 82)

Origin Quezon City, Philippines

Genreschoral music, classical music, folk music,

pop music

Occupations conductor, composer, arranger, singer

Instruments voice

Years active 1963–200

Associated acts Philippine Madrigal Singers

Andrea Ofilada Veneracion (born July 11, 1928 in Manila) (or Ma'am OA),[1] is a Filipino 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.

Contents

[hide] 1 Biography 2 Awards

3 References

4 External links

5 See also

[edit] Biography

She was born and raised in Manila, Philippines and earned her Bachelor of Music degrees in Piano and Voice at the University of the Philippines Diliman graduating Cum Laude. She was a lyric soprano soloist in various Oratorio works and in the Opera Stage. She was also a very accomplished pianist and accompanist and was the accompanist of National Artist for Music, Jovita Fuentes for a number of years. Apart from being an extraordinary musician, she was also an exceptional athlete as a competitive swimmer. In fact, she was part of the Philippine Swimming team who first competed internationally in Hong Kong.

Later on, she continued to pursue her Master's Degree in Voice at Indiana University School of Music - Bloomington as a Fulbright scholar, where there she encountered the Indiana University Madrigal Singers which rallied the music of the Renaissance period.

Upon her return to the Philippines in 1963, she established a singing group with the same idea. This group was initially exclusive of U.P. faculty members and students and became officially known as the University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers. She established a tradition for which the Madz, as they are fondly called, are known for: unlike most choirs, the Madz were seated in a semi-circle formation without a conductor. The Choirmaster is at the left-most end of the circle who leads the group by giving their cues.

Under her direction, the Philippine Madrigal Singers won major awards in international choral competitions - Spittal, Austria; Arezzo and Gorizia, Italy; Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Debrecen, Hungary; Varna, Bulgaria; Tolosa, 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 Choral Grand Prix on the following year and eventually won the title in Tours, France.

She is also the founding choirmaster and first conductor of the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) Chorale.[4]

Later, some of her choristers went on to establish their own careers as well-known music performers and choral composers, conductors and arrangers in the Philippines; they include Ryan Cayabyab, Joel Navarro, Victor Asuncion, Montet Acoymo, Robert Delgado, Edgardo Nepomuceno, Jonathan Velasco, Eudenice Palaruan, Fr. Arnold Zamora, Christopher Borela, Anna Tabita Abeleda-Piquero and the present Madz Choirmaster Mark Anthony Carpio.

In 1997, She was awarded the TOFIL (The Outstanding Filipino) Award for Culture and the Arts For her contributions to the development of choral singing in the Philippines.

Eventually in 1999, Ma'am OA was named National Artist for Music, the highest cultural award bestowed by the Philippine government for an individual.].

In 2001, she retired as the Choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers. Together with an artistic committee, she personally selected Mark Anthony Carpio, her Assistant Choirmaster at that time, to be her successor. The Madz turnover ceremonies were held in a special concert at

the Cultural Center of the Philippines coinciding with the launch of her biography "A Life Shaped By Music" by Marjorie Evasco.

She continued to guide the Madz under Carpio's baton by joining them in their 2002 North American Tours, 2003 Asian Tours and 2004 European Concert Tours. She was also there to witness Carpio's first international competition as Choirmaster (and the Madz's first competition after 7 years) at the 2004 International Competition of Habaneras and Polyphony in Torrevieja, Spain, where the Madz won First Places for both categories and was also the last choir to do so.

In December, 2005, she suffered a massive stroke which led to her paralysis. The Madz is constantly performing benefit concerts, the proceeds of which are used to help the Veneracion family for Ma'am OA's medical expenses.[5][6]

[edit] Awards

For a list of awards won by the Philippine Madrigal Singers, see Philippine Madrigal Singers

1999 - National Artist of the Philippines for Music - currently the only awardee for choral music.

2001 - Distinguished Alumni Service award - awarded by Indiana University.

[edit] References

1. ̂ Vanzi, Sol (6 September 2007). "The 'Philippine Madrigal Singers': the 'Madz' Takes the World By Song". Philippine Headline News Online. http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb005079.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

2. ̂ "Andrea O. Veneracion, Music (1999)". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/org-awards/music/andrea_veneracion.php. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

3. ̂ Quismundo, Tarra (8 August 2007). "Victorious Madrigals sing on arrival from choral Olympics". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20070828-85212/Victorious_Madrigals_sing_on_arrival_from_choral_Olympics. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

4. ̂ Filipinas and Dutch discuss together the role of political participation in integration Bayanihan March 2006

5. ̂ The Sweet Sound of Victory - The Manila Times, June 25, 2006.

6. ̂ For the Love of a Founder - Yehey! Lifestye article

[edit] External links

[1] - The Philippine Madrigal Singers official website

International Choral Kathaumixw - profile

[edit] See also

Philippine Madrigal Singers Mark Anthony Carpio

Atang de la RamaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  (Redirected from Honorata "Atang" de la Rama)Jump to: navigation, search

Atang de la Rama

Born

Honorata de la Rama

January 11, 1902

Tondo, Manila

DiedJuly 11, 1991 (aged 89)

Manila

Occupation Filipino singer and actress

Years active 1919 - 1955

Spouse Amado V. Hernandez

AwardsNational Artist for Theater and Music

1987

Honorata de la Rama–Hernandez (January 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991), commonly known as Atang de la Rama was a singer and bodabil performer who became the first Filipina film actress.

