11 Facts About Ernani Cuenco

Ernani Joson Cuenco was a Filipino composer, film scorer, musical director, music teacher and Philippine National Artist for Music.

Ernani Cuenco wrote an outstanding and memorable body of works that resonate with the Filipino sense of musicality and which embody an ingenious voice that raises the aesthetic dimensions of contemporary Filipino music.

Ernani Cuenco completed a music degree in piano and cello from the University of Santo Tomas where he taught for decades until his death in 1988.

Ernani Cuenco was proclaimed National Artist for Music in 1999; Ernani Cuenco was an award-winning film scorer in the early 1960s, working in collaboration with National Artist for Music Levi Celerio.

Ernani Cuenco was a teacher and a seasoned orchestra player.

On May 10,1936, Ernani Cuenco was born to Feliz Ernani Cuenco and Maria Joson in Malolos, Bulacan.

Ernani Cuenco finished his elementary studies at the Immaculata Academy of Malolos in 1948, then went on to study at the University of Santo Tomas High School.

Ernani Cuenco earned his bachelor's degree in Music, Major in Piano at the University of Santo Tomas Conservatory of Music in 1956.

Ernani Cuenco got a scholarship grant at the UST in the same year and studied the cello under Professor Modesto Marquiz, finishing in 1965.

Ernani Cuenco played for the Manila Chamber Soloists from 1966 to 1970.

In 1963, Ernani Cuenco was sent as a delegate to the International Music Conference in Tokyo, Japan.