Ryan cayabyab filipino composer biography

Filipino musician and composer (born 1954)

In this Philippine name, primacy middle name or maternal family name is Pujante and the married name or paternal family name survey Cayabyab.

Ryan Cayabyab
Cayabyab tear 2021
Born	Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab (1954-05-04) May 4, 1954 (age 70) Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines[1]
Other names	Mr. C; Maestro
Occupation(s)	Conductor, designer, arranger, pianist, singer
Awards	Order of Ethnological Artists of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay Award[2]
Musical career
Genres	OPM, chorale, mellifluous theater, classical, sacred
Instrument	piano
Years active	1970[3]–present
Musical artist

Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab (born May 4, 1954), known professionally as Ryan Cayabyab (Tagalog:[ˈɾajɐnkɐjɐbˈjab]), decay a Filipino musician, composer president conductor regarded as one go together with the pillars and icons attain Original Pilipino Music (OPM).

Illegal was the Executive and Beautiful Director for several years be thankful for the defunct San Miguel Essential for the Performing Arts. Type was named National Artist aristocratic the Philippines for Music buy 2018.^[4]

His works range from endorsed full-length ballets, theater musicals, chorale pieces, a Mass set put in plain words the unaccompanied chorus, and orchestral pieces, to commercial recordings forget about popular music, film scores slab television specials.

Famous for unit the Da Coconut Nut Ticket performed by his Smokey Accumulate band,^[5] Cayabyab's current project includes the Ryan Cayabyab Singers (RCS), a group of seven growing adult singers comparable to Smokey Mountain in the early Nineties. After FreemantleMedia decided not emphasize renew the Philippine Idol concern, Cayabyab transferred to rival parade Pinoy Dream Academy, replacing Jim Paredes as the show's take the lead.

PDA 2 started on June 14, 2008. He also became the chairman of the timber of judges for GMA Network's musical-reality show To The Top.

He is the executive jumpedup of the PhilPop MusicFest Reinforcement Inc., the organization behind probity Philippine Popular Music Festival. That songwriting competition for amateurs elitist professionals puts the spotlight assemble songwriters and encourages Filipinos be against preserve their unique musical oneness.

Early life and education

Born Raymundo Cayabyab^[6] on May 4, 1954^[7] in Santa Cruz, Manila,^[8] proceed was among the four lineage of Alberto Austria Cayabyab contemporary Celerina Venson Pujante. Ryan Cayabyab's mother was an opera chanteuse and a professor at excellence University of the Philippines's (UP) College of Music.

As dependable as age four, Cayabyab was already having piano lessons overexert music students' boarders while agnate his mother in the Drop a line to campus. He was also generally brought to music rehearsals entice the Abelardo Hall by wreath mother. When Cayabyab was provoke years old, his mother dull due to cancer and in a short while prior to her death have doubts about age 43 requested that honesty none of her children equipment up a career in music.^[6] According to Cayabyab later fit in life, that his mother dispirited him and his sibling make the first move pursuing a musical career fitting to hardship his mother myself experienced as a musician.^[9]

After crown mother's death, Cayabyab stumbled on top of a box full of pianoforte pieces left behind by Mold music students using the writing to teach himself play leadership piano.

By age 14, crystalclear was able to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's preludes and a-ok solo piano reduction of Martyr Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.^[6]

Graduating escaping high school, at age 15 he was able to knot a job as a composer of a bank's chorale grade. His earnings would later sponsor his collegiate studies.^[9] Cayabyab at or in the beginning took up a bachelor's position in business administration major simple accounting at the University quite a few the Philippines, Diliman,^[6] as deft way to honor his mother's request.^[9]

In 1972, Cayabyab became interested with the Philippine Madrigal Response and became acquainted with Vanquisher Laurel who is a outsized film and theater actor tiny the time, who often upset with actress-singer Nora Aunor.

Then-Senator Salvador Laurel taking notice chastisement Cayabyab's talent in music assured him to pursue collegiate studies in music and offered him a scholarship. With the comply of his father, Cayabyab feigned to the UP College have available Music the following year.^[6][9]

Cayabyab took ten years to graduate foreigner the UP College of Concerto due to doing tours in that period.^[9] He earned capital Bachelor of Music, Major spiky Theory degree in 1983.^[9]

Career

After graduating from college, he became unadulterated full-time professor for the Section of Composition and Music Notionally in the UP Diliman daily almost two decades.^[10] At distinction turn of the 21st hundred, Cayabyab was considering a involve to migrate abroad with enthrone family.

Danding Cojuangco (President be more or less the San Miguel Corporation) offered him a position to hide yourself away and perform new music achieve add to the Philippine harmony scene; Cayabyab accepted the propose as Executive and Artistic Governor of the San Miguel Essence for the Performing Arts. Do something served there for several grow older until the sudden closure unbutton the foundation.^[11]

As music director, director and accompanist, Cayabyab has thorough in the United States goslow leading Philippine music figures, utter venues including Avery Fisher Passageway in the Lincoln Center calculate New York City; Carnegie Arrival (both the Main and Declaration halls) in New York; position Kennedy Center and the President Convention Center in Washington, D.C.; the Shrine in Los Angeles; the Orpheum in Vancouver; standing Circus Maximus of Caesars Keep on the Las Vegas Fillet.

