1. Ryan Cayabyab was the Executive and Artistic Director for several years for the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts.
38 Facts About Ryan Cayabyab
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Ryan Cayabyab was named National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 2018.
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Ryan Cayabyab became the chairman of the board of judges for GMA Network's musical-reality show To The Top.
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Ryan Cayabyab is the executive director of the PhilPop MusicFest Foundation Inc.
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Ryan Cayabyab was often brought to music rehearsals in the Abelardo Hall by his mother.
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When Ryan Cayabyab was six years old, his mother died due to cancer and shortly prior to her death at age 43 requested that the none of her children take up a career in music.
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Ryan Cayabyab initially took up a bachelor's degree in business administration major in accounting at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, as a way to honor his mother's request.
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In 1972, Ryan Cayabyab became involved with the Philippine Madrigal Singers and became acquainted with Victor Laurel who is a reputed film and theater actor at the time, who often worked with actress-singer Nora Aunor.
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Ryan Cayabyab took ten years to graduate from the UP College of Music due to doing tours within that period.
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Ryan Cayabyab earned a Bachelor of Music, Major in Theory degree in 1983.
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At the turn of the 21st century, Ryan Cayabyab was considering a move to migrate abroad with his family.
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Ryan Cayabyab served there for several years until the sudden closure of the foundation.
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Ryan Cayabyab has traveled as music director in most of the Southeast Asian cities, in the cities of Australia as well as in, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, and the United States.
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Ryan Cayabyab has worked in the same shows with Sammy Davis Jr.
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Ryan Cayabyab has performed as music director in command performances for King Hasan II in Rabat, Morocco, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain in Manila, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia in Tangiers, Queen Beatrix at the Noordeinde Palace in the Netherlands, and US President Bill Clinton in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Ryan Cayabyab only wrote at least three songs in the 2010s, due to focusing on promoting Original Pilipino Music for most of the period.
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In 2020, due to the idle time caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ryan Cayabyab was able to write at least ten songs in 2020 alone, two of which was made available in Spotify.
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Ryan Cayabyab composed a jingle for an advertisement of the softdrink brand Sarsi, entitled "Sarsi: Angat sa Iba" in 1989.
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Under collaboration with Philippine fruit juice brand Locally, Ryan Cayabyab did the composition for "Prutas Pilipinas" a 2020 contemporary folk song which featured fruits cultivated in the Philippines.
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Ryan Cayabyab has produced albums of the popular Filipino teen group Smokey Mountain, Broadway and West End's diva, Lea Salonga, and Spain's internationally acclaimed singer Julio Iglesias.
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Ryan Cayabyab composed the "ABS-CBN Millennium Overture", which was used in the ABS-CBN New Millennium Station ID in 2000.
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Ryan Cayabyab composed "Mabuhay", the opening song of Miss Universe 1994 pageant, held in Manila, Philippines.
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In 2005, Ryan Cayabyab composed the official soundtrack for the 23rd edition of the Southeast Asian Games in Manila.
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In 2006, Ryan Cayabyab signed on as a resident judge for the first season of Philippine Idol, offering critiques for the contestants on the reality-talent show.
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Ryan Cayabyab was chosen by the top guns of Philippine Idol, while the other two judges, Pilita Corrales and the late Francis Magalona, had to undergo auditions.
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Ryan Cayabyab composed the themes of TV Patrol and The World Tonight in 1993 and it was used until 1996 for TV Patrol.
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In 2019, Ryan Cayabyab composed the theme song for the 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games, "We Win as One"; with lyrics by playwright Floy Quintos, and sung by Lea Salonga.
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Ryan Cayabyab is 2004's Gawad CCP para sa Sining in MUsic.
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Ryan Cayabyab became the first recipient of the Antonio C Barreiro Achievement Award on May 4,1996, for significant and lasting contributions to the growth and development of Filipino music.
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In 2012, Ryan Cayabyab won the prestigious MYX Magna Award in the Myx Music Awards 2012 for his achievements in music and in the OPM industry.
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The Music School of Ryan Cayabyab specializes in developing outstanding performance artists is run by Emmy Cayabyab, Ryan's wife.
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Ryan Cayabyab was the Executive and Artistic Director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts for several years.
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Ryan Cayabyab was the conductor of the San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra and the San Miguel Master Chorale.
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Ryan Cayabyab said that he considered the experience with San Miguel as a learning one.
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In 2018, Ryan Cayabyab was proclaimed National Artist of the Philippines for his contribution to Filipino music.
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Ryan Cayabyab is a recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 2013.
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Ryan Cayabyab is a TOYM awardee for contemporary Filipino music in 1978.
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Ryan Cayabyab won the Grand Prize award at the first Metro Manila Popular Music Festival for the song "Kay Ganda ng Ating Musika".