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 Ryan Cayabyab


Ryan Cayabyab (b. 1954 in the Phillipines) graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Music with a bachelor’s degree in music composition and went on to teach music theory and composition there for almost two decades. At home with any genre, Cayabyab excels as a composer of the eclectic, the modern, and popular music. Awarded in 1978 as one of TOYM (Ten Outstanding Young Men) of the Philippines, in 2001 he emerged as the only Asian winner of the Onassis International Cultural Competition in Greece with his MISA 2000.

His musical output consists of several masses, award winning film and television scores, short symphonic works, ten full-length Filipino musicals, a major opera, full length ballets, solo and instrumental works, orchestrations of Filipino folk, popular and love songs, three one-man (he provided all 16 voices) a cappella song albums, and scores of popular songs sung by top Filipino recording artists.

In addition to winning several international music festival competitions, he has won countless awards from the film, television a

Cayabyab, Raymundo Pujante

In a country known for its rich musical culture and blessed with a surfeit of musical talent, to stand out as singular and indispensable is truly outstanding.  In the Philippines today such a musical leader is RAYMUNDO “RYAN” PUJANTE CAYABYAB.

Born in Manila, one of four siblings, RYAN’s father was a government employee, his mother an opera singer and music teacher. Though the family’s circumstances were modest, theirs was a home filled with music, particularly since his mother took in music students as boarders.  Everyone in the house seemed to be either singing or playing an instrument, and RYAN grew up listening to classical music, opera arias, and traditional native songs.  Heeding his mother’s admonitions to shun the musician’s financially unrewarding career, RYAN took up a business management course, but to help pay for his university studies he took on side jobs as pianist or accompanist for musical artists. The parents of one such artist were so impressed with his talent that they gave RYAN a full scholarship to pursue a degree in music inste

Ryan Cayabyab

Filipino musician and composer (born 1954)

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

Ryan Cayabyab

Cayabyab in 2021

Born

Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab


(1954-05-04) May 4, 1954 (age 70)

Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines[1]

Other namesMr. C; Maestro
Occupation(s)Conductor, composer, arranger, pianist, singer
AwardsOrder of National Artists of the Philippines,
Ramon Magsaysay Award[2]
Musical career
GenresOPM, chorale, musical theater, classical, sacred
Instrumentpiano
Years active1970[3]–present

Musical artist

Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab (born May 4, 1954), known professionally as Ryan Cayabyab (Tagalog:[ˈɾajɐnkɐjɐbˈjab]), is a Filipino musician, composer and conductor regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). He was the Executive and Artistic Director for several years for the defunct San Miguel Foundation for

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