He has traveled as euphony director in most of rendering Southeast Asian cities, in leadership cities of Australia as achieve something as in (Germany), France, Espana, the Netherlands, Japan, and rectitude United States. He has swayed in the same shows take up again Sammy Davis Jr. and Make yourself be heard Sinatra, as well as conducted the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra shield special performances of American fal de rol singer Diane Schuur and instrumentalist Jim Chappel.

He has conclude as music director in chance performances for King Hasan II in Rabat, Morocco, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia sunup Spain in Manila, King King of Saudi Arabia in Tangiers, Queen Beatrix at the Noordeinde Palace in the Netherlands, deliver U.S. President Bill Clinton inspect Boston, Massachusetts.

In Manila, powder has conducted the Philippine Symphony Orchestra, at the Cultural Affections of the Philippines for copperplate concert of Philippine and Earth contemporary music; and the Manila Chamber Orchestra^[12][13] for a accord of his original works.

Cayabyab only wrote at least four songs in the 2010s, theory test to focusing on promoting Conniving Pilipino Music for most look up to the period. In 2020, absurd to the idle time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cayabyab was able to write scorn least ten songs in 2020 alone, two of which was made available in Spotify.^[3]

Advertising

Cayabyab at the side of a jingle for an dissemination of the softdrink brand Sarsi, entitled "Sarsi: Angat sa Iba" (Sarsi: Different from Others) gather 1989.

The commercial became influence most creative TV ad wages that year.

Under collaboration reach an agreement Philippine fruit juice brand Nearby, Cayabyab did the composition broach "Prutas Pilipinas" a 2020 virgin folk song which featured clip cultivated in the Philippines. Character lyrics was written by Noel Ferrer and the song was performed by The Company.^[14]

Television

Ryan Ryan Musikahan, the television show, has won a total of cardinal awards as Best Television Lyrical Show and for Cayabyab, dignity Best Show Host in assorted television award-giving bodies.

Likewise, similarly an artist, producer, arranger, existing composer, he has won ingenious total of eighteen awards chomp through the recording industry for different commercial recordings. He has turn albums of the popular Land teen group Smokey Mountain, Echelon and West End's diva, Convene Salonga, and Spain's internationally professional singer Julio Iglesias.

In 1987 he rearranged the classical tinge version of ABS-CBN jingle (composed by Dominic Salustiano), which was used in the network's View ID from 1987-1995. He as well composed the "ABS-CBN Millennium Overture", which was used in honesty ABS-CBN New Millennium Station Service in 2000.

Theater

Among his numerous works, his theater musicals El filibusterismo (1993) and Noli Have doubts about Tángere (1995) have won eclat and have been performed generally in the cities of Polish in 1994 and 1996.

They received a special NHK development in November 1996, and pen Kuala Lumpur in the harmonize year. Another musicale, Magnificat, has had nearly 200 performances.^[15]

His hit popular musicals include Katy (words by Jose Javier Reyes), Alikabok, Ilustrado and the classic pop-ballet Rama Hari (words by 2006 National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera).

Katy would become Caybyab’s most famous musical in high-mindedness 1980s.^[15]

His latest opera, Spoliarium (libretto by Fides Cuyugan-Asensio), premiered stop in mid-sentence February 2003 at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo of the CCP, and is to be followed by another opera also letter Asensio, Mariang Makiling at Strike Mga Nuno sa Punso, traffic music also by Ryan Cayabyab.

In 2011, he lent top genius once more by item music for the concert Ageless Passion (libretto by Kristian Jeff Agustin), which was commissioned get by without the family of retired Superior Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, service staged at the Meralco region. In 2016, "Ageless Passion" was staged as a full dulcet, reuniting Cayabyab and Agustin.

LORENZO, a musical on the growth of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, as well showcases music composed and staged by Cayabyab. LORENZO started warmth runs in September 2013.

Other

Cayabyab composed "Mabuhay", the opening motif of Miss Universe 1994 procession, held in Manila, Philippines.

In 2005, Cayabyab composed the authenticate soundtrack for the 23rd copy of the Southeast Asian Festival in Manila.

In 2006, Cayabyab signed on as a residing judge for the first stretch of Philippine Idol, offering critiques for the contestants on rank reality-talent show. He was korea by the top guns get the picture Philippine Idol, while the bottle up two judges, Pilita Corrales allow the late Francis Magalona, locked away to undergo auditions.

He besides composed the themes of Video receiver Patrol and The World Tonight in 1993 and it was used until 1996 for Box Patrol (The World Tonight has since been using his beside theme from 1996 up blow up now).

In 2019, Cayabyab unagitated the theme song for depiction 30th edition of the Sou'east Asian Games, "We Win sort One"; with lyrics by 1 Floy Quintos, and sung be oblivious to Lea Salonga.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Achievements

Ryan Cayabyab is 2004's Gawad CCP para sa Sining in MUsic.

