Lucio d san pedro biography for kids

He died at the age of 89 on March 31, due to cardiac arrest, and is buried in his hometown of Angono. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Lucio D. San Pedro February 11, — March 31, was a Filipino composer and teacher who was proclaimed National Artist of the Philippines for Music in San Pedro came from a family with musical roots and he began his career early.

When he was still in his late teens, he succeeded his deceased grandfather as the local church organist. By then, he had already composed songshymns 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 His other vocation was teaching. He has taught at the Ateneo de Manila Universityvirtually all the major music conservatories in Manila [ citation needed ]and at the College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Dilimanwhere he retired as a full professor in He later received the title Professor Emeritus from the University in On May 9,President Corazon C.

San Pedro died of cardiac arrest on March 31, in AngonoRizalat the age of Aquino proclaimed San Pedro a of the Philippines for Music.

Lucio d san pedro biography for kids

San Pedro died of cardiac arrest on March 31, in Quezon City, at the age of He is buried in his hometown of Angono, Rizal. Back to Profile. Photos Works. Main Photo Add photo. School period Add photo. Career Add photo. Achievements Add photo. Angono, RizalPhilippines. Elpidio San Pedro [ 2 ] father Soledad Diestro [ 2 ] mother. Career [ edit ].

National Artist [ edit ]. Personal life [ edit ]. Death [ edit ]. Works [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. The Bookmark, Inc. Retrieved November 8, National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Carlos Luis Journey: Contemporary Arts of the Philippines. The Phoenix Publishing House Inc. ISBN San Pedro, the Creative Nationalist". February 10, Retrieved November 9, National Artists of the Philippines.

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