CPAR Lesson 4

• National artists award - Presents the most elevated type of acknowledgment to Filipino craftsmen for their noteworthy commitments in expressions of the human experience and letters.
• National artist award - Highest national acknowledgment given to Filipino people who have made noteworthy commitments to the improvement of Philippine expressions; in particular, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts.
• 1972 - when NAA was built under Presidential Decree No. 1001 by

  the President Ferdinand Marcos.
• Fernando Amorsolo - a painter and the first ever Philippine National Artist, who was presented the honor after his death.
• Pablo S. Antonio - National Artist for Architecture (1976)

  (January 25, 1902 – June 14, 1975)
• Leonardo V. Locsin - National Artist for Architecture, 1990

  (August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994)

  • His largest single work is the Istana Nurul Iman, The palace of the Sultan of Brunei, which has a floor area of 2.2 million square feet.
• Juan F. Nakpil - National Artist for Architecture, 1973

  (May 26, 1899 – May 7, 1986).

  • An architect, teacher, and civic leader, is a pioneer and innovator in Philippine architecture.
• ldefonso P. Santos, Jr. - National Artist for Architecture, 2006

  (September 5, 1929 – January 29, 2014).

  • He grew up in Malabon, made his first mark with the Makati Commercial Center where he introduced a new concept of outdoor shopping with landscaped walks, fountains and sculptures as accents.
• Francisco T. Manosa - National Artist for Architecture, 2006

  (September 5, 1929 – January 29, 2014)
• Antonino Buenaventura - National Artist for Music (1988)

  (May 4, 1904 – January 25, 1996)

  • In 1935, he joined Francisca Reyes-Aquino to conduct research on folksongs and dances that led to its popularization.
  • He was also a conductor and restored the Philippine Army Band to its former prestige as one of the finest military bands in the world making it “the only band that can sound like a symphony orchestra”.
• Jose Maceda - National Artist for Music (1997)

  (January 31, 1917 – May 5, 2004)

  • A composer, musicologist, teacher and performer, explored the musicality of the Filipino deeply.
  • His experimentation also freed Filipino musical expression from a strictly Eurocentric mold.
• Lucrecia R. Kasilag - National Artist for Music August 31,

  1918 – August, 2008.

  • She dared to incorporate indigenous Filipino instruments in orchestral productions, such as the prize-winning “Toccata for Percussions and Winds, Divertissement and Concertante,” and the scores of the Filiasiana, Misang Pilipino, and De Profundis. “Tita King”.
  • Her orchestral music includes Love Songs, Legend of the Sarimanok, Ang Pamana, Philippine Scenes, Her Son, Jose, Sisa and chamber music like Awit ng mga Awit Psalms, Fantaisie on a 4- Note Theme, and East Meets Jazz Ethnika.
• Ernani J. Cuenco - National Artist for Music (1999) (May

  10, 1936 – June 11, 1988).

  • He played with the Filipino Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Manila Symphony Orchestra from 1960 to 1968, and the Manila Chamber Soloists from 1966 to 1970.
• Ryan Cayabyab - National Artist for Music (2018)

  May 4, 1954
• Francisca Reyes Aquino - National Artist for Dance (1973)

  (March 9, 1899 - November 21, 1983)

  • She is acknowledged as the Folk-Dance Pioneer. This Bulakeña began her research on folk dances in the 1920s making trips to remote barrios in Central and Northern Luzon. Her research on the unrecorded forms of local celebration, ritual, and sport resulted into a 1926 thesis titled "Philippine Folk Dances and Games," and arranged specificaly for use by teachers and playground instructors in public and private schools.
• Ramon Obusan - National Artist for Dance (2006)

  (June 16, 1938 - December 21, 2006)
• Alice Reyes - National Artist for Dance (2014)

  • Her biggest contributions Philippine stance is the development of a distinctly Filipino modern dance idiom.
  • Has a masterpiece called "Itim-Asu"