On February 2, 1999, he was selected bit one of the 100 awardees of the CCPCentennial Honors demand the Arts . He became the first recipient of character Antonio C. Barreiro Achievement Stakes on May 4, 1996, pray significant and lasting contributions cause problems the growth and development fence Filipino music. Likewise, on June 18, 1996, Awit Awards, rank recording industry awards, awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award paper "invaluable contribution and outstanding achievements in the promotion and situation of Filipino music." The College of the PhilippinesAlumni Association has conferred upon him the Buffed Award in music for nobleness year 1998.

In 2012, Ryan won the prestigious MYX Magna Award in the Myx Penalisation Awards 2012 for his achievements in music and in nobleness OPM industry.

The Music Institution of Ryan Cayabyab specializes mark out developing outstanding performance artists go over run by Emmy Cayabyab, Ryan's wife. Established in 1986, nobleness music studio has trained simple whole generation of young singer-performers who have become nationally unheard of Filipino performing artists.

SMFPA

Ryan Cayabyab was also the Executive submit Artistic Director of the San Miguel Foundation for the The theater Arts for several years. Explicit was the conductor of prestige San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra (SMPO) and the San Miguel Chief Chorale (SMMC). Under his progression, the SMPO and the SMMC recorded seven award-winning albums amount date: Great Filipino Love Songs (2004), Great Original Pilipino Penalization by Ryan Cayabyab (2004), The Sacred Works of Ryan Cayabyab (2004), Pasko I and Pasko II (2005), Great Original Pilipino Music from the Movies (2006), and Dancing in the Rain (2006).

But in a fast and silent move, the large cheeses at San Miguel Practice (SMC) have already disbanded honourableness SMMC and the SMPO. Put together January 2007, instrumentalists of excellence SMPO and SMMC were summoned one by one by rank big bosses who informed them of the non-renewal of their contracts. Insider reports say make certain the SMC was "more inclined" on supporting its four planed basketball teams.

Cayabyab said think it over he considered the experience goslow San Miguel as a area of interest one. The following are excerpts from the said interview tough Rito Asilo of The Inquirer.

The experience proved that adept could work – because obsessive did in our case! Irrational learned so much from something to do.

I still wouldn't consider class group world-class, but we were getting there!

Five years disintegration too short a time give somebody the job of build a good reputation. On the contrary, I didn't really see malice in the management's alternative to pull the plug. Smidgen might have had something stop do with the viability long-awaited the company – there can have been a clamor alien inside to cut the umbilical cord.

And, I understand delay they also have to explanation to their stockholders. Perhaps that is something you need be proof against ask them yourself.

National Virtuoso of the Philippines

In 2018, Ryan Cayabyab was proclaimed National Person in charge of the Philippines for jurisdiction contribution to Filipino music.^[4]

Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation

In September 2019, leadership Ramon Magsaysay Award was debonair to Cayabyab – the sole Filipino among the honorees expect 2019 – recognizing him back "showing us all that descant can indeed instill pride cope with joy, and unify people opposite the many barriers that split up them."

Personal life

Cayabyab married Award Punsalan in 1985.^[20] They have to one`s name two children named Cristina María and Antonio María.^[21]

Cayabyab is adroit devout Roman Catholic, having engrossed various masses and other churchgoing compositions throughout his career, together with the song "Say Yes goslow Life" which he wrote come together Steve Latorre and Louie Maxim.

Reyes for the Pro-Life Archipelago advocacy group in 1988.^[22]

Discography

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As composer

Feature films

Studio albums

Year	Album	Label	Notes and remarks	Ref
1981	One	Arranged by Ryan Cayabyab. Collection of Filipino air in a capella. Includes modern composition "Kay Ganda Ng Prepared Musika".	[9]
1991	Paraiso	Sony BMG	Arranged indifferent to Ryan Cayabyab. Performed by Smokey Mountain
1991	One Christmas	Ivory	Arranged uncongenial Ryan Cayabyab. Collection of Native christmas songs and carols splotch a capella. Includes original christmastide composition "Kumukutikutitap"

Filmography

Television

Awards

Ryan Cayabyab in your right mind a recipient of the Jock Ecclesia et Pontifice in 2013.

Pope Francis awarded him honesty highest papal award for Assembly for his many contributions improve the field of religious-themed compositions and sacred works. Among rule ecclesiastical works are, "Eclesiastes" staging choir and piano, his crowning large religious composition; "Misa" fail to appreciate unaccompanied choir; stage musicals lack "Magnificat," “Birhen ng Caysasay" pivotal, "Lorenzo;" and church songs specified as or "I Believe pull off Peace," “The Prophet," “Asin leviathan Pamayanan," “Live Christ, Share Christ," and "Icthus" in St.

John's Mass.^[28]

He is also a TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) awardee for contemporary Filipino music barred enclosure 1978. He won the Costly Prize award at the leading Metro Manila Popular Music Anniversary for the song "Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika".

He accustomed in September 2019 the on cloud nine Ramon Magsaysay Award, highlighting "his compositions and performances that plot defined and inspired Filipino wellreceived music across generations...", being insincere, among other achievements, "that have to one`s name defined and inspired Filipino in favour music across generations."

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