Atang de la Rama was born in Tondo, Manila on January 11, 1905. By the age of 7, she was already starring in Spanish zarzuelas such as Mascota, Sueño de un Vals, and Marina. At the age of 15, she starred in the sarsuela Dalagang Bukid, where she became known for the singing the song, Nabasag na Banga.[1]

During the American occupation of the Philippines, Atang de la Rama fought for the dominance of the kundiman, an important Philippine folk song, and the sarsuela, which is a musical play that focused on contemporary Filipino issues such as usury, cockfighting, and colonial mentality.[2]

Generations of Filipino artists and audiences consider Atang de la Rama's vocal and acting talents as responsible for much of the success of original Filipino sarsuelas like Dalagang Bukid, and dramas like Veronidia.[2] She has also been a theatrical producer, writer and talent manager.

She was the producer and the writer of plays such as Anak ni Eva and Bulaklak ng Kabundukan. For her achievements and contributions to the art form, she was hailed Queen of the Kundiman and of the Sarsuela in 1979, at the age of 74.[1]

Atang believed that art should be for everyone; not only did she perform in major Manila theaters such as the Teatro Libertad and the Teatro Zorilla, but also in cockpits and open plazas in Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. She also made an effort to bring the kundiman and sarsuela to the indigenous peoples of the Philippine such as the Igorots, the Itas, and the Mangyans. She was also at the forefront of introducing Filipino culture to foreign audiences. At the height of her career, she sang kundimans and other Filipino songs in concerts in such cities as Hawaii, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

On May 8, 1987, "for her sincere devotion to original Filipino theater and music, her outstanding artistry as singer, and as sarsuela actress-playwright-producer, her tireless efforts to bring her art to all sectors of Filipino society and to the world," President Corazon C. Aquino proclaimed Atang de la Rama a National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Music.[3]

Atang de la Rama died on July 11, 1991. She was married to National Artist for Literature, Amado V. Hernandez.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ a b Honorata "Atang" dela Rama2. ^ a b Cultural Center of the Philippines. (2002). Lagi Kitang Naaalala. Manila: Cultural

Center of the Philippines

3. ̂ National Commission for Culture and the Arts. (n.d.). National Artists of the Philippines. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

[edit] External links

Honorata de la Rama at the Internet Movie Database

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Cinema of the Philippines

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National Artists of the Philippines

   Architecture1973 Juan Nakpil

Cinema1982 Gerardo de León

Dance1973 Francisca R. Aquino

Fashion2006 Ramon Valera

Historicalliterature

Literature1973 Jose Garcia Villa

Music1973 Antonio Molina

Theater andfilms1976 Lam

Visual arts1972 Fernando Amorsolo

1976 Pablo Antonio1990 Leandro Locsin2003 Ildefonso Santos, Jr.2009 Francisco Mañosa

1991 Ishmael Bernal1997 Lino Brocka2003 Eddie Romero2006 Fernando Poe, Jr.2009 Carlo J. Caparas2009 Manuel Conde

1976 Leonor Orosa1988 Lucrecia Reyes2006 Ramon Obusan

2009 Pitoy Moreno

1997 Carlos Quirino

1973 Amado V. Hernandez1976 Nick Joaquin1982 Carlos P. Romulo1990 Francisco Arcellana1990 N. V. M. Gonzalez1992 Rolando Tinio1999 Edith Tiempo2001 F. Sionil José2003 Virgilio S. Almario2003 Alejandro Roces2006 Bienvenido Lumbera2009 Lazaro Francisco

1976 Jovita Fuentes1987 Atang de la Rama1988 Antonio Buenaventura1988 Lucrecia Kasilag1991 Lucio D. San Pedro1997 Levi Celerio1997 Felipe de Leon1997 Jose Maceda1999 Ernani Cuenco1999 Andrea Veneracion

berto V. Avellana1997 Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero1997 Rolando Tinio1999 Daisy Avellana2001 Severino Montano2003 Salvador Bernal2009 Cecilla Alvarez2009 Manuel Conde

1973 Botong Francisco1973 Guillermo Tolentino1976 Napoleon Abueva1976 Victorio C. Edades1990 Cesar Legaspi1981 Vicente Manansala1991 Hernando R. Ocampo1997 Arturo R. Luz1999 J. Elizalde Navarro2001 Ang Kiukok2003 José T. Joya2006 BenCab Cabrera2006 Abdulmari Asia Imao2009 Federico Aguilar Alcuaz2009 Carlo J. Caparas

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atang_de_la_Rama"Categories: 1905 births | 1991 deaths | National Artists of the Philippines | Philippine culture | Filipino film actors | Filipino people of Spanish descent | People from Manila

Philippine NationalArtists of Music

Antonio Molina

Philippine National

Artists of Music

Antonio Molina •

Musician •

Composer •

Music Educator •

Was the last of the triumvirate who elevated music beyond the realm of folk music •

First Philippine National Artist (1973) •

“Hatinggabi” – Molina’s most famous composistion •

Died: January 29, 1980

Jovita Fuentes •

Born: February 15, 1895 •

Performed internationally •

Active crusader of musical movements

(Asosacion Musical de Felipinas, The Bach Society of thePhilippines, Artist Guild of the Philippines, Music PromotionFoundation of the Philippines)

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Philippine National Artist of Music (1976)

Antonio Buenaventura • Joined the AFP •

A Philippine delegate to the International Society for Music Education (Switzerland 1976) •

Philippine National Artist for Music (1988)

Lucrecia Roces Kasilag •

Teacher •

Performer •

Composer •

Born: August 31, 1918 •

Fused Philippine ethnic music to western music using indigenous instruments. •

Considered the “First Lady of Philippine Music” •

Philippine National Artist in Music (1989)