Christine Ivy J.

Delos Santos BSBA2C

Artist: Ryan Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab

Date of Conferment: 2018

Contribution:
 (born Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab on May 4,
1954 in Manila, Philippines), also known as Mr. C, is a
Filipino musician, composer and conductor; he was
Executive and Artistic Director for several years of the
defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts. He was named a National Artist
of the Philippines in 2018.
 He is the executive director of the Philpop MusicFest Foundation Inc., the organization
behind the Philippine Popular Music Festival.
 As music director, conductor and accompanist, Cayabyab has performed in the United
States with leading Philippine music figures, at venues including Avery Fisher Hall in
the Lincoln Center in New York City; Carnegie Hall (both the Main and Recital halls) in
New York; the Kennedy Center and the Washington Convention Center in Washington,
D.C.; the Shrine in Los Angeles; the Orpheum in Vancouver; and Circus
Maximus of Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip.
 In Manila, he has conducted the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, at the Cultural
Center of the Philippines for a concert of Philippine and American contemporary music;
and the Manila Chamber Orchestra for a concert of his original works.
 Among his many works, his theater musicals Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo have
won acclaim and have been performed extensively in the cities of Japan in 1994 and
1996. They received a special NHK broadcast in November 1996, and in Kuala Lumpur in
1996. Another musicale, Magnificat, has had nearly 200 performances. To date, he has
composed the music for 15 original musicals, an opera, four dance productions, and a
musical teleplay.
 Cayabyab also wrote an original dance score for Ballet Philippines’ La Revolucion
Filipina (choreographed by Agnes Locsin, libretto by this Dennis Marasigan) and for
Ballet Manila’s Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin.
 Ryan Cayabyab is a recipient of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 2013. Pope
Francis awarded him the highest papal award for Laity for his many contributions in the
field of religious-themed compositions and sacred works. Among his ecclesiastical works
are, “Eclesiastes” for choir and piano, his first large religious composition; “Misa” for
unaccompanied choir; stage musicals like "Magnificat,” “Birhen ng Caysasay” and,
“Lorenzo;” and church songs such as or “I Believe in Peace,” “The Prophet,” “Asin ng
Pamayanan,” “Live Christ, Share Christ,” and “Icthus” in St. John’s Mass.